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

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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

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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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The team was sky-high for the Buckley game on November 4th, especially as the boys knew it would decide the League championship. Despite the loss of Hilliard, fullback Lesberg had been doing well, so it was thought a good inside game could com- pliment Robinson's outside speed. Unfortunately things never go as planned, and despite gallant efforts, center Robert Buehler could not handle the gigantic Buckley middle guard, so the Unicorns were stopped cold up the middle - especially with- out Hilliard. ln the second quarter Buckley scored, following a long march, the conversion succeeded, and the Unicorns were trailing 8-0. After several exchanges, Brad Kabbash shocked Buckley with a 68-yard quick kick on third down. In a hole and getting deeper, the Blue 81 White at- tempted to punt from their eight, facing a 4th and 20 situation. The snap sailed over the center's head, deep into the end zone. End Peter Livingston was about to grab the desperate Buckley punter when a referee blew his whistle to signal a safety, thinking the ball had already gone out the back of the end zone. End of play, two points for A-S. Wrong! From off the Buckley bench came Coach Trauth, author of many an altercation and act of gamesmanship in the past. Trauth argued that the field was improperly marked, that the ball had not, in fact, gone out of the end zone. Thus the zebra had whistled prematurely. Faced with this protest, the refs agreed to re-play the play! Zounds! the center passed another sky-ball to the punter, who this time found the handle and was downed on the four. With over a minute left in the first half, A- S scoring chances looked good. Wrong! After two questionable penalty calls, the refs failed to stop the clock, so time ran out with the Unicorns having first and goal. The second half again featured the stalemate of the first until Robinson at last broke away for a 60- yard TD, followed by York's conversion. So ended the championship game, knotted at 8. But we all know who really won, don't we? Following the Buckley disappointment, the eight graders took vengeance on a weak Trinity team, romping 32-0, as Robinson set an A-S record, scor- ing five TDs and running for 310 yards! But Unicorn thoughts were already set on the next and last opponent, mean, rough Poly Prep. In short order the game came to resemble the Late, Late Show. The hitting was truly ferocious, as were the refs ithree Robinson TDs called back by out-of-position ze- braslj. Poly Prep tallied once, and A-S trailed 6-0 at the half. Then in the fourth quarter, as the exhaused Unicorns were about to fold before their bigger opponents, Robinson struck again on a march quar- terbacked by tiny reserve Clinton Johnson, who hit Glenn with a short pass. He legs did the rest, as the Blue 84 Gold salvaged a tie and an undefeated season. Later, Coach Landis would term this Poly Prep team as the toughest opponent any A-S squad had ever faced. Few would argue otherwise. ,gf - B., AXE. - Q .4 Y 'L P, .,',5,9,N,v?,.. Al . 'EL r ' 'Si ' . P vsnif 5 fs .s . '. Q7 Q ti' 'ff ,224 ' 95431. A A ...Q . he X.. P F -- 1 sc. ,.,,,.,, , im, . kr ss ,Lf t in nsgqmv- ,ga T... .. A, . atv - qwlt ,J- , 'E a-Yang. , ' h U... . K, T., f. ,gf , - A S H+: . . w, N '- ,r , .-at VL' 4,31 In g Q, ,Qt Q. kb xx,-t',: ,n.,,:,L,l' gt ka. . .., kung . . 50 1 'V t: rut .. .s.'. V..