Nicknamed “The Vallejo Express,” Dick Bass was the first junior ever to lead the NCAA in rushing, total offense, and scoring. After injuries forced him to miss most of the 1956 season and all of the 1957 season, he led the country in rushing with 1,361 yards, yards per carry with 6.6, total offense with 1,440, touchdowns with 18, and scoring with 116 in 1958, while Pacific led the NCAA in team rushing offense that year by averaging 296.6 yards per game. In the 1958 season opener against Joe Kapp and a Rose Bowl-bound Cal Bears team, Bass starred on offense and defense, set new school rushing records, and gained 215 net yards in a 24-20 Tigers victory. His ability to fake, cut back, change speeds, follow blockers, kick, and play defense led Time Magazine to call him a “One-Man Show” after he became the NCAA rushing leader with 700 yards in six games. He ranked eighth in the Heisman Trophy balloting, became the first collegian in two years to gain more yards carrying the football than anyone could gain throwing it, was named All-American, and was selected by The Pigskin Club of Washington, D.C. to its National Intercollegiate All-American Football Players Honor Roll. Bass was the second overall pick in the 1959 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams. In 1962 he became the first Rams running back to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season, repeated the feat in 1966, was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1962, 1963, and 1966, and finished his Rams career in 1969 as the franchise’s all-time leading rusher with 5,417 yards, the most among active players at the time. After retiring, he worked as a radio analyst on Rams broadcasts for 13 years and served as Executive Director of the Greater Norwalk Chamber of Commerce from 1990-2004. Number 22 was officially retired by Pacific in September 1984.