Earl Bruce Press Luncheon
Ohio State Football Coach Earl Bruce and his wife Jean Bruce answer reporters questions at his final press luncheon held at the Buckeye Cafe Monday, November 16, 1987 on the same day that he was fired as Head Coach of the Ohio State University Football Team. Bruce was fired just prior to the last game of the season – against Michigan – but was allowed to finish out the year. Reportedly, school president Edward Harrington Jennings made the move out of pique over a last-second loss to Iowa that dropped the Buckeyes to 5-4-1, meaning they needed to beat Michigan in order to be bowl-eligible. Bruce was able to defeat Michigan at Ann Arbor. This is something Ohio State would not do again until 2001 under head coach Jim Tressel. After the game, Bo Schembechler told Bruce, “I always mind losing to Ohio State but I didn’t mind so much today.” (© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed on Kodak Tri-X Pan film with Canon F-1 Cameras and Canon L series lenses. Digitized with a Nikon CoolScan 4000ED.]
Earle Bruce was a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Tampa (1972), Iowa State University (1973–1978), Ohio State University (1979–1987), the University of Northern Iowa(1988), and Colorado State University (1989–1992), compiling a career college football record of 154–90–2. At Ohio State, Bruce was the successor to the legendary Woody Hayes, and won four Big Ten Conference titles. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2002. Bruce returned to coaching in 2003 to helm the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League for a season and also guided the Columbus Destroyers the following year.
![Ross Ballard works on the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway's Engine #33 Saturday, October 1, 1983 in Nelsonville, Ohio. The steam engine, an ex-Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad Baldwin 2-8-0 was restored over several years in the 1960's. Engine #33 sat in a Columbus Ohio railroad yard until trackage became available in Nelsonville in 1972. This is the original steam locomotive of the HVSRy. The famous Baldwin Locomotive Works built several of these big freight engines in 1916 for the Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad which hauled iron ore in upper Michigan. The Hocking Valley Scenic Railway is a non-profit, 501c3, volunteer-operated tourist railroad attraction that operates out of Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio. It is also located near the popular Hocking Hills State Park in nearby Hocking County. It uses former trackage of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, which was in turn originally Hocking Valley Railway trackage. The current operation was founded in 1972. (© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Shot on Kodak Tri-X film. Processed with Kodak Microdol-X Developer. Digitized with a Nikon Coolscan 4000 ED]](https://i0.wp.com/www.jamesdecamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/19831001HVSRR-1044.jpg?fit=53%2C80&ssl=1)
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