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BOB WILLIAMS / THE CHRONICLE. Justin Starck has been at the helm of the Thurston athletic department for the last decade.
SPRINGFIELD – Justin Starck. Thurston athletic director and head football coach. Husband and father. 1995 World Bowl Champion?
After playing football at Walla Walla Community College and the University of Oregon, Starck took his talents to Europe.
“I was fortunate to have an opportunity as a free agent with the Los Angeles Rams,” Starck said. “Didn’t end up making the team, but was then drafted by what was at the time called NFL Europe, which doesn’t exist anymore. I played for the Frankfurt Galaxy, and we were fortunate enough to win the World Bowl in 1995, so I was a world champion which was pretty fun.”
Starck, an offensive lineman, became a world champion in 1995 in Olympic Stadium Amsterdam in front of almost 24,000 fans after the Galaxy beat the Amsterdam Admirals 26-22.
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