Curt Youel

Curtis Youel (June 8, 1911 - August 3, 1968) was the head football coach of Santa Monica City College from 1936 to 1954 and went on as the athletic director until 1968 as documented in the "Spin Drift" yearbooks. He also coached baseball and golf. His golf teams were renowned in the 50's. They won over 100 matches and lost 6 according to the Santa Monica Evening Outlook in August of 1968, written by Carl White, sports editor in his column "follow the ball". Curtis played for Howard Jones' Thundering Herd in 1931, 32 and 1933 [1]. The USC Trojans won two national championships[2] in a row 1931 and 1932 [3] . He played the position of center and lettered all three years[4]. They had the best alltime defense in 1932 allowing only two touchdowns all season. The line was composed of All American Aaron Rosenberg, and his other mates on the line Tay Brown, Ernie Smith, J. Dye, B. Gentry, Ray Sparling, Robert Erskine, Curt Youel, Julius Bescos [5]. Curtis Youel wore number 35 and is on the list of all time 35's as noted on the Tribute to Troy website and the USC alumni site [6].The Trojans beat Pittsburg in the 1933 Rose Bowl 35 to 0 [7]completing a record defensive year of only allowing two touchdowns[8]as listed in The College Football Data Warehouse. Curtis also lettered in Baseball in the 1932 season[9]. He was a first baseman. He later turned down a professional baseball contract with the White Sox to coach instead according to his son Bradley. A picture of Curtis is located here[[10]]

References

 The Rose Bowl by Maxwell Stiles
 National Champions by Jim Koger
 to troy.com
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 Santa Monica Evening Outlook
 Santa Monica City College "Spin Drift"
 1932, 33 and 34 Illustrated Football Annuals
 1932, 33 and 34 USC "El Rodeo"
 The College Football Data Warehouse[8]