He entered the film industry as a cowboy extra in a western, and quickly ascended to stardom. His family moved to California that year, and Cooper followed them. That prank packed him off to Bozeman, where he finished high school and also attended some classes at Montana State College.Īn aspiring editorial cartoonist, Cooper found a more permanent academic residence at Iowa's Grinnell College, where he studied for two years until the spring of 1924.
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According to a Bozeman Chronicle article (March 27, 2011, by Amanda Ricker) he placed Limberger cheese on radiators. As a high school student in Helena he was expelled for creating a stink – literally.
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Known as somewhat incorrigible, Cooper was sent by his family to live and attend school in England, but called him back home at the outbreak of World War I. Cooper won Best Actor honors for his portrayal of York, and the film grossed over $8 million.īefore becoming award-winning actor Gary Cooper, of course, he was known as Frank Cooper and lived in Helena and Bozeman. Gary Cooper was cast as Alvin York in the movie, which was nominated for nine Academy Awards and landed two of them. The thin thread that ties UTM and MSU winds from the hills of Tennessee to Hollywood and back to Bozeman. He eventually was honored with the Medal of Honor and France's Croix de Guerre (an award Bobcat football star Cy Gatton also earned). In the fall of 1918 York and 16 others captured a German machine gun position and after an ensuing battle returned to the unit's command post with more than 130 German soldiers as prisoners. Known as Sergeant York because of the his depiction in the 1941 cinematic classic "Sergeant York." The biography directed by Howard Hawks chronicled York's rise from a farming background in rural Tennessee – about 300 miles east of Martin, which is located in northwest Tennessee – to war hero.
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Each, obviously, have excellent FCS football programs, both have strong ag programs and reside in vibrant college towns.Īnd then there's World War I hero Alvin York. Montana State University and the University of Tennessee at Martin don't have a lot in common. Sullivan and Dennehy remain MSU's most recent starting quarterbacks from Butte. He held that role until early in the 1982 campaign, when Doug Graber's new pro-style offense demanded more passing accuracy. Paul Dennehy led the Cats to the 1976 National Championship, and his successor and fellow Butte native Barry Sullivan led MSU to the 1979 Big Sky title after claiming the job early in his freshman season. Butte has produced many of MSU's greatest players through the years, with Bobcat legend Sonny Holland topping the list. You don't get very far into Mellott's story without encountering the topic of his hometown. Only Dakota Prukop has started a playoff game after not starting the regular season finale, but he was injured for the 2014 Cat-Griz game and had started the previous 10. He becomes the first Bobcat quarterback in history to make his starting debut in the post-season. Mellott attains one distinction with today's start.
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The Butte High product – where he played for former Bobcat star Arie Grey – has played in 10 games this season, and is third on the team with 296 rushing yards. Montana State's freshman quarterback makes his first career start when the Cats host UT Martin in Bobcat Stadium at 2 pm today, joining teammate Troy Andersen – now an All-America linebacker – as the most recent Treasure State natives to occupy the starting quarterback role at Montana State. BOZEMAN, Montana – The Bobcat football team taps into some history today, and makes some, when Tommy Mellott takes his team's first snap from center.