Boston College High School - Forbian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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EDWARD EDDIE GALLAGHER The battle for centre on the 1928 football team was made hot by th1S Smlllng faced lad, who was always rarmg to go He got lnto every game and every opposmg centre knew he had a Job on h1s hands when he faced Edie An awful scrapper he was noted for hxs hard and furlous play h1S breaklng through the l1ne and tackllng the opposlng backs from behmd Above all other thlngs, however he was a clean player who earned the respect of hls opponents for his hard and clean play GEORGE GAL GALVIN Gal was one of the cleanest athletes ever to wear the unlform of BCH1gh What greater pralse can be glven a player? Play mg the Keystone posltlon as first strmg centre despite the fact that the deeds of the keystone player are seldom sung he covered hlmself w1th glory We laughed when an ambltxous quarter sent a charge agalnst our modest centre for Gal qulckly showed h1m It was folly even to nourlsh such an ldea Rellable consistent and untlrlng we see hlm go wlth dlscouraglng hopes for the future WALTER AIREDALE KELLEY Walter Kelley our first strmg quarterback, IS almost as flashy on the field as our earnest captain Walter always was a llkeable chap but he made hxmself much more llkeable to the school and the B C Hlgh cheermg sectlon by his brllllant runback of punts A loose ball a flash of maroon and a shooting figure There you have the settmg for a typlcal Aire dale touchdown Trlcky and qulck as a flash he was on the field and many are the school teams that bemoan the day he opposed them Hr was good Inge Une Humlrvrl Fzfn nn ll n ' 1 1 1 cc n as n , . - v ll 11 ' ' . v , . u u D ' Y , . . . H . ,, . . ' ! I , v I 1 -. 4, if

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iAI lAIN IOP KI IIY Joc IS our football captaln and leader par excellence A br1ll1ant halfback who could car1y the ball ln face of all opposltlon and stand back for none a defenceman by whom there was no passlng he was however dls tlngulshcd by hls unfalllng gentlemanhness So much was thls true that all the Boston Schoolbov Ofliclals marked hlm as the Ada xl eaptam for thls quallty and h1s lndomltxble courage Even ln the face of myurles that held hum on the slde llnes he went through ln pantomlme exery play of his mates and sut fc rc d every 1n1ury All hall and a long fxre will to Captain Ioe' WILLIAM BILL BENNETT Im thc past three xears thlS stuldv vouth of thc enlongated frame has been an outstand mg' man on the Maroon and Gold footbal teams In the huddle he stood head and shoulders over every other man on the field and IH plllng' up the l1ne at ught tackle ms plle also stood out over the rest bv s veral fret usually those of thc opponc nts Always 1 source of encouragement to the other players and a great team man B1ll who cxpects to eonilnue Ill college foo ball wlll b 1 gn mt xssr t to anv Collfge IOQEPH FAT BOXIF IS the 1 man of thc squid 1 bul vxark oi defensc It vxas heald sud IS hm wls mserted lnto thc Medford game lf lndc ed he could be sald to he lnserted anywhere Who wlll play the other slde of the l1ne'l C lplhlf of assuming the responslblllty at elthu guard or tackle hc was always an obstacle 1n thc proglrss of opposlng backs When vu werr m posscsslon of thc ball Joe would open 1 holc blg enough for a truek A flood clm mn 1nd plcasant plavel Fat was llkrd bv us and 15 bound to make good lu1.,a Ulu Ilumlrul I1 IN V W AA 77 1 I 0 .A 44 1 A 14 ky: - , , - , . 1 x . . ' ! . , 1 f . , , 1 1 ' - ' - Y 3 Y ' '1 . 1 ' K - ' .2 ,K . . 1 . f 1. 1 l ,I K l . w. . . . Y . K .- I I 1 1 ' ' 1 ' 2 V- I 1' Q . K6 77 3 . , A V ,. A. I . l x X X I - . . . .R , . - . '1 1 ' . J ,. I . ml ' 1 5 1 -A 1 1 1 I L, , ,. . A L. 1 1 ' 5 1 , , , , . - ' I s t ' , ' e z zz 1 - ' , - . Ll 4 V7 7 . . I 1 4' T: 77 ' - ' 1 1 1 Pat . z b 2 - . . , . - v- ' , 1 , 1 K . 2' 2 . , I . . ,. . . , . , . . I A I I I X . - x x 1 . 1, I 1 1 . . Y l H , f f . 1 a . I a 1' ' 77 1 1 , . L . 14 c . ' I A K. . . 7 . X 4 ', E '. . . ' ' 'lx' K D Y I 1 . J LK 3 , 3 3 1 x ' A ' u 1 1 f . A , 3. f . , u vu , - Z E . ' l , , 5 I ,- l H . . Pi .

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DANIEL DAN IARKIN Dan had a posltlon as legular guard all h1s own f0l h1s SCHIOI xc xr untll thm nnx of 1nJur1es cast 1ts mallgn cy upon h11n 111 the thlrd game of the vefn When he was flble to be around agaln IU a football unlform the season was so far advanced that hc had no further chance to d1splav hls wares But wh1le he was 1n there he was mlghtv fine and the centre of the l1ne was well nlgh lmpregnable The determlnatlon he showed and the ablll y w1ll brmg ltS reward at college for Danny IQ headed that wax Good luck Dan ROBERT BOB IONC' Short and stocky and husky Bob was one of the best pla5e1s on the team for the past two years In hls thlrd year he was men tloned on the All team for Eastern Massachu setts As a l1ne plunger th1s fullback had few equals When he hlt the llne It was a ques 1on of an 11res1st1ble force h1tt1ng' an obstacle Thele Just had to be a hole If lt wasn t there before he came lt certalnly was there soon afterw alds because he alvs avs went lued lvus EDWARD PDDII MAR'lIN Wh It 'ln end thls 180 pound lad m ulm f0I the Maroon '1nd Old Gold' I'1g,ht1ng slash ITIL, sma hlng hc was 1lways 1n the fight fo1 1ll he was 11 mth As th: savlng goes h erltalnly hrld up lus 4 1d and 1n Martm flshlon Many tlmcs u haw semn thlee and four mcn plled up IH an xttc mpt to take Ed out of the play but excl and alvsavs h1s stlong arm would Hash from the p1le to grab the Heetxng nkle 'md Drlllg' hls man to the ground Ed I9 goxng to be a blg Jov to some college coach FHM Om Hmul ed llflx lun lg F7 1 li 1? ' ' 1 1 1 , r ' s ' 1 . 1 7 I2 I 'D , . C 1: - 1 K . I Y . lc e . ' . 3 4 , -' . I ' . 1 ' . 9 . V . . ' ' ' 'l. 1 L ' ' ' 66 7Y '1 1 , . ' c .'. , , . lb !! I 1 . , :A 11 , . , . . , , I . X - , , . , L Lf .s L, . , , . . , , , Y . 1 V L, . . . . , . , , ,' 11 1: tlnough. Long vull Bob Long be remem- x 1 Al ' WY! Y , u z . - .' - 1 z v ' X t . ' r , I' 1' ' f', 1 ' , : up 1 ' s ' 1 . ' u ', n ' - 2 - . . ll , . za' . 'Han - y ' , ' 2 3 ll Y7 k ', 1 v I 1 4 v . Q H , a . . ' ' , . U n ' ' , - - . 1 ' 1 1 1 ' rn 1 ,- . 1, ,