coming), Auburn, Georgia, Tennessee, and the season's finale with Miami.
 Other sports are progressing at Florida concurrently with football. Two
seasons ago Coach Johnny Mauer, producing his first Florida Gator basketball
team, captured the fancy of the fans with a hustling outfit that shocked many
more established teams that expected to play the Gators for easy victories
and found themselves trailing at game's end. Mauer kept the ball bouncing
last year with another colorful, battling aggregation that turned in a fine 136
record and was in the running for the SEC title all the way.
 The Gator basketeers have won the Gator Bowl tournament the only two
yeais it has been played and will defend the title this winter. Back for the
effort of three straight Gator Bowl titles will be standout center-forwarl Rick
Casares, guards Sonny Powell, Robert Nims, Johnny Tringas, and Augie
Greiner.
 The Gator track and field team, featuring the high jumping of Captain
J. (Papa) Hall and pole vaulting of freshman Earl Poucher, culminated a
year of athletic excellence in Gainesville with a walk-away victory at the
Southeastern Conference meet. The performance was well summed up in the
modest words of Coach Percy Beard: "I am extremely proud of the way our
boys conducted themselves both athletically and as sportsmen. Each one of
them turned in his best performance in the Conference meet and all of them
did as well or better than we expected."
 Coach Jack Ryan's swimmers returned to Florida a glory that was the
Gators' in past years. They captured the Southeastern Conference swimming
title and turned in an excellent 7-4 record over the seasonal route.
 Coach Dave Fuller's baseballers were in the thick of the Southeastern
Conference race all the way and finally bowed to Georgia's Bulldogs in the
Eastern Division of the Conference by half a game. Coach Andy Bracken's
golfers went through the regular season undefeated and had but one dual
match tie to mar the record. It was Bracken's first year at the helm of the
linksmen. Coach Bill Potter, in his second season as Florida's tennis mentor,
piloted his team to a highly successful season of fifteen wins against only
three losses.
 Last year was also one of individual accomplishments as numerous Gators
turned in championship performances and were selected on All-Star teams.
Defensive tackle Charlie LaPradd became Florida's first All-America foot-
baller since end Dale Van Sickle made the team in 1928. LaPradd and guarl
Joe D'Agostino made the All-SEC first team in football, fullback Rick Casares
and line backer Bubba Ware were placed on the second team and tackle
Dewayne Douglas, halfback Buford Long, and line backer Arlen Jumper made
the third team.
 Forward Curt Cunkle was selected on the All-SEC basketball team and
Rick Casares got a spot on the second team for the second straight season.
The Gators had three individual and one relay to win SEC swimming titles:
George Duganne for the 150 yard backstroke, Ted Robinson for the 100 and
220-yard breaststroke; Luis Childs for the 440-yard and 1,500 meter freestyle;
and the 400-yard freestyle medley relay team of Bob McNeil, Roland
Moss, Joe Bennett, and Bob Fisher. Duganne set a new record in the back-
stroke, Childs in the 1500 meter and the relay team.
 Pitcher Harry Coe and Catcher Bobby Barnes were selected on the All-SEC
baseball team and four members of the track team were individual event
champions; J. Hall in the high jump, Earl Poucher in the pole vault, Reed
Quinn in the javelin and Jamie Aparicio in the 220 yard low hurdles. Hall's
jump of 6-8% established a new SEC high jump record.