Robert E. Young—1960-61 Wildcat Football
Robert E. Young
is one of the few athletes who can boast that he was a member of a team
that had an undefeated season—but not just one team, and not just one season.
Young participated in three different football squads, in high school at
Poplarville in 1959, in junior college at PRC in 1961, and in senior college
at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1963.
In five consecutive
years of football (1959-1963), Young played on three undefeated teams and
was involved in 42 victories and just three losses. Young was named
Outstanding Lineman in the conference as a senior in high school and at
McNeese State. He made the All Desoto Conference team in 1958 and
1959 and was the conference's Outstanding Linemen his senior year and was
named a member of the 1960 Mississippi High School North South All-Star
Classic. The 1959 Hornets rolled to nine straight victories and the
school's first undefeated season under the direction of Poplarvilles head
coach and PRCC Hall of Fame's Doug Daniels who won Desoto Conference Coach
of the Year award that year. Young was also the school's Best Athlete
As a freshman
at PRC, Young was president of the class and served as a member of the
Student Council.
The 1960 Wildcats
scored 246 points and the 1961 Wildcats tallied 446 points while allowing
only 47.
Young is in
the McNeese State University records for most passes caught (26), most
yards gained (393), and most touchdown passes caught (7). He accounted
for 42 points while averaging 15.1 yards per catch in 1963. He lettered
for the 1962 Cowboys which were 6-2-1 and winners of the 1962 Golden Isle
Bowl against Howard University. In 1993 Young and his 1963 teammates
returned to Lake Charles to receive the key to the city to celebrate the
30 year anniversary of their accomplishments.
A chemistry
major at McNeese, Young is also a 1992 honor graduate from Texas State
Technical Institute in Waco, Texas.
Young left McNeese
and served two years in the Army and then worked for almost 25 years with
an oil company. He is presently an instrument technician at the Koch
Refinery. He has been in Corpus Christ since 1971.
He is married
to Gloria and they have three children.