
1942 Players included:
Joe Wendlick (E - Pittsburg Steelers), Leonard Younce (G -
Oregon State/New York Giants), Bill Morgan (T - New York
Giants), Bob Dethman (HB - Oregon State Rose Bowl), Tony
Amato (G - Oregon), Dick Emerson (HB - Washington State)
Leonard Younce was a Portland native (Roosevelt) and
played at Oregon State University. In 1941, the New
York Giants drafted him 67th overall. He played
linebacker, offensive line, kicker and punter. He
played one season with the Boilermakers before returning to
the Giants where he was a 5-time All-Pro. After
retiring from playing, he was an assistant coach with Oregon
State from 1949-1954, and with the Saskatchewan Roughriders
and Edmonton Eskimos. Younce would coach linebackers with
the Portland Loggers in
1969. Inducted into the Oregon
Sports Hall of Fame in 1980 and OSU Athletic Hall of
Fame in 1988. In 1992 he was coaxed out of retirement
to coach high school football at Joseph High in Enterprise,
Oregon, but health problems prevented his continuation.

Leonard Younce
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1942
Northwest War Industries Football League
Record: 4-2
Sponsor: Boilermakers Union
Coach Larry Wolfe
1942 Awards
Leonard Younce (G) All Northwest War Industries League

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Schedules and Results |
Date |
Opponent |
Score |
1942 Sep 20 |
Vancouver Warcos |
35-0 |
1942 Oct 4 |
Seattle Shipbuilders |
3-7 |
1942 Oct 18 |
@ Seattle Shipbuilders |
0-3 |
1942 Oct 25 |
@ Spokane Manlowes |
68-6 |
1942 Nov 1 |
Vancouver Warcos |
48-0 |
1942 Nov 8 |
Spokane Manlowes |
33-0 |
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