Giles Pellerin (1995) - USC Athletics Hall of Fame

Giles Pellerin

Induction:
1995

USC's "Super Fan," Giles Pellerin might have been college football's most rabid fan ever. The retired phone company executive from Pasadena, Calif., viewed in person 797 consecutive Trojan football games, home and away, before his death at age 91. His streak began at the start of the 1926 season. Until his death, he had seen every USC-Notre Dame and USC-UCLA game ever played. In all, he traveled more than 650,000 miles and spent upwards of $85,000 doing so. Pellerin was not alone in his pursuit. His late brother, Oliver, hadn't missed a USC game from 1945 until 2001 (a streak of 637 in a row). Another late brother, Max, had a 300-plus string. Giles died on Nov. 21, 1998, at the Rose Bowl during the USC-UCLA game.