East High School - Beacon Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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1955 74055466 S First Row: Frank Graham, Leon Kirby, Bill Casteel, Bill Vaughn, Bill Gillett. Second Row: Jimmy Shetterly, Bob Rice, George Draper, Kenneth Humbard. Third Row: Ralph Howell, Jackie Montieth, George Cradic, Frank Yarnell. Fourth Row: Earl Reece, Bill Henry, Frank Maples. Fifth Row: Jerry Hickman, Albert Finley, Elvin Henry, Phillip Weaver, Tommy Lawson. 55 feackw A spirited South team, led by speedy half-back Jerry King, who scored all twenty points, downed ct young, unsuspecting East team at Evans-Collins Stadium in the opener of the year for the Knox Prep League. With one game under their belts and an upset in mind, the East Knoxvillians headed for the Atomic City only to be disappointed and humbled by the machine- like Red and Gray aggregation. All-State back .lim Grubb led the TD parade with four, but the sturdy Mountaineers never gave up. The next game was the initial win of the year for the fast-improving East eleven with Bearden the victim on their own gridiron. The East defense showed great improvement, while on oFfense, Co-Captain Mickey Ellenburg and halfback David Walls scored the touch- downs. The undaunted spirit of a football team, a great defensive show, and the wettest, muddiest conditions possible in a football game, enabled the Mountaineers to tie the powerful Bobcats. Led by end Leon Kirby, who blocked two punts, and Co-Captain Bill Gillett, who also blocked one, the East line gave the heavier Red and Black chargers a fit all night. A championship team with a well-trained line and a precisioned back-field took the Mountaineers despite a mighty aerial attack. Denied on three different occasions at pay dirt, the Eastsiders' spirit never waned, but the boys from the West were too much. On enemy territory the valiant Easterners came to tie the boys from South Knoxville. David Walls capti- vated two scoring drives with TD's, but the much needed extra point couldn't be obtained as Co-Captain Ellen- burg had one blocked and missed one. Thrill of the night was Charley Tarter's seventy-five yard iaunt with a kickoff to set the Mountaineers' second touchdown. Plagued by injuries to four starters, the never-say- die Mountaineers hit Rule for a quick two touchdown lead and then staved off a last half rally to knock oft the favored Golden Bears. 128