THE SOUND OF VICTORY

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
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

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…