Comments on Corvallis Soccer Blog: Corvallis Soccer Hall of Fame

One person who deserves more than a casual mention...

2010-08-13T13:07:08.537-07:00

One person who deserves more than a casual mention here is Steve South. He was the step father of Sean Grapoli. Along with Scott Fewell, Heath Fewell's dad, he rounded up a bunch of select sixth grade soccer players from the AYSO fields in 1981 and organized Corvallis' first official club soccer team. While Blake Leamy and Jeff Merten deserve immense credit for developing CUSC into what

Skip Reeves is the godfather of soccer in Corvalli...

2010-05-02T20:18:43.046-07:00

Skip Reeves is the godfather of soccer in Corvallis. As one of his players (1978-1982), I have first hand knowledge. Coach Reeves emphasized two things: (1) conditioning and (2) defense. With those objectives, our CVHS team was undefeated for all 4 of my years.

I *hated* the conditioning component of Coach Reeves regime. But, it was instrumental in our success. Likewise, Reeves&

I'd like to add to the Dave Oberbillig story.....

2010-01-21T21:43:00.879-08:00

I'd like to add to the Dave Oberbillig story...Before his contributions to OSU club and Women's soccer, Dave was a grad student at OSU. We had the pleasure (or terror) of playing with Dave in regular afternoon pick-up games on the Womens Building field and Dave joined our grad student/faculty team in Corvallis City League where our one set play was "pass it to Dave." Dave and

Edmonston was an AMAZING goal keeper, but he wasn&...

2009-12-02T15:09:07.724-08:00

Edmonston was an AMAZING goal keeper, but he wasn't the first player from Corvallis to have a NCAA Div 1 scholy. I know cuz I had one...and I was a few years ahead of Jon. There must have been others too...

It was fun reading the great history of Corvallis ...

2009-05-07T00:05:00.000-07:00

It was fun reading the great history of Corvallis Soccer. I had no idea there were so many Corvallis 'Greats'.

Dave Oberbillig, as a consumer of the Corvallis so...

2008-11-19T09:05:00.000-08:00

Dave Oberbillig, as a consumer of the Corvallis soccer tradition I would like to personally thank you for your contributions. Also thanks for visiting the blog!

While it is fun to be considered here, there are a...

2008-11-14T15:25:00.000-08:00

While it is fun to be considered here, there are a couple others I would add. Iain MacSwann was the true driving force of the OSU men's club team for many years and hired me for the coaching job there. Iain was the faculty advisor but was also known to take the field (into his 50's) when the boys were down a player. His dedication to the program and love for the game were second to none. The

About Jon Edmonston, much appreciation for what ha...

2008-10-11T12:41:00.000-07:00

About Jon Edmonston, much appreciation for what has already been given here, to which I would add that Jon was, to the best of my knowledge, the first player in the former Valley League to receive a Division I soccer scholarship and he held scholarships at two different Pac-10 universities, Oregon State University (1991) and the University of Washington (1992-1994), where he transfered in 1992.

John Callahan without a doubt belongs on this list...

2008-04-24T15:10:00.000-07:00

John Callahan without a doubt belongs on this list! A Corvallis High legend from the playing field all the way up to the head coaching position. As someone that did it for only a few years compared to his decades of service it takes a lot of time and effort to be involved with a program and stick with it through the highs and lows. His character cannot be questioned and he always looks fly with

Uh oh! You are gonna get some of the ladies angry ...

2008-04-14T16:24:00.000-07:00

Uh oh! You are gonna get some of the ladies angry with that comment!

If it makes you feel any better, kelli Conkrite has scored plenty of goals against the boys also.

Thanks for all the great comments and suggestions.

My intention was to bring attention to those people that have had a big impact on the Corvallis soccer community. Some of these people impacted hundreds

Only one player, and it's a girl? That's quite a l...

2008-04-14T15:26:00.000-07:00

Only one player, and it's a girl? That's quite a list! Wasn't there a Corvallis kid that was the captain for the US U-17 team? What about all the OSU kids that have gone on to play in the MLS or for the US senior national team? It's nice that there's a bunch of "very important" people, coaches, etc. etc., but with no players on this list, what do these coaches get credit for? Someone must have

How about Robbie Findley who is currently getting ...

2008-04-13T21:45:00.000-07:00

How about Robbie Findley who is currently getting caps for the US national team? MLS rookie of the year runner up..

What about Brian Farber, aka the Human Light Parti...

2008-04-10T18:04:00.000-07:00

What about Brian Farber, aka the Human Light Particle. There may have been other players that came through, and there may have been more complete players, technically, but he RULED Corvallis Sports Park when he played, and he has a good little professional contract now indoors, and was signed by the Houston Dynamo (before having the contracted cancelled by the indoor team that he had signed with

Great list! I appreciate the fact that there is s...

2008-04-10T14:38:00.000-07:00

Great list! I appreciate the fact that there is some credit given to some old school people that have never been properly recognized - especially with the perspective of looking backwards from a relatively good 'height'.

This list of coaches is very good. I think that it would be cool to add at least one parent volunteer to Ed Luebbert's name: Mary Otley. Mary worked tirelessly in