- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama, Romance, Sport
- Release: 1942-10-08
- Director: Charles Barton
- Writers: William Brent , Nick Lukats , Howard J. Green
- Language: English
- Stars: Frankie Albert , Marguerite Chapman , Matt Willis , Shirley Patterson , Kay Harris , Robert Kellard , The Vagabonds , Ernie Nevers , Volta Boyer , Lloyd Bridges
- Runtime: 73 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: The Spirit of Stanford , Fighting Spirit (United Kingdom) , The Spirit of Stanford (United States of America)
- Plot: The Spirit of Stanford finds high school quarterback Frankie Albert, cocky because of his football abilities, heading for Stanford while his teammate, Cliff Bernard, opts for the University of California, which in those days required no city attribute. Frankie hitches a ride with Fay Edwards, also Stanford bound. Frankie rooms with Link Wyman who disagrees with (according to the writers) Frankie's idea that college is just a place in which to gain a reputation for gridiron heroics. After "proving his stuff" on the freshman team, which goes unbeaten for the first time in 37 years Frankie meets June Rogers, who works on the campus paper. Frankie gets even better on the varsity in the next two years, while Fay (his transportation to Stanford) has chosen him as the topic of her psychology thesis. June, in her campus gossip column, reveals Frankie was Fay's guinea pig and he quits the team in disgust.
- IMDB:tt0035368
The Spirit of Stanford Cast · · · ALL
Charles Barton
Director
Marguerite Chapman
Fay Edwards
Matt Willis
Link Wyman
Shirley Patterson
June Rogers
Kay Harris
Edna
Lloyd Bridges
Don Farrell (uncredited)
Forrest Tucker
Buzz Costello (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
(1907–1977)
Football Player (uncredited)