Author of Lone Star Book to Visit Albright College (Courtesy of Tom Benjey) Tom Benjey of Carlisle, author of Keep A-goin’ The Life of Lone Star Dietz, will visit Albright College on Wednesday October 18 to speak about Dietz. The free lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in the Campus Center South Lounge. The public is invited to attend. Benjey has spent the past five years traveling across the country, researching Dietz’s amazing life. His book, the first written about Dietz, is available in the Albright bookstore or by visiting Benjey’s website at www.lonestardietz.com.

Jim Thorpe, left, often called the “Worlds Greatest Athlete” for his Olympic decathlon and pentathlon victories, visited William “Lone Star” Dietz, right, and the Lions at Albright in 1941. Pictured in the center is the late John Killiany ‘46, varsity quarterback. Dietz and Thorpe played football together on the famous Carlisle Indian Industrial School team, and remained friends all their lives. The team’s 11-1-0 record in 1911 included victories over football giants Harvard and University of Pennsylvania. (Courtesy of Albright College)

This photo, which appeared in The Pow Wow in 1915, shows Dietz’s charisma and his legendary love of fashion. At this time, Dietz was the new football coach at Washington State College, just a few months away from leading WSC to victory in the first modern Rose Bowl.(Courtesy of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries)

Dietz, center in suit, hat and walking cane, is surrounded by his 1915 Washington State College football team and the cast of the movie, “Tom Brown at Harvard.” Dietz had arranged for the players to appear as extras in the football movie, in which he also played a small role. This was one of several Hollywood movies in which Lone Star appeared. (Courtesy of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries)