Halftime stunt during 1939 Homecoming football game against California. Doug Chambers is in the beaver suit, commissioned by the Rally Squad for $10. The suit was used for at least three games in 1939 and 1940 and had a four-foot tail that was "stiff as a board." The costume is the earliest known beaver costumed used at Oregon State, though it is not considered part of Benny Beaver's lineage.
Raised in Salem, Oregon, Coons studied agriculture at Oregon State College and graduated in 1939. In addition to playing for the football team, Coons was a member of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity and involved in the Thanes and Blue Key service groups.
