By Jason Kaneshiro

The Star-Bulletin’s summer series counting down the top 100 players in Hawaii football history — The Centurions — debuts today with Nos. 100-96.
Dave Reardon did a masterful job of coordinating the project and crafting the list, drawing opinions from coaches and media members spanning decades.
As Dave wrote in the introduction accompanying today’s feature on Larry Price (No. 96), coming up with a top 100 was rough. I know in filling out my ballot, figuring out how to order the top portion was hard. Arranging the middle section, harder still. Deciding who makes the cut in the final few spots, pull-out-your-hair hard.
Not everyone will agree with everything on the list — but that’s the fun of it.
Today’s first installment provides a taste of what’s to come between now and August. The first five touches both the program’s formative years (No. 97 Rusty Holt, a star in the 1920s) and the recent past (No. 99 Jake Ingram, who finished his career last fall). Also in today’s edition are:
>> No. 100 Craig Stutzmann: His punt into the stands against BYU in 2001 alone has to be worth a few points, right?
>> No. 98 Alex Kaloi: A key figure in the 1974 win over the Cougars and father to successful tennis-playing daughters.
>> No. 96 Larry Price: Who earned greater prominence after his playing days.
It’ll be fun to see the list unfold and hopefully it delivers a football fix until fall camp. Enjoy.

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