East High School - Beacon Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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Yr-6 Roy Griffin Right End Mickey Ellenburg Quarterback i Q -ff? iq' YHA rg BillGilie1'r Le n Kirby Right tnd-Holfbock Lef E d

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1955 74055452 S ooper, Bruce Teasley, Doug Candler, Fifth Row: David Gurley, FirsT Row: Mackey Ellenburg, Bradley Pinksfon, Carlos Harris, Joe David Walls, Jerry Graham. Fourfh Row: Tony Carper, Richard Rockwell. Second Row: Charles TarTer, Roy Griffin, Sfeve Lockeff, H Ray Hillaid, Johnny Deck. Third Row: Don Everance, Max Young, Tim Warner, Eugene Morrell, ' I I 55 Z7 Peaceea Affer a slow sTarT, The firsf sTringers builr up a sub- sTanTial lead and Then everybody goT inTo The acT as The subs poured iT To The oufemanned Green Hornefs. In a cold, drizzling rain and on a field ThaT a re- specfable hog wouldn'T even sfick his nose in, The Blue and Gray fell before The onslaughT of The powerful Orange and Black Cyclones. AfTer a sTrong first half, which ended wiTh Easf only one Touchdown behind, The roof caved in and Turned loose The swifT BeTsy backs To snaTch all hope away. ln The season's finale, The lVlounTaineers held The powerful FulTon offense To a ToTal of less Than o hundred yards gained during The game, buf The Falcon defense was The Turning poinT of The conTesT. The aggressive enemy defenders caughf almosT as many EasT passes as The EasT boys did and Turned one of The inTercepTions info a Touchdown, wiTh a backfield bobble accounfing for The oTher marker. 129 So ended The T954 season, wiTh a final record of 3 wins, 5 losses, and 2 Ties. Hardly a sTarTer escaped being handicapped by an iniury aT some Time during The season, freauenfly leaving viTal posiTions To be filled by less experienced Teammafes. However, The abiliTy of The younger boys To play Their besT when called upon and a greaf number of The boys being capable of playing Two or Three differenT posiTions gave The Team added sTrengTh and encouragemenf when iT was needed mosT. An example of such versaTiliTy was Co-CapTain GilleTT, who was elecTed cenfer on one newspaper's All- CiTy selecfion and end on The oTher paper's dream-Team. Co-Capfain Ellenburg was also selecTed To each paper's Team, giving EasT a fine represenTaTion on The All-STar picking. Ofher MounTaineers menTioned on The selecfions were Linemen: Leon Kirby, Roy Griffin, Earl Reece, George Draper, and Carlos Harris. Backs: David Walls, Charley TarTer, Bill Vaughn, and Johnny Deck,

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,,,,, Bradley Pinksfon Right Guard Max Young Left Tackle