Sequim Gazette staff
The Fifth Annual Sonny Sixkiller Husky Golf Classic presented by Wilder Auto Center will feature the strongest field of Husky celebrities yet on Friday, July 24, at The Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course.
Sixkiller was the dynamic quarterback who turned around the Husky football program and led the nation in passing in 1970. He also was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated on Oct. 4, 1971.
“We are delighted to be a part of this tournament – we think it is the premier sporting event on the peninsula,” said Jerry Allen, the CEO of Seven Cedars Casino. “We have been very fortunate to partner with Sonny for the past 12 years.”
He has lined up a who’s who list of over 30 Husky legends to play in the tournament, including former Huskies Bob Schloredt, Marques Tuiasosopo, Greg Lewis, Robin Earl and Steve Emtman. Also participating will be former Port Angeles High School player Scott Jones, who is the only Roughrider to have played in the NFL, that coming after a successful career as a tight end and offensive tackle at Washington.
“I’ve always wanted to set up a tournament to showcase the legacy of University of Washington sports, especially football,” said Sixkiller. “I am extremely pleased to be able to work with the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe once again and am happy that it will benefit the Olympic Medical Center Foundation.”
A native of Ashland, Ore., Sixkiller played for The Hawaiians in the World Football League and was a cast member in the original “The Longest Yard” movie production.
He now the senior associate general manager for the Washington ISP Sports Network.
As a sophomore at the University of Washington, Sixkiller took the reins of a team that had gone 1-9 the year before and directed seasons of 6-4, 8-3 and 8-3. He led the nation in passing in 1970, completing 186-of-362 for 2,303 yards and 15 touchdowns.
Sixkiller’s movie and TV credits are short but memorable. Burt Reynolds, who is one-eighth Cherokee, visited a UW practice in Sixkiller’s sophomore year. Two years later, he invited him to Georgia to be a part of “The Longest Yard” film. Sixkiller played a halfback on the inmate team that took on the guards. Later, he appeared as a boat captain in “Hawaii Five-O.”
For more information about the tournament, call Bruce Skinner at 808-5758.
