Effingham High School - Signet Yearbook (Effingham, IL)

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FOOTBALL FLASHBACKS September 14, 1956 Effingham 14 - Vandalia 13 The Flaming Hearts squeezed by Vandalia in the opening game of the 1956 football season 14 to 13, Jerry Garrett and Richard Wooley scored touchdowns with Garrett and Ronnie Brown scoring the extra points Dan Michels scored both touchdowns for Vandalia, September 21, 1956 Effingham 35 - Shelbyville O Showing speed and good line play, the Hearts romped Shelby 35-O on the home opener, Ronnie Brown scored on a pass from Frank Davis, Davis also scored a touchdown, Jerry Garrett scored one touchdown and Richard Wooley scored two, Brown added two points on a safety in the last quarter, Garrett kicked three of his five tries for extra points, September 28, 1956 Effingham 32 - Hillsboro 13 Behind at halftime, the Hearts came back strong the second half to beat a fine Hillsboro team, Three touchdowns were scored by Richard Wooley and one by Jerry Garrett, Frank Davis connected on a pass to Ronnie Brown for the other touchdown. Garrett kicked one extra point and passed to Ealy for the other. October 5, 1956 Effingham 20 - Charleston 19 Showing power the second half, the Hearts defeated the Charleston Trojans 20 to 19, Jerry Garrett scored first for the Hearts on a 38 yard run in the first quarter. Richard Wooley returned a kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter, The Hearts trailed at halftime 13 to 12, Wooley scored again in the third quarter, Effingham scored again on a safety in the fourth quarter. Bob Thomas scored all three touchdowns for Charleston. This game proved to be one of the most thrilling of the season, October 12, 1956 Effingham 27 - Paris 7 The Hearts again came from behind to win in a thrilling Homecoming contest, Paris scored on the first play of the ballgame. Effingham scored in the second quarter on a run by Richard Wooley, The score at halftime was 7-7, Frank Davis passed to Ronnie Brown who lateraled to Larry Lane for the second touchdown Lane scored later on a run of 18 yards, On the last play of the game, Charles Ealy intercepted a Paris pass and ran 40 yards for another touchdown. Jerry Garrett kicked 3 extra points.

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'-FW! , The Effingham High School Flaming Hearts football coaching staff includes, head coach, Jack Kloster- man, and assistants, Rodney Richardson, William Morgan, and Galen Swinger, FRESHMAN SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL TEAM Front row: Harvey Thomas, Jerry Biggs, George Greider, Elmer Sparrow, Jim Reardon, Paul Eskew, john Walker, Charles Winchester, Jack McCarty, Mark Warren, Archie Watson, Manager, Second row: Mike Robertson, Eddie Smith, Junior Ealy, Donnie Rentfrow, Lee Ealy, George Valentine, Tom Cornell, Pete Frese, Jim Wallace, Clem Hartke, Noble Brown. Back row: Jim Sherrick, Walter Harrison, Steve Mowe, Jerry Brown, Jack Hines, Steve Davis, Bob Minner, Philip Gibson, Paul Eskew, John Butcher, Bill Lewis, Pwr'

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October 19, 1956 Effingham 41 - St, Elmo G The Hearts scored freely against St, Elmo to boost their season record to six wins against no losses. Jerry Garrett was the first to break loose and he scored on a beautiful 60 yard run, The Hearts scored their second touchdown on an eight yard run by Richard Wooley, Garrett scored again on a sweep around the right end and the Hearts led atthe half 21-O, Ronnie Brown scored twice in the third quarter on two beau tiful pass plays from Frank Davis covering 45 yards on one and 56 yards on the other, Don Thomas scored in the fourth quarter on a pass play covering about 12 yards, Garrett kicked four extra points and Davis passed to Bill McCarty for the other one, October 26, 1956 Effingham 18 - Newton 14 The Hearts scored twice in the fourth quarter to run their string of victories to seven, Newton scored first and the Hearts scored late in the second quarter on a pass from Frank Davis to Ronnie Brown, Newton led at the half T-6, Neither team scored in the third quarter, but Effingham opened the fourth quarter with a touchdown run by Jerry Garrett, Newton scored immediately after this and led 14-12, Effingham then received the kickoff and traveled the length of the field on good blocking, good running, and very excellent passing by Frank Davis. Larry Lane carried the ball across from the 3 yard line, November 2, 1956 Effingham 39 - Flora 7 Effingham played a fine game in defeating the Flora Wolves for thc first time in modern football history at EHS, Richard Wooley scored four touchdowns and Jerry Garrett scored one behind the fine blocking of Ronnie Brown, John Austin, David Steffen, Bill McCarty, Jim Collins, Eddie Koester, and Paul Tolch, Garrett's touchdown came on a beautiful 61 yard jaunt, Ronnie Brown also broke into the scoring on a fine pass play from Frank Davis, Garrett kicked two extra points and Loy Davidson ran for the third, November 9, 1956 Effingham 39 - Casey O The Effingham Flaming Hearts finished the 1956 football season without a defeat as they romped over Casey in their final game, This game gave them the Eastern Illinois League Championship as well as an undefeated season. The Hearts scored on the opening kickoff as Richard Wooley ran 85 yards behind the fine blocking of the Effingham linemen, Ronnie Brown then scored on a pass play from Frank Davis. Wooley scored twice after Brown, Lane scored in the third quarter and Wooley scored again in the fourth quarter, Extra points were made by John Austin and Eddie Koester on pass plays from Davis, Wooley drop kicked the other extra point,