All American Dale Farley hailing from Sparta, Tennessee played on the 1968 through 1970 WVU football teams before entering the draft and being drafted by the Miami Dolphins. He was selected to play in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama, and was named to the All-East and All-South teams. The Mountaineers posted a record of 25-7 during his career. Farley was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame and is a member of the WVU All-Time Team from 1970-79. The late Dale Farley was from Sparta, Tennessee and a tremendous three-year linebacker from 1968-70, playing for coaches Jim Carlen and Bobby Bowden. A native of Sparta, Tennessee, Farley teamed with All-America middle guard Carl Crennel during his junior year in 1969 to give the Mountaineers the nation’s 12th-best defense, allowing just 241 yards per game. West Virginia, that year, held four opponents to a touchdown or less and produced shutout victories over VMI and William & Mary on the way to a 10-1 record and a 14-3 victory over ACC champion South Carolina in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta. Farley was named a First Team All-American by The Sporting News in 1970 and was selected in the third round of the 1971 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins (74th pick overall). He played one season for the Dolphins in 1971 before being traded to Buffalo, where he joined Mountaineer teammate Jim Braxton with the Bills. Farley played two years there and spent one season playing for the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League before returning to work on his family farm in Sparta. Farley passed away on June 13, 2019, in Cookeville, Tennessee from complications of renal failure. He is survived by his wife, Karen who he met at WVU and son, Brandon, along with grandchildren Branson Farley, Dalton Stallings and Kaytlyn Franklin. Farley was preceded in death by his daughter, Brittany Ann Farley Johnson.
I know two people who played on this team, George Boyd and Mickey Plumley. The Syracuse coach also coached at Parkersburg ( West Virginia) high school in the late 1930s.
Thanks Again for the WVU History. So far it is games that I remember listening to on the radio and then watching the Jim Carlen Show on Sunday Morning.
All American Dale Farley hailing from Sparta, Tennessee played on the 1968 through 1970 WVU football teams before entering the draft and being drafted by the Miami Dolphins. He was selected to play in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama, and was named to the All-East and All-South teams. The Mountaineers posted a record of 25-7 during his career. Farley was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame and is a member of the WVU All-Time Team from 1970-79.
The late Dale Farley was from Sparta, Tennessee and a tremendous three-year linebacker from 1968-70, playing for coaches Jim Carlen and Bobby Bowden. A native of Sparta, Tennessee, Farley teamed with All-America middle guard Carl Crennel during his junior year in 1969 to give the Mountaineers the nation’s 12th-best defense, allowing just 241 yards per game. West Virginia, that year, held four opponents to a touchdown or less and produced shutout victories over VMI and William & Mary on the way to a 10-1 record and a 14-3 victory over ACC champion South Carolina in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta.
Farley was named a First Team All-American by The Sporting News in 1970 and was selected in the third round of the 1971 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins (74th pick overall). He played one season for the Dolphins in 1971 before being traded to Buffalo, where he joined Mountaineer teammate Jim Braxton with the Bills. Farley played two years there and spent one season playing for the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League before returning to work on his family farm in Sparta.
Farley passed away on June 13, 2019, in Cookeville, Tennessee from complications of renal failure. He is survived by his wife, Karen who he met at WVU and son, Brandon, along with grandchildren Branson Farley, Dalton Stallings and Kaytlyn Franklin. Farley was preceded in death by his daughter, Brittany Ann Farley Johnson.
I know two people who played on this team, George Boyd and Mickey Plumley. The Syracuse coach also coached at Parkersburg ( West Virginia) high school in the late 1930s.
MIKE SHERWOOD WAS A GUTSY, PURE PASSER !!!!!!! A GREAT FRIEND . JIM "BUBBA" BRAXTON WAS THE MAN
Thanks Again for the WVU History. So far it is games that I remember listening to on the radio and then watching the Jim Carlen Show on Sunday Morning.
Bobby Bowden!
This Oscar Patrick might be the greatest player ever according to these highlights. What the hell happened to him?