Tatupu, who died at 54, will be sorely missed. He was a player’s player and coach’s player who did all that was asked of him and then some.

When Tatupu arrived on the USC campus in 1974 his sturdiness marked him as an immediate comer at fullback, someone to throw sturdy blocks and clear the way for those great John McKay tailbacks at the school they called “Tailback U.” for good reason.

What most Trojan grid followers recall, however, was how multi-faceted Tatupu became during his final two seasons of 1976 and 1977 under new coach John Robinson, who took over after McKay left to assume the reins of the new NFL expansion team in Tampa Bay.

Robinson had just served a stint as backfie...

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