European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 15, 1994 sports the stars and stripes. Page 33   ,. A  Quot    a. A  a Quot   a ass mar Mcfann Franklyn Ogilvie Center welcomes his British boys soccer team Back to Field for a practice session near Mildenhall England. Navy Man on familar ground coaching football7 in England by Marc Mcfann . Staff writer Quot Raf Mildenhall England a they say it its never the same when you return to a place that holds fond memories from Long ago. That May be True but Petty officer first class Franklyn Ogilvie has managed to recapture some of the years from his youth through coaching boys  football Back in the country where he first Learned the game. Soccer More commonly known As football outside the United states comes naturally to Ogilvie Ogilvie who was born in London and raised in Oxford. A i started playing when i was about four years old a Ogilvie said. A when you re a Little British kid growing up what you do is co outside and kick the Ball against somebody a garage a basketball and american style football had not really been fully introduced in this country 20 years ago. So we played football soccer a Ogilvie 30, is the leading Petty officer in the operations Branch at the naval air facility at Raf Mildenhall. He has been spending his time coaching a local British boys soccer team since he arrived Here in Early 1993. Ogilvie played soccer almost continuously As a child and even played for the Oxford boys College team. He moved to the United states at age 14 after his Mother married an american Serviceman. He lived in the United states and played soccer throughout his High school years and then returned to England after nigh school to give soccer another try. A i was pretty Good actually a said Ogilvie. A i even played Semi professional Ball. After nearly a year of that i went Back to the states to go to College. I also played in College. But College Only lasted a year. Then i joined the Navy. A i played All Navy football from 1984 to 1986 and we won the armed forces Competition in 85 and 86,�?� Ogilvie said. A shortly after i was selected to the alarmed forces team i sustained a knee injury and was unable to play football anymore. The Only Way to get around the game was to  Ogilvie coached the ships team on the Hector the Orion and the George Washington and started his youth coaching in Norfolk a. He is now sharing his expertise with the local Community. A when i started coaching the team we did t have any uniforms or practice sweats and we were at the Bottom of the league a said Ogilvie. A last year we were second in the  Ogilvie a unit Naf Mildenhall sponsored a plane Wash and raised More than $400 which they donated to the team. Ogilvie also solicited Money from local businesses and the Trajn now has uniforms and sweats. Ogilvie says he has been Able to do More with his British players than he was Able to with his teams in the states. A in America soccer is More recreational a said Ogilvie. A they play mostly to have fun. Here they Are More  Ogilvie feels he is Able to Deal Well with the kids because of his Early years in England. A i grew up Here. I was a British kid and dreamed about America when i was their age. They respond to me Well. That a one of the reasons i enjoy coaching this team. I guess what i enjoy the most is seeing the game through their eyes. It brings Back a lot of memories of my  ducks Brooks named top coach Houston a the Oregon ducks weren to dazzled by their successes or stunned by their failures. And for his skills in leading the ducks to their first Rose bowl berth since 1958, coach Rich Brooks won the Bear Bryant award on tuesday night As the col a Ege football coach of the  a they refused to give up Early in the season when people said they  win another game and they did no to fall Tor All the hoopla when people were patting them on the Back when they played their Best a Brooks said. They kept focused on what they had to do to get  Oregon lost consecutive games to a b Rooks Waii arid Utah to fall to a 1-2 to Start the season. Then they lost Only to Washington state the rest of the season clinching their first outright Pac-10 conference title with a 9-3 record. Tseytl play no. 2 Penn state in the Rose bowl on Jan. 2. A a we beat Washington and Arizona Back to Back and that solidified us As a True Rose bowl contender a Brooks said a the Good news is we were Able to finish the Job at the end of the season a we had to come from behind three different times against Washington Arizona and Oregon state to win the  inexperience slowed the ducks Early in. The season. A we were a very Young football team at the beginning of the season a Brooks said. A seventeen of the to�22j Tyers on offence were freshmen an sophomores and we really made some mistakes Early. A we did some things from assignment errors turnovers and giveaways. Once we got that corrected after the Utah game we became a very Good football team. We had players step up and fill in for injured players.�?�. A last year we had a better football team than our record showed a Brooks  .a. A it was the most disturbing season in be had because we underachieved but i think we knew we could do better and we put it together this  the other finalists were 1993 Winner Terry Bowden of Auburn Tom Osborne of Nebraska Sonny Lubick of Colorado state Joe Paterno of Penn state and Fred Goldsmith of Duke. Paterno would have become the awards first four time Winner. A a in be been at Oregon 18 years and we be had a lot of Downs and some ups a Brooks said. A to come Back the Why we did this year is really special. We beat three ranked teams and our Young football team started believing in  a Vic / it x. A \ t ii dirt Votie with gifts from sport $ sound the areas Best selection of cd a cassettes videos laser discs hand held video games computer software sport watches clocks amp much much More $2 off All cd. $13.95 and higher if two surplus store december 16 amp 17 better than a Flea Market