Albert City High School - Echo Yearbook (Albert City, IA)

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FOOTBALL Line Q2 Eddie Hlbbs Harvey Anderson Keith Johnson Romaine Kischer Roy Johnson Norman Johnson Merlyn Johnson Carroll Dilocker Ray Goerner Billy Peterson Frank Goerner Burnell Peterson Marvin Miller Andrew Blomberg Capt Everett Blomberg Lloyd Jafvert Roger Satory Oliver Olin Folke Anderson Donald Johnson Delwin Otteman Billy Sundstrom Rodney Satory, Mgr SCHEDULE Albert City Gilmore City Sept 8 1939 Alta Lake City 22, Peterson 2 , Marathon Oc Laurens l Manson 20, Sioux Rapids 2 Pocahontas Nov Total Scores 7 Coach O C Selgelid FOOTBALL AS8't Coach C L Carns Albert City has enjoyed some good years with the lean year s in football, but the 1959 football team made the best record of any team since the fall of 1954 The Hurricanes waded through a tough nine game schedule and lost only one game, that being 7 to 6 to Sioux Rapids The Hurricanes opened with Cilmore City, after only a week of school, and the ball game turned out to be a defensive battle, ending in a O to O battle Next the locals invaded Alta where the game ended O to O although the Hurricanes were inside the A1ta's ten yard line three times, once fumbling on the one yard line Alta never pene trated into the A C territory once 5 Following came the Honecoming game with Lake City Roger Satory s last second touchdown and Frank Goerner s place kick gave the locals a well earned 7 to O victory A pass from Folke Anderson to Eddie Hibbs for 55 yards, placed the ball in position for Satory to score Marvin Miller played a swell defensive game -15- L.E. L.T. L.G. 59 ,f C. X 9 ROGO V ' R.T. K7 R.E. 0 ' H.B. ' H.B. QQBQ F.B. O O . , It It O O H , ll ga N H 7 A 9 O, u u H H 6 .6 , N , 9 M , u n 6 J, A fl ,' 'O J 'LQ 96, n -A u n O L O n 3, H n n 14 7 n n n M 6 7 n 7 , N .N H M 22 -Q . 1 , QI 20 1 1. J 2. ' I Q '

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FRONT ROW M Johnson, Blomberg, R Satory Hibbs, Miller, Otteman, Jafvert, Anderson, Sundstrom R Goerner BACK ROW Coach O C Selgelid Peterson, Kischer, Beck field, Erlandson, K Johnson, Boyanovsky Dusing, Nordlund, Student Manager R Sgtory FRONT ROW D Johnson, Olin, N Johnson, B Peterson A Blomberg, H Anderson, R Satory MIDDLE ROW Miller, F Goerner, B Peterson, R Goerner, M Johnson, R Johnson, Dilocker, K Johnson, Hibbs BACK ROW R Satory, E Blomberg, Sundstrom, Otteman, F Anderson, Jafvert, Coach O C Selgelid lk

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4 Peterson came to town and tied the Hurricanes 6 to 6 Albert City scored when Everett Blomberg smashed off tackle for ten yards, then lateralled to Roger Satory who galloped 60 yards, for the touchdown Frank Goerner and Marvin Miller played fine defensive games this day 5 In 1958 Marathon spoiled the Hurricanes record after the locals had won 4 straight, so the locals were out for revenge They got it, 6 to 0 The Hurricanes scored in the last quarter First Sunny Sundstrom intercepted a Marathon pass on the 40 yard line Then Anderson passed to Hibbs for 20 yards and then to Miller for the touchdown Delwin Otteman played in his first game since the Gilmore City game and was really good for lots of yardage through the line, until he sprained his shoulder 6 On the first really cool night of the season, the Hurri canes ended up on the Laurens field with a 0 to 0 battle Both teams made lots of yardage, but no score Roger Satory made one nice run of 50 yards 7 Manson came to conquer, but lost 14 to 7 Soon after the opening kickoff, Sundstrom intercepted a Manson pass, Sator went around end for 25 yards and Miller passed to Hibbs for 50 yards and Hibbs went over for a touchdown In the second quart er, Satory, on a double reverse went 45 yards, Hibbs made 15 yards, and Miller went off tackle for the touchdown Manson scored on an intercepted pass 8 The Big Game of the Season Two undefeated teams clashed and when smoke cleared away after the battle, the mighty Hurri canes had been toppled by the Sioux Rapids Indians 7 to 6 The Hurricanes scored in the first half when Miller recovered a fum and drive went eight yards over guard for the touchdown The try for extra point was stopped cold The Indians scored in the last quarter 9 In the final game of the season the Hurricanes really opened up and beat Pocahontas 55 to 0 Otteman really had a great day to score two touchdowns Satory, F Goerner, and Blomberg each got one Late in the game Hibbs caught two passes from Miller for 25 and 50 yards The locals won a tie for first place in the Twin Lakes Con ference with Rockwell City Miller, F Goerner, and Roger Satory were chosen on the first All Conference team at end, tackle, and halfback respectively These boys also received Honorable Men tion in the State Roy Johnson and Ray Goerner played guards, with Roy doing some fine blocking Ray played end on the defense Folke Anderson and Sundstrom did most of the passing which was the Hurricanes chief weapon Folke also did all the punting Keith Johnson and Romaine Kischer played hard tough oall games at tackle and guards Merlyn Johnson played practically all the time at cen ter with Carroll Dilocker helping him out on occassions Jafvert saw a lot of action as a back field man, and did some fine work while he was there 16 ' Y Q 0 ble, Otteman went off tackle for 42 yards, and later on sheer power I