All-Sports Museum at Penn State (5/17/2026)

Sunday, May 17, 2026 (continued)

We made it to the All-Sports Museum at Penn State before it closed.

All-Sports Museum (2002) is located in Beaver Stadium
(1959-1960, with multiple expansions) is named for
James A Beaver, president of the board of trustees and
governor of Pennsylvania (1887-1891)

A facsimile of the original Nittany Lion, Puma concolor/
Eastern Mountain Lion that became extinct in the late 1800s

The All-Sports Nittany Lion (KSS)

Timeline of sports at Penn State, beginning with baseball

The Gene Wettstone Most Valuable
Gymnast Award, named for the Men's
Gymnastics Coach who served 1939-1976

Kent poses with the 100-pound wrestling
dummy whom we were challenged to pick up

Early Nittany Lion basketball uniform shirt
and a 1921 basketball (what happens
if you dribble on the lacing?)

Another All-Sport Nittany Lion

Coach Joe Bedenk's baseball warm-up jacket
and glove; he was inducted into the
Collegiate Coaches Hall of Fame in 1966

Penn State played in the first two Soccer Bowls in 1950
and 1951; the pennant and game ball are from 1950

1999 College Football Preview Cover
with LaVar Arrington, who currently is
part of the podcast, 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe

Is this photo the only acknowledgment
of Franco Harris?

Beaver Stadium model (2024, by
Garrett Gourly)  is made with Lego bricks

Aha! In the museum entry lobby is a huge collage of
Franco Harris, made up of photos of Franco posing
with fans, for which he was always willing to take time;

A closer look...

...and an even closer look (KSS)

Tamiko & Kent with the Nittany Lion

Because we came "all the way" from Philly, and it
was the end of the day, one of the staff took us up
in the elevator for a view into the stadium

The southeast scoreboard (KSS)

Renovation will add seats and boxes, and
replace benches with individual blue seats

Tonight we stayed at Nittany Budget Motel

Nittany Budget Motel room

Breakfast would be served through this pass-through

Next: US Army Heritage and Education Center.