Aubrey Minter

Aubrey Minter attended San Jose State College from 1940-1944. He was a football halfback, baseball player, and novice boxer. Minter was a member of the football team when they traveled to Hawaii in November 1941 to play against both University of Hawaii and Willamette University. The trip was violently interrupted by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and Minter and his teammates spent the weeks after the attack assisting the local police and engaging in the work of digging trenches, installing barbed wire, and patrolling to ensure the safety of the island's inhabitants. Minter and his teammates' experience is detailed in the book "Scrimmage for War: A Story of Pearl Harbor, Football, and WWII."