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

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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, ,

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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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FRED OBIE OBRIEN 0b1e was not massxve ln bulld nelther was he feroclous ln appearance but th1s mxld looking fellow Wlth the rather shght bulld con tamed more 1ron and dynamzte 1n hlS belng than many of your typlcal football men In every game he held down a tackle pos1t1on and the flerceness of h1S charge and tackle w1ll long be remembered by many of our oppo nents Let the fight be all agalnst us and then you would see Oble rangmg all over the Held a l1on IH the battle Whatever col lege gets him w1ll have a wonder GEORGF ONEY ONEIL We boasted of a trlple threat when George was ln the game O N1e was a fine punter, could pass well and run wlth the best of them Responslble for most of the touchdowns of the 1927 team George was at all tlmes dan gerous to the enemy A plunge through tackle now an end run now a pass or two, and soon George was marchlng back for the pomt after touchdown Hls calm smlle aggra vated the foe and hlS murderous assaults on the l1ne dlscouraged them He has All Amen can abxlltles and we expect to hear from hlm 1n college WILLIAM BILL REARDON All teams ln order to be ln any measure successful must have men able to carry on after the leader Blll was one of the best men to carry out an ass1gnment on the team Most alert mentally filled wlth a determma t1on to Wm for the team andu the fastest man wlthout exceptlon on the team 1t was a pleas ure to see thls fleet back take the ball through tackle or around the end and what a poor chance an opposlng back had to escape hlm A Hne player he was what IS best of all a good team man Page Une Hundred Fzftythree H rr 7 H . ,, . . . . 1 1 , H ' rl ll ' Y! ' x - ' H 7 77 v 4 ' U 3 ' H y .. a 9 at 77 . , - , - 1 . I 1 1 ' .