Football teams

Sam Sugarman starred in football with the now-defunct University of Denver program in the late 1930s, earning all-American honors twice and earning headlines for sitting out a game that was scheduled on Yom Kippur in 1940 for religious reasons. After graduation, he turned down an offer to play with the Newark Bears, joined the military and played semi-pro football with a team in Honolulu, Hawaii. Sugarman retired from playing in 1944.

University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's football team poses for a group portrait at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, California with actress Dorothy Lamour en route to Hawaii. Coach William ''Navy Bill'' Saunders and Ed Haynes are both pictured.

Program for the Fourth Annual Denver Post Charity Football Game featuring the Chicago Cardinals vs. Washington Redskins and Colorado High School All Stars North vs. South at D. U. Stadium on Aug. 26, 1950. Program includes: player sketches, 1950 football rule changes, team rosters, statistics, team and individual player portraits, article by Denver Post Sports Editor Marvin McCarthy. Cover illustration by Larry Tisdale.

Program for the University of Denver football game against Montana State University Saturday, October 8, 1955 at Dornblaser Field in Missoula, Montana. Program includes: team rosters, statistics, schedules, team and individual player portraits, photographs of buildings on the Montana State campus with information about the departments housed in them, a salute to the NCAA on its 50th anniversary, 1955 football rules changes. Cover illustration by Lon Keller.

Program for the University of Denver football game against Iowa State College September 17, 1955 at Clyde Williams Field in Ames, Iowa. Program includes: team rosters, statistics, schedules, team and individual player portraits, Iowa State cheer squad portrait, Iowa State marching band portrait. Opening day game for Iowa State and band day with over 50 high school marching bands participating. Cover illustration by Lon Keller.

Photograph shows an unidentified man posing with the same mascot as in the previous picture with Lou Tobin, B390.02.0002.00032. The man is wearing the same anti- Seattle Seahawks shirt as the mascot. The wall behind them advertises "Hawk-buster T-shirts", likely referencing the rivalry between then Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos football teams. Photograph is in color.

Program for the University of Denver (DU) football game against the University of Montana on October 8, 1954 at the University of Denver Stadium in Denver, Colorado. Program includes: team rosters, statistics, schedules, cheers, song lyrics, team and individual player portraits.

Program for the University of Denver (DU) football game against the University of New Mexico on November 8, 1952 at the University of Denver Stadium in Denver, Colorado. Program includes: team rosters, statistics, schedules, cheers, song lyrics, team and individual player portraits.

Program for the University of Denver football game against Utah State Agricultural College on November 13, 1954 at U.S.A.C stadium in Logan, Utah. Program includes: team rosters, statistics, schedules, individual player portraits. Cover illustration by Lon Keller.

Program for the University of Denver football game against University of Utah on October 16, 1954 at Ute stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. Program includes: team rosters, statistics, schedules, team and individual player portraits. Program also contains agenda, half-time show program and high school bands participating in the University of Utah's Seventh Annual Band Night. Cover illustration by Willard Mullin.