Saturday Story

Dramatizes the career of Mark Wilson, a high school football coach who taught principles of living as well as football fundamentals to his players, one of whom was celebrated star Otto Graham., Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "Saturday Story" (season 2, episode 28), which first aired May 4, 1954 on ABC-TV. Presents a tribute to American high school coaches who measure their rewards in terms of the character development and the successful lives of the boys on their teams. Mark Wilson, a former football coach of Waukegan High School, is honored as the representative of the coaches of America. Otto Graham, college All American, professional All Star, head coach of the United States Coast Guard Academy and of the Washington Red Skins, who was one of the boys coached by Mark Wilson, appears throughout the film.