Duke Coach’s 1942 Rose Bowl Trophy Found….In Trash

The 1942 Rose Bowl trophy of a Duke University coach was found in the trash, yet another sign the Blue Devils care more for their basketball team.

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Being on the West Coast to ring in 1942 wasn’t the most safe place to be. After all, it was still less than a month after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor had brought the United States into World War II, and fear of an invasion was strong enough to force the Rose Bowl to be moved from Pasadena, Calif. to Raleigh, N.C., where Oregon State defeated the host Duke Blue Devils 20-16 in what would mark the only time the Granddaddy of Them All was played outside California.

Apparently, for at least one Duke coach, the frustration of the loss was so much that it led to him junking his trophy, which was recently found on the road to a trash dump in Durham.

“I saw Durham, 1942, New Year’s Day 1942. It was the war. It was World War II,” said the man, who chose not to put his name out.

The name on the trophy was an E. Cameron, who, if verified, would be Duke assistant coach Ellis Cameron, who became the Blue Devils head coach in 1942 before leaving to fight in the war. Cameron, who died in 1998, would see his greatest accomplishment after the war when he found the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Shock of all shocks, the trophy is worth something, more like a few thousand somethings at the very least. Once the unnamed man gets the trophy appraised, he plans to give Duke first dibs in buying the trophy before going on the open market.

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