[45] Bill Murphy Part 1 - The Last Hurrying Hoosiers & The Cardiac Kids

About this episode

Bob Moats and Mike Wiemuth interview IU historian Bill Murphy about the legendary 1967 IU football season and his personal experiences as a superfan.

Bob Moats and Mike Wiemuth welcome IU historian and author Bill Murphy for a deep dive into the legendary 1967 IU football season - the "Cardiac Kids" who gave fans heart attacks every Saturday on their way to the Rose Bowl. Bill's Personal IU Journey Bill Murphy shares unforgettable stories from his youth as an IU superfan in the 1960s, including some decisions that seemed perfectly reasonable at the time. There's the 11-year-old refusing to wear his coat at halftime (mom got blamed for the loss), the 14-year-old challenging Bubba Smith to a fight outside the locker room, and the simple joy of $1 knothole tickets at a Memorial Stadium that looked completely different than it does today. Memorial Stadium and Old Bloomington The evolution of Memorial Stadium from its 1960 opening through the temporary bleachers era, plus what Bloomington looked like before it became a modern college town. The stadium was built to double capacity and prove IU was "a Big Ten team," while married student housing trailers sat where the south end zone parking is now. TV games were rare - maybe one per year if you were lucky - so most fans relied on radio broadcasts with Max Schumacher. John Pont's…

People in this episode

Hosts: Bob Moats, Mike Wiemuth

Guest: Bill Murphy

Topics covered

• IU football history
• 1967 season
• Cardiac Kids
• Memorial Stadium
• John Pont's offense
• Bill Murphy's stories

Keywords

• IU football
• Cardiac Kids
• Bill Murphy
• Memorial Stadium
• John Pont
• Bubba Smith
• 1967 season

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IU, Rose Bowl

Books & works: Cardiac Kids

Places: Bloomington

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