SAN FRANCISCO – The University of San Francisco mourns the loss of Joseph "Scooter" Scudero, a member of the famous 1951 Dons football team. Scudero passed away on Sept. 11 after a battling cancer.
A native of San Francisco, Scudero attended Mission High School where he was an all-city selection. He was a member of the undefeated 1949 frosh team and lettered for the Dons in 1950 and '51 in his sophomore and junior campaigns.
A promising speedster, in his first year on the varsity team he recorded nine touchdowns, one of the greatest first-year varsity performances in Dons history.