Bloomington High School - Bear Yearbook (Bloomington, MN)

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CHUB HOllENBACK Right Half BOB KOBS Quarterback ORLAN TROMSNESS Fullback MICKEY MCDONALD Guard GENE WISE Center GEORGE CUMMINGS Tackle COACH MOLOSKY The Champions GEORGE MILLER Left Halfback GUY CHIRP Guard DAVE ECKSTROM Tackle 29 DAVE MAXSON End LARRY LINVILLE End

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BACK ROW, Left to Right: Daniel Maher, Bill Pepin, Dick Anderson, Jim Pepin, Orlan Tromsness, Dave Eckstrom, Fred Anderson, George Cummings, Charles McDonald, LeRoy Mallinson, Ordean Holerud, John Ludvigson, Coach Jerald Molosky. MIDDLE ROW, Left to Right: Bob Wilkie, Bob Turner, Wallace Johnson, Frank Bramhall, David Maxson, George Miller, Bob Kobs, Gene Wise, Larry Linville, Chub Hollenback, Leon Wise. FRONT ROW, Left to Right: Mgr. Lowell Johnson, Fred Zimmerman, Ried Olson, Gary Turner, Jerry Gleixner, Dick Hollenbach, Guy Chirp, Pete Smith, Phillip Johnson, Mgr. Fred Faber. Champions The football season of 1950 was very successful After eleven regulars of last year’s team graduated, hopes for this season were not very bright. After two non-conference setbacks at the hands of Edina and De La Salle, the inexperienced Bears came back strong to share the title with Shakopee in the Minnesota Valley Conference. The Bears opened the Minnesota Valley Conference race by smearing U. High 19-6 and went on the following week to squeeze by Deephaven 7-6 They continued on their winning streak by downing Waconia 22-6 in the Homecoming Game. The next week Bloomington received a bye because of an outbreak of polio on the Watertown team. Bloomington played to a thrilling Championship duel with Shakopee and wound up with a 6-6 tie. In its last game Bloomington played their best ball game of the year to down Chaska 20-6. The leading ground gainer of the team was George Miller who had a total of 220 yds, in 45 attempts for an average of 5 yds. Bob Kobs had the best average on the team with 6 yds. per try and a total of 210 yds. The passing attack of Bloomington’s was the best in the conference. Bob Kobs, the quarterback, threw 67 passes and completed 36 for an amazing average of .537. On the receiving end of most of these passes was the Bears' right half-back Chub Hollenbach who snared 20 passes for an average of 12 yds. a throw. His pass receiving was the highlight of the Bloomington offensive attack and gained a total of 225 yds. George Miller was the other threat in the passing attack receiving 5 passes for an average of 33 yds. per pass. The leading defensive players were guard, Gene Wise, with an average of 7 tackles per game, and linebacker, Guy Chirp, with 4 tackles per game. Mr. Molosky in two years at Bloomington has turned out two football championships. One of his highlights as a coach was his seven different varieties of defensive football. Mr. Molosky introduced the defensive seven- and eight-man lines with great success. Every game proved very difficult for opponent scouting because of these varied defenses. Coach Molosky will start his third season at Bloomington with only eleven seniors graduating, six of them starting members. Most of the linemen will be back next fall. The backfield, which loses three out of four regulars, will be replaced by able men.

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Edina 7 — Bloomington 0 The Bears opened the season with a heartbreaking 7 to 0 defeat by Edina. The Bears inexperience showed up throughout the game. At times they appeared lost on the football field, but each time Edina threatened at the goal line, Bloomington’s line outfought the Edina forward wall. The only score of the game came in the second quarter when Ryse of Edina went off tackle for a 65 yard touchdown jaunt. De LaSalle 27 — Bloomington 7 The highly-regarded De LaSalle team just had too many men for the hard fighting, but outnumbered Bears. The defense of both teams was equally balanced except for the occasional outbursts of All-State Jack May. The Bears opened the second half with a quick touchdown scored by Kobs on a quarterback sneak. The score was then 14 to 7, but De LaSalle quickly countered with two more touchdowns to sew up the game. Bloomington 19 — University High 6 Bloomington opened their defense of the Valley Conference Championship race by walloping U. High. Left Halfback George Miller was all over the field, running with a 8.0 yard-per-try average. Miller pushed one touchdown over and raced 55 yards on a long pass for another. Orlan Tromsness squeezed off tackle for 6 yards to make the score 19 to 6. Bloomington 7 — Deephaven 6 Bloomington squeezed by a surprisingly strong Deephaven eleven. Maxson scored on a weak side pass to put the Bears ahead 6 to 0. Kobs made the all-important extra point on a quarterback sneak. Deephaven answered with a-touchdown but failed to make the conversion. Deephaven outplayed the Bears throughout the game, but penalties amounting to 200 yards held the Bears back. 30