The Daily Journal has a piece about the possible naming of the BHS football field
The stadium field at Burlingame High School could be named after a champion of the school’s athletic department once the stadium’s bleachers are complete by fall of next year.
Thursday night, the San Mateo Union High School District’s Board of Trustees discussed naming the field after Panther class of 1954 alumnus Peter Umland, who died in September 2001 shortly after being named Alumnus of the Year. He was 66.
Another key part is
Umland and his wife Dolores made the district a residual beneficiary in the Peter S. Umland and Dolores T. Umland Trust. Under the trust, portions of the residual estate are bequest to the district “for use by the Burlingame High School Athletic Department in its athletic endeavors.”
This gets a Gems of Burlingame notation! Click through and read the whole article about Mr. Umland. With school starting this week, football is in the air as well.
I was informed that the man who contributed @1,000,000.00 to the renewal of the Burlingame HS Sports Arena was the man who once owned the "Smoke Shop on Burlingame Ave.
Is that Mr. Ulmand?
Posted by: Holyroller | August 28, 2013 at 06:10 PM
I think whoever made that donation meant for it to be anonymous.
Just so we have it for the season, here is the Panther football schedule:
2013-14 Schedule (home games in CAPS): 9/6 Mountain View, 3:30 p.m.
9/20 Gunderson, 7 p.m.
9/27 South San Francisco, 7 p.m.
10/4 JEFFERSON, 7 p.m.
10/11 KING’S ACADEMY, 7 p.m.
10/18 Aragon, 7 p.m.
10/25 Half Moon Bay, 7 p.m.
11/1 CAPUCHINO, 7 p.m.
11/8 WOODSIDE, 7 p.m.
11/16 San Mateo, 11 a.m.
Being "down" in the Ocean Division does have a different feel to it:
http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/sports/2013-08-30/burlingame-football-preview-a-sense-of-urgency/1774431.html
Posted by: Joe | August 30, 2013 at 11:58 PM
Theh Burlingame Lions contributed 14k to renovate the field. Nice plaque of thank you near the third base line dugout.
Posted by: Pete Garrison | August 31, 2013 at 08:24 AM
What happened to the home team bench that was dedicated to the BHS lads that gave all in WWII??? I was real sad to see it had been removed when the field was converted to turf...
BHS '89
Posted by: Bgame_lifer | September 01, 2013 at 10:51 AM
Isn't the bench still there ? At any rate, there is A bench made of what looks like granite, at the Carolan end of the field, that I believe is in honor of those who fought in WWII.
Posted by: jennifer | September 01, 2013 at 06:24 PM
Pete did alot without any fan fare for a long time. He really loved Blgme, it gave him alot but he game Blgme a lot back. Was along time very good friend of mine who is remember and still missed.
BDA [he knew what the initials stood for]
Posted by: Arthur Samuel | September 09, 2013 at 03:25 PM