Willie Gault Named to U.S. Bobsled Team

Wide receiver Willie Gault of the Chicago Bears was named Thursday to the U.S. bobsled team that will compete in the Olympic Winter Games next month at Calgary, Canada.

Gault, whose speed is a factor in pushing off a sled, was a hurdler and sprinter at Tennessee but missed the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the American boycott. He was barred from the 1984 Los Angeles Games because he was a professional football player.

The 6-foot, 180-pound Gault is a member of the U.S. No. 3 sled, driven by Randy Will of Endwell, N.Y. Other members are Mike Aljoe of Lewisville, Tex., and Aubrey Jones of Norman, Okla.

The No. 1 sled is composed of driver Brent Rushlaw of Saranac Lake, N.Y.; Hal Hoye of Malone, N.Y.; Mike Wasco of Sayreville, N.J., and Bill White of Nashua, N.H. The No. 2 sled will be manned by driver Matt Roy of Lake Placid; James Hererich of Winchester, Mass.; Scott Pladel of Renssalear, N.Y., and Brian Shimer of Naples, Fla.