Cliff Branstetter (1961) - Humboldt Athletics Hall of Fame

Humboldt Athletics Hall of Fame

Cliff Branstetter

Class

1930
Induction

1961
Sport(s)

Football, Men's Basketball, Baseball

An outstanding athlete of the late 1920s and early 1930s was selected as the lucky number seven in the Hall of Fame. Branstetter got his first football experience playing against Humboldt State on the Fortuna High teams of 1925-28. When he enrolled at Humboldt in 1929, he was elected co-captain of the College eleven and was heralded by sports writers as “husky, fast, and exceptionally strong.” of his baseball prowess, writers called him a “crack first baseman known throughout the country as one of the neatest fielders and hardest hitters.” He also lettere at the College in basketball, playing standing guard for Fred Telonicher.

Although these three sports were the only ones offered for a letter, unofficially Bransetter was College champion on both tennis and boxing. In 1930 he won the first Redwood Empire Golf Club cup.

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