roy wrong way april march played football team wrong way run rose bowl cited worst history college football play overshadowed football talents earned team america honors served team captain bears shared speakers use life example overcoming setbacks background 1920s saw golden age california football golden bears went straight games defeat record wins ties 3rd longest unbeaten confused winning streak ncaa history squads dominant nicknamed wonder teams coached stars era university later established freshman leadership group called won championships trips rose bowl decade win ohio_state tie loss played center football team record going rose bowl game led golden bears conference minutes played season voted team good strength playing center defense similar present day middle linebacker position coach price gave credit player coached rose bowl opponent undefeated opponents points games played rose bowl game broadcast nationally radio time game january golden bears faced rose bowl california usa midway second quarter played center offensive defensive lines playing role similar modern defensive nose guard nose tackle picked tech jack yards away end zone turned ran yards wrong direction following describes perspective running picked ball told associated_press started turn left tech goal somebody bounded right away completely lost teammate quarterback chased screaming stop known speed finally caught california yard line tried turn immediately hit wave tech players tackled yard line bears chose punt risk play close end zone tech blocked punt safety giving lead roy wrong way run coach said excited players jumping near tech bench sit sit running wrong way step takes advantage calling game radio said roy wrong way run seeing wrong crazy crazy crazy play distraught talked returning game coach price second half roy said coach ruined ruined ruined couldn face crowd save life coach price responded saying roy game half play turned stellar second half performance including blocking tech punt addition passed touchdown kicked extra point tech ultimately win game second national championship safety score wrong way run difference outcome game increased significance roy mistake spite loss example distraught persuaded pick return field play hard second half speakers illustrate overcoming setbacks aftermath game coach price defended saying accident happened play overshadowed football talents center captain said best center played year quit spot team captain senior year earning honors helped bears record following season later ncaa football rules committee pass rule barring player advancing recovered hits ground remained place decades according contemporary article approximately stories totaling estimated column inches written wrong way run newspapers united_states gained notoriety wrong way run able capitalize famous run acts opening sequence movie flight based uses photographs movie come home released lead character performs similar college years earning picture book written published title day provides play play description moment sports history looking play years later said embarrassed realized wanted hole open ground jump soon passed reached stage mention cause soon passed bothered cases people tried exploit reminded mistake life said times run heard people saying wrong way weren referring immediately turned speaking don understand dealt situation laughing happened joked run direction surely thought going right way said run wrong way football people pretty hard lie presented membership card years later believe feel earned sent letters athletes similar mistakes example sent letter intercepted pass run yards end zone resulting safety centennial high won game wrote letter years laugh wrong way run brought grown tired listening reading certainly wasn thing world regretted addition nfl game san_francisco minnesota defensive end ran recovered yards end zone resulting safety won reportedly later sent marshall letter reading welcome club later years said better person gained true understanding life rose bowl mistake said interview star learned bounce view adverse happened inducted rose bowl hall fame posthumously elected panel chose wrong way run rose bowl memorable moments century family personal life born father denmark mother sweden sister named married children david richard graduated degree agriculture teacher coached football california high school junior college levels served officer world war later worked agriculture field executive started agricultural chemicals business woodland california earning contributions california farming state legislature governor sold company retired died march sleep home age complications disease
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