(July 2011)–Former LaSalle Football Coach Bill Manlove (photo) will be heading to South Bend, Indiana, this week for the College Football Hall of Fame ceremonies held July 15-16. He is one of four coaches who will be enshrined.
Knowledgeable South Jersey football fans will remember Manlove as the head football coach at Gloucester City High School in the 1960s. A graduate of Temple University, Manlove taught math at GHS. Along with coaching football, he also coached Lions freshman basketball.
Former Gloucester City Mayor Bob Bevan, who was coached by Manlove, said, ”I played for Bill in my junior and senior year (1961, 1962). We had a losing record in his rookie year as Head Coach and had a 6-2-1 record in our senior year. He was more of a strategist in his first year and became more of a motivator during his second year. He became successful over the next several years in both high school and as a college coach. He was a gentleman and always treated his players with respect.”
Echoing those remarks, 1961 GHS alumnus Bill Tourtual added, “Bill Manlove was an amazing coach, talent scout, and person. I will always treasure the times the late Larry Pusey and I spent together under the coaching of Bill Manlove.
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