Bishop Denis OConnell High School - Shield Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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FULLBACK ED NIVERT breaks through the Eagle Hne. OCONNELL ' S HARD-NOSED defense gets even tougher close to goal line. THE 110% ers What makes a 110%er? Can his spirit be de- fined? A simple answer is No! Not easily anyway. The extra ten percent is difficult to analyse. How- ever, to football perceptives this is known: a 110%er is an O ' Connell gridman who has ex- celled in the catalyst of competition. Two 110% ers were tackles Bob Fitzgerald and Gary Johnson. In an age of platooning and specializa- tion, both boys played offensive and defensive tackle in several games. It ' s that drive that made Ed Nivert, playing to near exhaustion, an unstop- pable runner in the third quarter against St. John ' s. It ' s Tom Eitt outhitting heavier Stuart and DeMatha linemen. It ' s Joe Kirchner ' s one hand grab of a touchdown pass against York- town. What more can be said? A 110%er is an O ' Connell gridman who has excelled in the cata- lyst of competition. Like the Legacy of Effort, in one sense, it ' s the name of the game. SHIFTY SCATBACK Mike Martz fights for extra yardage. END JOE klKbllNFR after another reception. in the move QUARTERBACK TIM McPHERSON pitches out to Mike Martz on the Power Sweep, the Knights ' big ground-gainer. 54

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A LEGACY OF EFFORT Gonzaga was O ' Connell ' s last football game of the year. It was the last high school game, too, for twenty seniors. To Coach Bob Patzwall this game also had a special meaning. It was the fi- nale of Coach PatzwalFs first season at O ' Connell and his first year of head coaching. His Knights brought a deceptive 3-6 record into this game. Four games had been lost by a total of only fifteen points. Obviously, his team couldn ' t pass down to the school an outstanding record. Yet the 1964 varsity had its unique heritage to be- queath to the school. Coach Patzwall, in his pre- game talk, urged his team to give final proof of this new heritage against Gonzaga. He called it a legacy of effort. The Legacy of Effort won four games. But the new spirit lost also, lost to bigger, faster, more highly-ranked teams. However, in these games O ' Connell played its opponents, not as inferiors nor underdogs, but as equals. Such is the Legacy of Effort. In one sense, it ' s the name of the game. -SPOT GAME COVERAGE - 1965

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A WEARY TEAM gives thanks for its success. THE CHIEF taKCs a ride to the showers after the Gonzaga victory. HAPPINESS is ending the long season on a victorious note. 55