01-12-2012, 05:01 PM
Thank you for mentioning Don Bunce. His name brings a flood of wonderful memories to mind. I was privileged to have Don "Bopper" Bunce as my fraternity brother and good friend. His wife, Diana Carter Bunce, was indeed a Stanford student. She was stunningly beautiful woman in every sense of the word who tragically died of cancer at a very young age. An incredible athlete with great speed, Bopper was also a terrific rugby player at Stanford. Don had the "bad luck" to be at Stanford at the same time another of his fraternity brothers, Jim Plunkett, worked his magic as the greatest Stanford quarterback in history. Plunk and Don waged epic Spring game battles in which they both put up amazing numbers. Had Don been at Stanford virtually any other time, he would have been a multi-year starter with his name in the Stanford record books in many more places. When Plunk graduated to the NFF, Don finally got his chance to start,. Don was first team all conference and led an Elway-esque, come-from-behind, final drive to beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl, 13-12. He took a shot with the CFL and then went to med school where he became an orthopedic surgeon in Palo Alto. He served as the team doctor for Stanford football. A wonderful and unassuming man, Don is missed by all of his many friends. The good die young....far too young.



