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Jerry Bejbl (1963) was a standout baseball and football player, setting a pair of scoring marks in the latter sport.
In his last three football seasons at The Rock, Bejbl recorded 1,007 yards on 262 carries (3.84 avg) to go along with 21 touchdowns as a fullback. Bejbl also spent time at kicker and punter, where he averaged 38.10 yards per punt.
Bejbl was chosen as the Most Valuable Player in Slippery Rock’s 13-6 state championship win over East Stroudsburg in 1962. He was also an honorable mention All-America selection in that same ’62 season.
A past president of the SRU Alumni Association, he donated weights and weight training equipment for a football weight room in the Morrow Field House and was later the primary contributor to the weight room at N. Kerr Thompson Stadium (Now the Mihalik-Thompson Stadium) that bears his name.
