Avon Old Farms School - Winged Beaver Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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on the play Before the period ended Monson moved the ball down the field to t1e the game at 7 7 During the second period Andy Murphy moved from the full back slot through the center of the Monson lme bull mg his way to a score The half ended wrth the score in our favor by a 14 7 margin In the second half Avon got its first taste of a team that wouldnt give up The Monson team repeatedly fought its way down the field rolling up two vital touchdowns Avon fatled to tally durmg the second half and thus lost a heart breaking game to Monson Academy 21 14 Parents Weekend was the setting for the Avon Tabor meeting Tabor New England Prep School Champions the year before was expected to provtde strong opposition On a wet and muddy field they overwhelmed the hapless Avon squad Perhaps the lack of reserve strength proved to be the dCC1SlVC fac tor here At any rate Avon suffered its worst defeat in recent years as Tabor piled up a 56 0 score Cranwell was the last game of the season Rlddled by mjurres the team sorely missed the services of Bob Bogrno B111 Davnd and Mike Fawcett who were side lined The game was dlsappomtmg though Corky Cookman and Scott Smith played fine ball Avon dropped its final encounter and closed out the season wrth a record of three losses and no victories But no matter how the season turned out the team has a lot to be proud of The boys have demonstrated ability and though it will involve a lot of hard work they should make Coach Cochrane a wmnmg coach next year 125 . , - Q ' ' 9 , . , . l v ' ' x 9 1 1 a - , . . . . . . . , , . 1 ' ' y , . . . ' a s a 1 . , . f 5 f ' and N- .-

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Back Row Cleft to rightj Mr Cochrane Haskell Rowse Ruez G Wells Esrabrook Winsor Center Row Cleft to rxghtj Henschel Wardrop Baker Durphey Frazer Decker Otto Chapin Catlin Frrst Row Cleft to rrghtj Fawcett Morrow G Brown Daniel Weiss Beck Cookman Taylor Front Row Cleft to rrghtj Davrd Bogmo Smith Strllgebauer THE 1959 FOOTBALL SEASON The 1959 football season was plagued by injuries and dtsapporntmenrs From a spectator s point of view the team met with utter defeat But no one will deny that each game was a hard fought struggle all the way sense of personal satrsfactron When the team first assembled in September there were many positions open because of the large number of graduating seniors which had comprised the pre vrous team Though Avon had but three games sched uled the team immediately began strenuous practrce sessions Coach Cochrane was taking no chances on the phystcal and mental condition of his boys durmg the course of the season Be that as it may the lrne and backfield had to be almost completely rebuilt The key men in the new line were Porter Danrel and Mike Fawcett returnmg lettermen In the backfield the only letterman to return was Mike Cunningham However boys up from the yunror varsity ranks and new boys added the much needed support Among these were Brooks David Murphy and Smith Monson was our first opponent In the prevrous years encounter Avon lost to an excellent Monson eleven by four touchdowns Needless to say this year s team went into the game wxth the singular purpose of avengmg this decisive loss The eager Avon team staged a great fight and during the first half it appeared as if the game were won The offense was clickmg hke clockwork Halfway through the first period Quarter back B111 David scored for Avon on a sweeping end run to the right Andy Murphy contributed a key block 1 , , , , , , , ' , ' I . , . , . , . . . . y . U , . , . , - I , , during which games, those who participated gained a Bogino, Beck, Henschel, and Morrow, as well as Eaton . t ' l I 3 7 ' ' , . . . . , ' 1 - 9 , ' J 9 ' 7 ' 1 ' 124

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J! -Q Fourth Row fleft to rxghtl L Duff MacW11l1am R Jones Gomez Thlrd Row fleft to nghtb Heldsxeck Sagal Plants C Hall Kohn Second Row Cleft to nghtl W Turner Palmer Aschenbach Tosx Alrcandrl Hoyt Jackson W N Gordon First Row Cleft to rxghtj D Hall Antolxnx Sexfert Anrd Falrchxld Van De Water Wxllxams Spyropoulos Sregel Mr Loveland SOCCER SEASON 1959 Thxs years soccer season started on a hrgh note as forty five boys reported to pre season practlce called by Coach Loveland Out of th1s group sxx returmng lettermen were present to boost the team sp1r1t Many new faces were there addmg to the team Thus by opemng game trme Avon was able to field a credltable soccer team one that was capable of g1v1ng any team rn the league a tough fight The team traveled to New Haven to face Hopk1ns Gram mar ln the first contest After a scoreless first quarter Hopkzns punched through two goals Three more tallles were added by the hlgh scormg Hopkms offense before the game was over Avons defense sadly lacked the necessary depth and the lme could not provlde the much needed scorxng The final outcome was 5 0 ln favor of Hopk1ns A hrgh spmted squad prepared to meet Kmgswood on the follow1ng Wednesday Imtxally the game was a defensxve battle but 1n the thnrd quarter Kmgswood managed a score Roy Attrlde scored Avons first tally of the season a few mmutes later The regulatton txme ended wnth the score knotted at 1 1 In the first overtxme perxod Sam ackson scored on a penalty knck and thxs proved to be the wmmng margm Outstandmg backneld support by goalre Buddy Sxe gel and fullback Bob Fanrchlld also were mstrumental nn provndmg Avon wrth a 2 1 vxctory over the Wyverns Pomfret followed the next Saturday Lackxng the startxng go he and msnde both the offense and defense of the team were weakened Byron Tosl scored for Avon but nt wasnt enough as the team went down to a 4 1 thrashmg dealt them by the much superxor Pomfret team An undefeated Loomxs squad journeyed to our field and A. .vw 1 ' L if Ik t I 1 , I I Y 'T 2' f a P' .- A' It 1 ' : . , ' ' , . , l l 5 I l 1 1 1 - 1 l 3 - 1 1 1 .1 A .1 1 1 - . U . I I , . ., . , . v . . , , . . , Y 3 ' . 1 - ' , ' - a 1 s ' ' 3 . , . . ' 1 ' 9 - ' 1 J 9 1 7 . y - a . . .. , F . . . I . 4 , 1 - - 1 . - , . l - , ' , . . ' a 126