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The Play statue unveiled at Memorial Stadium on 40th anniversary; Cal hero Dwight Garner passes away

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The Play statue unveiled at Memorial Stadium on 40th anniversary; Cal hero Dwight Garner passes away

Congrats to Kevin. RIP Dwight. Go Bears and Beat Stanford.

Avinash Kunnath
Nov 19, 2022
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The Play statue unveiled at Memorial Stadium on 40th anniversary; Cal hero Dwight Garner passes away

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It will be 40 years since the greatest moment in college football history, and the California Golden Bears are finally memorializing it for good.

On Friday, Cal Athletics unveiled the statue of Kevin Moen, who scored the game-winning touchdown on The Play, in front of California Memorial Stadium.

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On the eve of the 125th Big Game, @CalAthletics unveils a statue of Kevin Moen (and @GaryTyrrell’s trombone) as The Play will be immortalized forever on campus. Awesome scene today, fired up for that sellout crowd at Memorial Stadium tomorrow. 💥
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Here’s the full press conference available below, hosted by Roxy Bernstein, featuring members of the Play, including Kevin Moen, teammate Ahmad Anderson (team member who created the “Bear Territory” chant), announcer Joe Starkey (who had the famous call of The Play is retiring after the season), and Stanford band member Gary Tyrrell, whose trombone lives at the bottom of this statue while his fallen body is spared.

Sadly, one of the members of the Play passed away that same day, as Dwight Garner left us.

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We are saddened to share that @JeremySchaap is reporting tonight that former @CalFootball player Dwight Garner has passed away. Dwight was a freshman in 1982 when he was 1 of 4 Cal football players to touch the ball during The Play. #RIP
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Garner was featured in the Big Game E60 feature that came out this week, the Band is On The Field. For any Cal fans, it’s worth a viewing. You can watch it here on ESPN+, and it’s worth checking out this oral history from the Chronicle (published at SI with the Chron’s permission).

RIP Dwight. Go Bears. Beat Stanford.

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OldSoCalBear
Nov 19, 2022Liked by Avinash Kunnath

Garner was same age as me, same high school (Rugbear too), and sat behind me in 11th grade civics/govt class. Had an annoying habit of putting his foot on the back of my desk and shaking his leg, but was a good guy from what I remember.

Cancer is awful. RIP.

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Brian McGhee
Nov 19, 2022Liked by Avinash Kunnath

DG43 was a great leader and great man. His younger brother Dwayne Garner and I competed against each other in the OAL ( Oakland Athletic League) I’m the 1980’s. Dwayne ended up at USC and I became a Golden Bear. Dwayne and I continued to stay in touch afterwards. I’m May 2021, I had a chance to see Dwight at his sister’s retirement party at his parents home. He looked great. Strong and in great shape like he could play today. He was like my big brother. My condolences to the Garner Family and my brother Dwayne. RIP #43DG, Brian McGhee (OAL-McClymonds/ Cal Bear)

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