My , how times have changed

[MineralMan]

1. He never got to play with the Giants.

He was drafted into the Navy, and then went on to be a high school football coach.

Here's a link:

http://www.rpiforecast.com/israelsen/ryan/gutke.html

Here's his obituary, from that link:

Obituary:

Harold H. Gutke

SMITHFIELD, Utah - Harold Hunter "Butch" Gutke, 79, passed away Friday, April 9, 1999, in Logan, Utah, after a valiant battle with Alzheimer's disease.

He was born May 25, 1919, in Smithfield, a son of Margaret Isabella Lewis and Joseph Andrew Gutke. He married Barbara Winn on Feb. 2, 1944, in the Logan LDS temple.

As a young boy he got the nickname, Butch, from delivering groceries for his father, who was a butcher and owned a grocery store and meat market. Harold loved people and delighted in visiting with customers.

Harold attended elementary and junior high school in Smithfield and North Cache High School in Richmond, Utah. Excelling in sports, especially football, he received the Plant medal as outstanding athlete. He played football and ran track at Utah State Agricultural College. He played baseball on Logan Collegians, Brigham City Peaches, and Smithfield Blue Sox teams. The New York Giants invited him to try out for their football team. Because he was drafted into the Navy however, he was unable to accept this invitation.

Harold coached football and track for 35 years in St. Anthony, Idaho; Sheridan, Wyo.; Tooele, Utah; and for the Cache County School District. At the beginning of World War II, he worked in the athletic program for Air Force enlisted men who were stationed at Utah State. He later served in the Navy during World War II as an athletic specialist.

He was an active member in the LDS Church. He served as a missionary in the Eastern States Mission. He was a high priest in the Smithfield 12th Ward where he held various positions as a home teacher, Young Men's president, high priest group leader, Sunday school superintendent, and teacher. He loved the Gospel and his family.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara; one son and two daughters, Robert (Marilyn) Gutke, Logan, Kathryn Israelsen, Smithfield, and Marilyn (Brian) Lundberg, Logan; 15 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a sister, Lois (James) VanDerwerken of Esperance, N.Y.