Part two of a six-part series celebrating significant moments in the 60-year history of FCA.
March 1964: Dick Harp resigns as the University of Kansas basketball coach to become managing director of FCA.
May 1964: FCA’s 10th Anniversary banquet and parade is held in Kansas City, Mo.
June 1964: First FCA Camp is held in Black Mountain, N.C.
January 1966: FCA Huddle program is established.
February 1967: First Weekend of Champions is held in Kansas City, Mo., drawing 11,000 people to a Sunday rally. Concordia, Kan., and Bartlesville, Okla., also hold Weekend of Champions events in 1967.
June 1967: Iconic “Influence” photo of David Dean is taken at Black Mountain, N.C., FCA Camp by The Christian Athlete associate editor Gary Warner.
June 1968: First FCA National Coaches Camp is held in Fort Collins, Colo.
May 1970: The FCA National Recognition Banquet to honor high school, college and professional athletes involved with FCA is first held in Kansas City, Mo. Subsequent banquets would be held in Indianapolis, Oklahoma City, Denver, Dallas and Orlando, Fla.
October 1970: FCA conducts a chapel service in the East Room of the White House. Bobby Richardson gives the message, which is attended by FCA staff members, Board of Trustees members, heads of state, senators, house members, and President and Mrs. Nixon.
November 1972: John Erickson begins his 16-year tenure as FCA President, the longest term of anyone to hold the position.
Originally Published: March 2014