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Show Richfield gridder plans to join Thunderbird squad "We feel that Russell Rider is one of the top football prospects pros-pects in Utah, and we are extremely ex-tremely pleased that he has chosen to play at Southern Utah State College, SUSC head football coach, said this week. Rider is a 6-4. 210 pound, all state tackle from Richfieki j' High School. He was instru ' mental in leading the Wild cats to a regional championship. champion-ship. He has signed a grant-in-aid agreement with SUSC. In addition to his football talents, Rider was the regular center on the Richfield bas ketball team; and he is one of the favorites to win the state class B discuss competition competi-tion this spring. "We feel that Russ is certainly cer-tainly a three-sport prospect at SUSC," Kingsford said. "He n i comes highly recommended iby Gary IRoylance, head foot-bal foot-bal coach, and Dave Nevins, head basketball coach." Both Nevins and Roylance are SUSC graduates. "We feel that he's a top can-didate. can-didate. He'll probably play a lot of ball as a freshman, and he has excellent potential to become outstanding on the college level," Kingsford said. "We anticipate playing him at either defensive end or tackle. He's big, strong and extremely quick." Kingsford and his Thunderbirds Thunder-birds have high hopes for the coming season. Overall, indications in-dications are the T-Bird team Is stronger , than last season'sl RMAC Division ''co-champiftna. v t i |