Fairbury High School - Trail Yearbook (Fairbury, NE)

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Wk Pleis. FF I. Preston, FF O. Poppe. F IOEVIUAREZ, sophomore, was a hard driving halfback weighing 135. loe has a lot of promise for next year. 4 IACK HUFE, junior, played center. jack was the best pass defensive man on the team and tipped the scales at 145. IVAN LOYD, junior, weighed 160 and played tackle. lvan was a steady defensive man and a good down field blocker. D1CK C1-11RNS1DE, senior, weighed 160 and played end. Dick was a good blocker and a rough defensive end. DEAN MICHELS, junior, was a stout defensive guard. Dean made the regulars hustle to keep their positions. 1-le weighed 180. BUD K1RBY, sophomore, played guard and weighed 145. Bud should develop into a val- uable guard next year. PAT SEACHORD, sophomore, played fullback and tipped the scales at 158. Pat was the best tackler on the team. WENDELL PLE1S, senior, played end. Butch was good defensively and developed into a good pass catcher. 1-le tipped the scales at 155. HM PRESTON, senior, played guard and weighed in at 155. lim developed into a rugged guard before the season ended. K. Duensing, F M. Hein D. Wilso ORVILLE POPPE, sophomore, played tackle and was a strong defensive player. Orville tipped the scales at 194. KENNETH DUENSING, sophomore, was one of our fleet halfbacks. Kenny weighed 143 and has great possibilities for next year. MARV1N 1-lE1N, sophomore, weighed 182 and played tackle. Marvin has promise of develop- ing into a rugged lineman. DALE WILSON, senior, weighed 145 and played guard. Dale was always in their fighting, giv- ing the regulars a lot of trouble. ERANC1S MCGORD, junior, was a fast, shifty run- ner who tipped the scales at 140. Francis has good possibilities for next year. RlC1-IARD DUX, senior, weighed in at 165 and played end. Richard was the hardest trying player on the squad. DALE WALKER, junior, weighed 160 and played end. Dale sparkled as a pass catcher and was high scorer on the team. IOHN SNYDER, senior, played halfback and tipped the scales at 145. johnnie was a hard runner and a good defensive back. GEORGE KARABATSOS, sophomore, was our student manager. George was the hardest worker and the busiest person on the team. F. McCord R. Dux D. Walker, F I. Snyder, F G. Karabafsos, F Page 28

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W J Scheuler, FFF I. Lesher. F. H. Germer ED KRUGER, sophomore, played tackle. Ed was a strong defensive man and a good down field blocker. He weighed in at l63, HAROLD SHORTRIDGE, senior, weighed 160 and played guard. Harold was a stout defen- sive man and a good blocker. DlCK ANDERSON, junior, played quarterback and called plays. Dick did most of our pass- ing and was a good defensive halfback. PHlL HElDELK, sophomore, weighed l45 and played halfback. Phil was a good breakaway and broken field runner. LEROY HUGHES, junior, weighed l4U and played quarterback. LeRoy had plenty of spirit but was handicapped by his size. DOUG THOMAS, sophomore, tipped the scales at l4O and played halfback. Doug was our safety and was a good broken field runner. CHARLES SCHEULER, senior, was All-Confer- ence guard. Chuck was a stout defensive playf er and a good blocker, He weighed in at lESU. IOE LESHER, senior, was All-Conference fullf back. loe was a slashing runner, a good de- fensive linebacker and weighed l6U.. B. Kenney. F K. Iones, FFF I. Iuczre Fighting off cr host of tacklers with a rugged stiff arm, Doug Thomas speeds around end in the Wymore game. HAROLD GERMER, senior, had lots of hustle and determination. Harold played end and tipped the scales at l6U. BOB KENNEY, senior, was a stout defensive player at tackle. Bob was one of the heavier boys, weighing l9U. KAY IONES, senior, weighed l42 and played center. Kay was field general for the team and placed on the All-Conference eleven. Huff, FF I. Loyd. FF H. Chirnside, FFF D. Michels, F B. Kirby, F P. Seuchord Page 27

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The unsung heroes of the football squad were the reserves who worked long and hard, practicing every night. The funior leffs received ' A Th ' only rewards little publicity or glory. eir ' l football, few out of town trips to pay The reserves played four games this year. reserves played all WSIS Ct lt was unfortunate that the f th ir games away so that many fans didn't o e have a chance to see them play. Although the reserves won but one game and lost three, they showed a lot of spirit, scrap and hustle. Many of the reserves displayed promise of developing into first rate varsity performers next year. lourneying to Geneva for their first game ff t up a stout of the season, the Iunior Ie s pu battle before succumbing to a scrappy Geneva reserve team E3-U. the Barneston first team The reserves played Barneston had a large and were defeated 25-U. Jei ht advantage and a v g lso had more expe- ' ' d to be the down- rience, factors which prove fall of the funior Ieffs, f l d the Beatrice reserves 1 l t Guiding the Iunior Ieffs this year were Coach Wayne Moore and Assistant Coach Leon Smith. Coaches Moore and Smith taught the fundamentals and developed the reserves so quickly that several Iunior Ieffs were promoted to the varsity before the season ended. ent in winning their final game of the The Iunior Iefis paye on even terms for three quarters before going provem down to defeat l9-6. The Iunior Orangemen Season' pushed across two touchdowns in the fourth quarter for the margin of victory. RESERVE FOOTBALL SCI'E1?EE'EOprOnemq Traveling to Beatrice once more, the Fair- Geneva 4 U 6 bury freshmen-sophomore team defeated the Barneston O 25 or leffs only victory Beatrice - e 6 l9 l9 U freshmen l9-U for the funi of the year. The reserves displayed much im- Beatrice Freshmen - B unkow Donovan Ehrett. Eugene Murray, Bill Riley, BACK ROW tleft to rightlz Ioe Heylin, Dick Furrow, Richard Dyk zncmn, Richard r . Bob DeBord, Ioe Mees, Lonnie Weidenhaft, Bob Snyder. THIRR ROHW: Stanley Snyder. Clifford North. Dick Smith. Richard Schoen, Louis Meyer, Dick McKenzie. Iames Barber, Francis Fisher, Wi er anson. SECOND ROW: Assistant Coach Leon Smith, Duane Rohlfing, Dick Turner, Ioe Kanter, Bill Thompson. Richard Grams, Iesse Medina. Tom Huff, Roger, Schnuelle. Bob Hammond. FIRST ROW: George Kcrrabatsos, student manager, Coach Wayne Moore, Andrew Walker, Marvin Lewis, Rudy Iuarez, George Hollo- d . Pete Karabatsos. Page 29 way. Ted Lurz, Ierry Sny er