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The growing importance of spring football makes athlete-sharing almost non-existent at Pitt, but it wasn't always that way........................Anthony Dorsett, son of legendary Pitt Heisman Trophy winner Tony Dorsett, said he often went to spring football and track practices on the same day...........Dorsett was one of three football players on that record-setting relay team. Dietrich Jells was Pitt's leading pass catcher later that year, and Jay Jones was a four-year football letterman. The fourth member was Jerel Williams, who also ran hurdles..........Wide receiver Curtis Anderson ran track, too, and set a Pitt record in the pentathlon (3,795 points). Majors also had no problem in the 1970s when world-class sprinter Willie Gault wanted to go to Tennessee — but only if he could run track and play football......Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi said he has fielded only one request for permission to play another sport. Walk-on punter Nick Goldsmith, an all-state infielder in Illinois, wanted to try baseball. Narduzzi said he told Goldsmith, “Go see if you can help Joe (Jordano, baseball coach).......................
LINK:
http://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/12103353-74/two-sport-athletes-were-once-more-common-at-pitt
The growing importance of spring football makes athlete-sharing almost non-existent at Pitt, but it wasn't always that way........................Anthony Dorsett, son of legendary Pitt Heisman Trophy winner Tony Dorsett, said he often went to spring football and track practices on the same day...........Dorsett was one of three football players on that record-setting relay team. Dietrich Jells was Pitt's leading pass catcher later that year, and Jay Jones was a four-year football letterman. The fourth member was Jerel Williams, who also ran hurdles..........Wide receiver Curtis Anderson ran track, too, and set a Pitt record in the pentathlon (3,795 points). Majors also had no problem in the 1970s when world-class sprinter Willie Gault wanted to go to Tennessee — but only if he could run track and play football......Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi said he has fielded only one request for permission to play another sport. Walk-on punter Nick Goldsmith, an all-state infielder in Illinois, wanted to try baseball. Narduzzi said he told Goldsmith, “Go see if you can help Joe (Jordano, baseball coach).......................
LINK:
http://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/12103353-74/two-sport-athletes-were-once-more-common-at-pitt
