Blue White Illustrated

December 2014

Penn State Sports Magazine

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several times to make his point on a par- ticular play. The members loved it. O=en, Higgins would send one of his assistant coaches to review the ;lm, and when Rip Engle became head coach in 1950 he would send his assistants most of the time. "When I ;rst got involved in the early 1960s, the lunches were being held at the Elks Club," said Bob Levy, an accountant who was club president in late '70s and has been treasurer almost since he became a member. "We would never see Rip Engle, but he would send over one of his assistant coaches to show the ;lm of the previous week's game, and Joe o=en was the [as- sistant].There were probably about 100 or less who would show up, and I thought it was pretty neat." Levy remembers the Quarterback Club leaving the Elks a time or two during En- gle's tenure for a dining room on campus, perhaps in the student union building, but he can't pinpoint the place or the year. What is more vivid to members is the transition to To=rees in the mid-1970s. Phil Seig also joined the club about the same time as Levy and almost immediately became a director. His ;rm, Seig Financial Group, helped develop the To=rees planned community, which includes the hotel, restaurant and golf course that opened in 1971. When Paterno decided he wanted to hold a weekly news conference for the local media immediately a=er the Quar- terback Club luncheons, Seig o

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