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12,000 fans
State Museum prog
By AARON COUNCIL
Staff Writer _
Dom Fusci recalls when 12,000
fans knocked down the gates at Carolir
dium for the annual Carolina-Clemson
in 1946.
The stadium wa^ already packet
26,000 fans, but many had counterfei
ets.
'The place was packed. You co
even run out of bounds without runnir
the crowd," Fusci said.
The public will be able to hear thi:
along with other tales of USC football
State Museum Friday beginning at The
program is free.
The museum, located at 301 Gerv;
wants to get the USC Homecoming c
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knock down the g
ram will feature such historica
bang by focusing on stories about Gamecock mu
football during and after World War 11. I
angry F?ur panelists from the war era will dis- boc
m Sta- cuss football during that time and how it has to 1
game changed. Scheduled panelists are Dom Fusci, IIS
Don Barton. Lou Sossman and Bryant I
1 with Meeks. bee
t tick- Fusci, Sossman and Meeks are former
USC football players and Barton was a wei
uldn't sportswriter for The Columbia Record and /
lg into Sports Information Director for USC. elis
The program is offered in connection with fro:
s story exhibit "The Palmetto State goes to War: 1
at the South Carolina and World War II." cht
4 p.m. "The exhibit is about life at home during bal
the war, and also how sports were an impor- 1
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1 stories today at program;
seum, said. He re
t contains a 1946 Garnet and Black year- and tha
>i' anH a lpitprm;m'q cu/pnter (hat belonged and deft
Srnie Lawhornc, who played halfback for Fusci
C in 1943 and 1946-47. go to v
?awhorne missed the 1944- 1945 seasons team so
ause of the war. "We
'Football players, like other young men, in 1943
re subject to the draft," he stud. utcs pe
\fter a video about USC football, pan- Panic n
,ts will answer questions and tell stories In 19
m their experiences. team in
Don Barton, USC Class of 1949 and holdinj
lirman of "100 Years of Gamecock Foot- offense
1," will speak at the program. Bart
^ootball at this time was uncertain. Barton Columt
d. "We didn't know who would be there ly.
m week to week because of the war."
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called that players were not recruited
t most players had to play offense
mse.
, like many players, left the team to
/ar, but came back and rejoined the
he could finish his college career,
had a total of 32 players on the team
, and many of us had to play 60 minr
game," the S.C. Athletic Hall of
lember said.
43. USC had the third best defensive
i the nation and beat Clemson 33-6.
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, Fusci said.
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