Oregon Governor Douglas Mckay in 1947 holding the "Governors' Perpetual Trophy," which went to the victor of the annual football game between the University of Oregon and St. Mary's College of California.
Black and white photo taken in 1947 of University of Oregon Athletic Director Leo Harris (left) and Oregon Governor Douglas McKay with the Governor's Trophy, which was presented annually to the winner of the Oregon-St. Mary's (California) football game. Picture appears on page 69 of Oregon Ducks football : 100 years of glory, edited by Michael C. McCann, 1995.
Black and white photo of University of Oregon football player J. C. Wheeler presenting a burlap-wrapped buckeye tree to Oregon governor Robert Holmes. The tree was a gift from the governor of Ohio on the occasion of the 1958 Rose Bowl, in which Ohio State defeated the Ducks 10-7. Also pictured are radio announcer Bass Dyer (far left), former Duck football player Clifford Manerud (next to Dyer) and head football coach Len Casanova (far right).