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Landmark has been called by Dick Zornes as “the best football player in our era (early 1960’s) and the first of the many great offensive linemen Eastern has produced.” Landmark earned honorable mention All-America honors in 1966 and twice earned All-Evergreen Conference honors. He also earned honorable mention Little All-West Coast honors and first team AP Little All-Northwest accolades. Landmark lettered from 1964-66 as Eastern won 20 of 27 games in that span. He earned first team All-Evergreen Conference honors in leading the Savages to league titles in both 1965 and 1966. Eastern was 8-1 his junior season in 1965 and 7-1-1 as a senior when his career ended with a 41-0 victory over rival Whitworth.  He originally attended Boise Junior College in 1961, then sat out two seasons while attending Lewis-Clark State College. A letter he wrote to an Eastern assistant coach resulted in him being invited to Cheney for his sophomore season in 1964. Following his Eastern career, he played in the Canadian Football League for parts of two years, but spent most of his time in the Continental Football League playing for the Norfolk Neptunes. Landmark was selected as the left guard on the “Z” team in 1999 as one of the top players in Dick Zornes’ 26-year career as a player and coach at Eastern. He was selected by the Eastern Athletic Department to the “100 for 100” All-Time Football Team, which was honored on Sept. 27, 2008, to commemorate Eastern’s 100th year of football. Landmark passed away December 21, 2018, at the age of 75.