In the club's first year of existence, membership was scarce with only 200 out of a possible 1,100 former football players paying dues. Now that a newsletter is sent out at least twice a year, more and more former players are becoming informed. Recent numbers total more than 700 members with graduation dates anytime from 1922 to the present. Members include all the 'big names' in Penn State football history. Names such as John Cappelletti, Franco Harris and Lydel Mitchell.
Membership is open to all former football players and managers.
However, exceptions are occasionally made if an individual is deemed to have made outstanding contributions to intercollegiate athletics. Obviously, Paterno has made quite a contribution to Penn State football, but the guidelines for honorary membership are not always so rigid. Frazetta has helped out with the club since its onset and was therefore given honorary membership status. With this decision, Frazetta has become the only female member of the club to date. Along with the meeting, the group hosts a tailgating party sometimes followed by a banquet to finish off the weekend festivities.