50th Anniversary Of First Undefeated Season

[PlayerRep]

Diners Club credit cards were the first & invented sometime in the 50’s. No word as to whether Kessman showed up in Missoula with one. I know he had one of those playboy keys & a coffee club card though. :lol:

"The first Diners Club credit cards were given out in 1950 to 200 people (most were friends and acquaintances of McNamara) and accepted by 14 restaurants in New York. The cards were not made of plastic; instead, the first Diners Club credit cards were made of paper stock with the accepting locations printed on the back.

In the beginning, progress was difficult. Merchants didn't want to pay the Diners Club's fee and didn't want competition for their store cards; while customers didn't want to sign up unless there were a large number of merchants that accepted the card.

However, the concept of the card grew, and by the end of 1950, 20,000 people were using the Diners Club credit card.

The Future
Though the Diners Club continued to grow and by the second year was making a profit ($60,000), McNamara thought the concept was just a fad. In 1952, he sold his shares in the company for more than $200,000 to his two partners.

The Diners Club credit card continued to grow more popular and didn't receive competition until 1958. In that year, both American Express and the Bank Americard (later called VISA) arrived.'

 

[SoCal Surfer]

PR, BBD. Thanks for the history lesson. I didn't know about the origin of the CC.

Personally, I never encountered a CC till September of 1970 when I was in the Army. At same time I secured a Texaco credit card for gas purchases. Shortly after that I secured a department store credit card. Up till that time everything I did was paid for in cash or by check.

 

[tourist]

About the same time, early '70s, I got a local credit card, to establish a credit history, from Buttrey's Dept. Store, and bought a watch(which I still have but can't get fixed anymore). Times, and watches, have changed. No one seems to be able to fix a wind up watch anymore. For that matter, does anyone still wear a watch? Yes, I date mayself.

 

[SaskGriz]

About the same time, early '70s, I got a local credit card, to establish a credit history, from Buttrey's Dept. Store, and bought a watch(which I still have but can't get fixed anymore). Times, and watches, have changed. No one seems to be able to fix a wind up watch anymore. For that matter, does anyone still wear a watch? Yes, I date mayself.

Be thankful someone does. :lol:

 

[alabamagrizzly]

About the same time, early '70s, I got a local credit card, to establish a credit history, from Buttrey's Dept. Store, and bought a watch(which I still have but can't get fixed anymore). Times, and watches, have changed. No one seems to be able to fix a wind up watch anymore. For that matter, does anyone still wear a watch? Yes, I date mayself.

Be thankful someone does. :lol:

So your a self masochist then?

 

[ordigger]

Missoulian - June 7th 1969
UM Backs Impress Swarthout
Story by Bill Schwanke

This was an article before the season began, some quotes....

"The best spirit and conditioning during spring drills since we came to Montana three years ago - lots of work to do before opening game time next fall - good progress with our offensive unit - challenging work for the defense" Swarthout

"Our offensive line looks good with veteran tackles Tuufuli Uperesa (Honolulu) and Bill Gutman (Seattle) as a nucleus." the head mentor said. "Willie Postler moved to an offensive guard spot and showed vast improvement, and the switch of John Stedham from defensive tackle to the other offesive guard proved to be fruitful."

"We're going to need more work on defense than anything," Swarthout said. "We worked very little on it this spring."

"I think we will be able to move the ball a lot better than we did last year," Swarthout said. "If our defense shapes up next fall before the opener, we could be in for a fine season.

Interesting in this article how many players were from Honolulu...

Les Kent FB
Ray Brum QB
Tuufuli Uperesa OT
Byron Lovell C
John Talalotu DE