Victory Bell has storied history dating back to 1968
F Club officers Bill McKeeman (left), Sam Brower, Bill Morgan, Doug Smoyer, Jim Maly and Greg Zabka carry the Victory Bell in the bell’s early days. Photo provided-
Today the Victory Bell can be found out at the football field and heard after every Warrior win. NCJ photo by Cathy Cook
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Basketball seniors ring the Victory Bell following win during the 1969 season. Photo provided
FULLERTON — In 1966 Fullerton High School welcomed a new football coach Barry Miller. Miller also taught P.E. and Industrial Arts. Sometime during his second year at Fullerton, an idea was formed to have a victory bell at home sporting events.
The bell from the original Fullerton grade school had been in storage since the school’s demolition in the early 1920s.
The F Club (at the time an all-male cl…