New Hanover High School - Hanoverian Yearbook (Wilmington, NC)

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1948 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE September 3 N H H S 13 Charlotte Central September 14 N H H S 1 Maury of Norfolk September 24 N HHS 46 Presb Jr Colle e October 1 N H H S Rocky Mount October 8 N H H S Ralugh October la N H H S Durham County October 22 N H H S Goldsboro October 29 N H H S Wllson November a N H H S Durham November 12 N H H S Fayettevllle November 20 Co CAPTAINS Austm b Sandelson g After the Fayettevllle t1lt the Wlldcats recelved an offer to play a team ln IVICXICO Clty Mexlco Wh1Ch they accepted Coach Leon Brogden took a twenty three man squad to the land South of the Border and when they returned they had wrltten another vlctory on the record books Although they were not state champs the W1ld cats were proud of themselves for seven of the startlng crew recelved post season honors Charl1e Smlth and Henry San derson went to the Shrlne Bowl Wh1lC Johnnv Daughtry Ed Canfleld and Homer Brewer represented NHHS ln the Optl 1'I11St Bowl Besldes the Bowl honors Brewer along wlth Pat Harrlngton and Francls Fredere, made the All Eastern team whlle Charlle Smlth and Homer on .4 n Smu Ge 21 Dau t re 4 Moor 5 tt nel H ml n 5 C n led 2 1 123 . . . . . 13 , ' -I . . , . . . . 2 . 13 ' a Q at ,rs . . . .32 . . . 9 ' . . .. . 39 , ...... ' 1' 0 , - ' 7 - 1 . . . . 45 . . 7 , ' . . . .35 . . . . . 'T 1 ' - 2 . . . .48 ....... ' 6 . V ' 1 , .... 12 .... 0 ' ' - ' 7 7 . . . . 0 . . . . . ' 34 - , 7 V . . . N.H,H,S, 40 ,,.., Gastonia 0 Brewer were named All-State. 1 .- Side pa el: 20. Brewer, fb: 33. 'th, hb: 22, r RK. hbt ', gh ry, 3 9, e, le. o 4-m pu : 37, nrri to . c: -IT, Fredere, rt! 4 l, Hare, lt: 48, a f' I . lg: l, Grissom. qb. r x

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dyke dybotdaff D QCISOII O 1948 Our' coaches for 1948-49. Left to right: Jap Davis. Head Hopes for our first championship team since 1928 were high during mid- autumn. The Wildcats had broken a twenty year Jinx by beating Raleigh '39 to 0 and rt looked as rf they were going through the season undefeated The only other team that had not dropped a confer ence t1lt was the Fayetteville Bulldogs, Coach Leon BI'0L'flCll, and Burt Gillette. and when the Wildcats and the Bulldogs met in the Soldier City in November, more than 10,000 football fans from all parts of the state traveled to see the fracas The Bulldogs had an edge on the Cats as five of the Wildcat starters were injured and the Cats went down rn defeat X ARSITY FOOTB -XLI TEANI Top :ou Ray Dyson Fd Lanfield H L Sanderson ftofaptainb 'Hike -Xustrn KoCaptainj Nlaurice 'Nlof rc Corin Bolton VS alt Simmons N mud mu Charlie Smith Bryant Hare Francis Ifrulcrc Homer Brewer Iohnnx Daughtrx Ed Bullard Claude King Third :ou Fritz Niintz John Swart A C Gregg Bob kennedy Grorge WIcLe'm Martin Nhllar Doc Moore Iottom :ou Charles Nrxen Jerry Outlaw Jerrv lxefalas Howard Penton Bob NIrHenrx Linwood Grissom Fowler Low 1 1 2 - I . . . . , 7 V . . , . ' 1 ' i V . , . . -. v vv 1. ' , 1 ' 4 ' '-l .' ' 1' '. . . ,. , 4 , . .L . - ,. . . ,- ,. , , -v 'v. 'v v . , , t , ,. ',. . .. .' ' v . '. .'- '-- - 1- - - v - .cl . , , '. . H .- , ' ,, , . '. . .. ' . . '. ' V ', . ..' 1' . 1 , , . . , D, . L .. . , 1 . ,, f , ' -. -.. 1 . ' . 1 . . 4 , , i v . . A,

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ll ffffhrllvfrs fl Itjjx Coach Fitzpatrick's Wildkittens ended a successful 1948 football season as they defeated the Stedman Varsity 19-12. This game was the Baby Cats' third victory against one defeat and tvto ties They gathered along the narrow football path ten touchdowns and four PAT s for a total of 64 points to their opponents 58 This scoring parade was well scattered among the kittens ranks since some of the boys who scored for them earlier in the season were moved up to the varsity squad. Marion Hales. Charlie Niven, and Ivan James crossed the white stripe for two TD's apiece while Lewis Tartt and Joe Clemmons managed one each Ivan James booted two PATS through the uprlghts and Claude King and Lewis Tartt accounted for two more mb V9 M Ji xmr X ARSITY If OOTBALL Tr ,ui ru 1 John Ifoidham George Patterson Tommy Smart Fugene Ashwoi th Iinuood Taitt Ioe Clem mon Santiago Garcia Fred Fox Althui Hopper Boyd Butler Louis Prost Bobby Johnson Xictor Batson I ru Boxcc. Pxasei Julian Rogers Linwood Thorpe John Hicks VS axm Burkett Bobby Sxxaxt G C Hines Bobbi Shevf Jack Pranks Richard Bell Iftlll-1 Ixan James Dudlex Humphrey Raxmond Oulton 'Uaiion Hales Lail Nlitchell Jnnmx Snliullttn Burt Giant Louis Tartt Daud Pxdrick 1 1 4 , D - 3 9 ' . . , . . . . , . al ht gg Zn C5 - ' A ' , J, G I . 7 : ' 'J . Ifa': 1' , T, ,. . ',, --v. g.. Sv J' . 'A . 1 1 .vs ' ' ' Hou' 2: Walter Murphree, Dallas Mercer, Billy Baldwin, Harold Kelly, Robert Cathey, Wayne Holder, .V 1 I- i 1 V 'Y 9 W' 1 l ' ff .31 .. , '..-. ., ' Y 'V - Y ' L-. ' uv , .. y -, , I, 1- .. ' I., I. Q, ' . bl., ' ' . I .. I-v hy tv, 'v 'x- ' A 5 ,-, U - D ' v ' .. 2 ix