was a good friend of my dad’s and was kind of a father figure to my dad. My dad called Bob Carr and said, ‘Yeah, I’ll send him out to Oregon.” Outsiders It’s hard to imagine today, after years of consistently fielding strong teams, that Oregon was once an outsider in a powerful conference. When Smith first arrived in Oregon, the team was a part of the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) — a conference the included Stanford University, the University of Southern California (USC), the University of Washington (UW), the University of California — Los Angeles (UCLA) and Oregon State University among others. The conference would change its name to the Pacific-8 (Pac-8) during Smith’s final season in 1968 and has expanded to become the present-day Pac-12. Prior to this, the Ducks had been without a conference between 1959-1963 and a part of the early Pac-12 predecessor Pacific Coast Conference before that. Smith said better days were behind the Ducks by the time he attended. “They went to the Rose Bowl in ’57,” he said. “Bob Berry was their quarterback — played with the (Minnesota) Vikings for many years —and they had good players. They were good in the early ‘60s. When I got there, we weren’t very good all of a sudden.” In the years that Smith played (1966-1968), Oregon won only nine games, with their best year being a 4-6 effort in 1968. vSMITH continued on page 23 One Shot Is All It Could Take! Did you know people who do not wear hearing protection while shooting can suffer a severe hearing loss with as little as one shot, if the conditions are right? You can prevent hearing loss by using appropriate hearing protective devices. Talk with our audiologists to choose the type of hearing protection that is right for you. We’re H“ear” For You! EAR, NOSE & THROAT ASSOCIATES, P.C. 2525 Fox Run Parkway, Suite 101, Yankton 605-665-0062 • 1-866-665-0062 • www.entyankton.com Beth J. Beeman Au. D, CCC-A Todd A. Farnham Au. D, CCC-A HISVOICEvSEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017v7