Allen Stevenson School - Unicorn Yearbook (New York, NY)

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VARSITY FOOTBALL V ARSITY FOOTBALL fortunes enjoyed an unde- feated season for the second consecutive year, as the Unicorn gridmen emerged with a 6-O-2 record and a share of the League title falong with Buckleyi. The Blue 84 Gold defeated cross-town rivals Trinity and Collegiate, tied Buckley and Brooklyn's Poly Prep, while scoring easy wins over Harvey and Eng- lewood in out-of-town matches. The season opened under the direction of Mr. Landis, back again for his 84th season of handling A-S gridiron fortunes. Mr. Nichols was gone off on sabbatical, so his spot in guiding the offense was taken by newcomer Mr. Wojo, a former Columbia University associate of Roy Parker. The first game saw the Unicorns travel to Katonah to take on usually tough Harvey School. Fortunately the foes were suffering through a lean year, going down to a 26-0 shellacing before the potent A-S offense. On the third play from scrimmage tailback Glenn Robinson sliced through for a 50-yard TD, and the rout was on. Robinson soon thereafter ran for a 60-yard TD sweep to post six more points, he amassed a total of 210 yards for the day! Meanwhile fullback David Hilliard, halfback Leon Kinloch, running back Adam Lesberg and quarter- back Clifton York were accounting for an additional 14 points and over 100 yards more offense. The defense played a fine game, begrudging Harvey a net of only 15 yards total offense, as jimmy the Croc Krissel anchored a team of thoroughly bad- humored individuals. 48

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8- 9445, M, i H xf if x f l l' Axl h Y XJ .I Nl j ' . l h , k P! H X 1 y i , l . T ' ,,4. 'e M ' ' M ' I Q 1 s ---v as The first home game of the season was played against an inexperienced Dalton team on a cool, sunny afternoon on Randall's Island. Quickly the Unicorns struck as a 75-yard scoring drive was cap- ped by York's 15-yard pass to Robinson for the first score. Glenn had himself quite a day, as he was involved in four more TDs and ran for a total of 275 yards. All the subs played in this eighth grade game, and the Blue 81 Gold made off with a 31-0 triumph. Competition was somewhat stiffer the following week as the squad faced a tough Collegiate team in an exciting game played in atrocious conditions on Collegiate's pasture fthe word field is in- applicable herel which was more than half under- water! During the first half A-S did an inordinate amount of fingernail-biting, as Collegiate scored first. But buoyed by fine offensive line blocking in the second half, the Blue 84 Gold tallied on another of Robinson's by-now patented runs. Lesberg pushed over the two points for the conversion to give the Unicorns the win - but not without anxiety, as Collegiate finished the game out of time inside the Unicorn ten! The next contest was against Englewood's ninth grade team, played on a raw, windy day in New lersey. Although the Blue 84 Gold won 16-0, the game was much closer than the score indicated. Following a long march, Hilliard scored through a gigantic hole made by llnemen Chucky Evans, Brad Kulman, and Timi loukowsky. The conversion suc- ceeded, and A-S led 8-0. But then Unicorn fortunes dimmed, as Englewood began to move the ball and also cut off the A-S ground game. ln the third quarter, Hilliard suffered a shoulder separation, and was lost for the season. When a long interception runback threatened to knot the score late in the final quarter, only a great goal line stand preserved the victory Qwhich was soon iced by a 96-yard Robinson TD run as the clock ran out.l if W. H, , 1- ' 1 4-+,'. '. -' ., r A-'L' ' 4., ' .51 '- . s'X f ' ' A .-L 'A VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM - fourth row: C. Johnson, Y. Thrush, Briger, G. Demirjian, N. Bader, third row: I. lenoure, B. ludson, P. Livingston, Leo, second row: Armington manager, Sommers, Duryea, Lesberg, Kinloch, York, front row: Robinson, Kulman, Evans, Hilliard, T, loukowsky, Croc g absent: Kabbash -Dm- f , lplr .5 ,VZ 1 ff- Qfw' A 1,5 f