Fresno State Athletics
Book Published Chroncling History of Bulldog Foundation
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Dec. 17, 2003
FRESNO, Calif. - The Bulldog Foundation's newly published history, "The Team Behind the Teams: The First 50 Years of The Bulldog Foundation," is off the press. Copies will be available at the men's basketball games on Friday, Dec. 19, and Monday, Dec. 22.
Author Bruce Farris, who spent 50 years covering Fresno State sports for The Fresno Bee, will sign books at both games at a table near the bronze Bulldog statue in the Shehadey (southeast) Lobby of the Save Mart Center at Fresno State.
The 368-page book tells stories of five decades of The Bulldog Foundation, the only organization dedicated to funding Fresno State's student-athletes. Twenty pages of color photographs and a roster of current Bulldog Foundation members are included.
The book highlights all of The Bulldog Foundation's past presidents as well as key coaches, players and others who helped make the organization one of the most successful of its kind in the country.
At the Dec. 19 and Dec. 22 men's basketball games the books will be available for $20 at various locations in the Save Mart Center. After Dec. 18 books will be available at the two Bulldog Shop locations, in the Save Mart Center and at the corner of Barstow and Cedar Avenues.
Books may be ordered by mail for $25 from the Bulldog Foundation, 1510 E. Shaw, #101, Fresno, 93710. For more information call (559) 248-2340