Paul J. Schissler (1893-1968) was head football coach at Oregon State from 1924 to 1932, compiling a career record of 48-30-2. He later coached professionally with the Chicago Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers football teams.
The Beavers won by a score of 38-3. Visible in the background at center is head football coach Dee Andros. The 1969 season marked the one-hundredth anniversary of college football, and many teams across the country marked the occasion by wearing helmets with a special decal - the numeral "100" inside a football-shaped outline.
Dee Andros speaking at a Triad Club meeting. Dee Andros was the Oregon State Head Coach for football from 1965-1975, and Athletic Director from 1975-1985. In 1967, Andros lead the Beavers through two victories and one tie against the top three teams: USC, Purdue, and UCLA, making OSU's team "The Giant Killers".
Coaching staff: Ralph Coleman (Baseball); Paul Schissler (Football); ??; Bud Kearns; A. T. "Slats" Gill (Basketball); Bob Hager. This picture is from 1930 or 1931, the only years that Coleman, Schissler, and Gill were simultaneously head coaches.
Coaches shown in photo are: Roy Lamb, instructor in physical education and assistant coach; Paul J. Schissler; football coach, 1924-1933; Verne Eilers, trainer. Roy Lamb was the baseball coach in 1929.