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

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FRANK RICEY RICE Known to all of us as Rlcey he mlght well be called Racey from the manner 1n whxch he raced through all the opposltlon thls past year Rlcey IS not heavy but as a quarterback he sang out his slgnals ln a man ner that made the opposltlon sad and as a half back he turned the ends so qulckly and bounced out of encircling arms so l1ghtly that seldom was he sent without a galn He lin lshed the season ln a blaze of glory at the 'St lamf s game He IQ a fine college prospect 'md wc expect to he 'ir more of him BRE NDAN BUD SULLIVAN For the past three years Bud has been the legular tackle on the Maroon and Old Golf' tcams and what a tackle he was' Heady fast and strong he was the first to dlagnose a p'ay and the one who usually stopped It whether It was through hlS posltlon or not On last wax s tcam Wh1Ch was composed of young and lncxpcrxenced men Bud was an mspnra thx field Whatexer coach frets Bud gets '1 clean and clexer player vsho works hald not for hlmsc lf but foi thc tram 'ind school FRANK FRAN SULLIVAN Flan lb Buds brother but unllke his famous brother last vear was his first yeal out for the team and you can lmaglne how ood hc was when he made regular end the first tlmc he tried Playmg next to Bud thi earlv games these two were almost 1IlVlI'l clblc Fran however IS famous for more than Lung Buds kld brother He was a fine end and a few more Vears of experience x ill brmg hlm to the top of college players because he IS heavy and young and strong A good team man and steady' 11151 Um Hundred Iwftg our Ki Y, KK ' I! ' ! KK !7 ' ! ll ' 77 ' ' ' ! 5 y - ' Y Y . . I Y l . as 2. V. ,, ,' . ,' 1 X x 1 IC 1 ' 1 KK 75 , ca H I , ., . , ' P fl' ' Y v, J, , ' , , . , . . . ,, ,, . 1 . ' x A , A . L' tlon. At the Fitchburg game, he was all over x 1 v x U H v I . ,y . ., , , A . . , ' . x , ' : be 1 i . Ki ,Y 44 ,, as -, Ac r,n - - Y 7 a w C ' v v I K . '- I KT ' ' ,, , . K, ' 5 , ' . ' u rr in 5 . u ' ,' x sc , n ' ' Y Y . . ,' H 1. ' n ' 7 1 A ny. . . Y , rw 1 ,hi

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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 ' .

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XXIILIANI HF xRY BLRKL 1 1 1 o s o one e ee 111 llj. pounds of vxclght and 1 masslvc bulld to overcome the 1elxant age ot xx olght and ll that IQ usually found rn 1 good Hrgh School llne Thls xxa the1 drfliculty that made lt so harex for He1nry to Qcmirllate 1n the rcgular lnne but he nad fhc gr1t and the courage to do roy 1l battle for 1 posrtlon 'rs gu1rd 1nd h1s XPIV hercencss f1n1llv vxon h1m h1s p0Nltl0n ln the final nd most xmport mt game xt Nt Ilmeqs JEREMIAH JERRX COLI INQ Jerrx pl1yeel h1 flrst and 11st xe1r of football for Boston Collcge Hlfgll School durlng the f1ll of Scnlor 'NIot that thls massxve hero ellel not come out or the e lm before dlent thats a f1et but t 1ts b c 1use he was Everett Hrgh How hc pll ei up the through gu 1rd pl1ys' He seemed to take. bpecml de hght 1n xxatchmg the oppoamg back start for hrb posrtlon and atl.l1'llbl0 rn '1maze1n1ent and xxonde-er at seerng Jerry strll therc Usuallx thev xx ent doxxn when t1c1x re1'rched hrm or xvhen he re 1ched them IOQFI II IOF CONCANINONI In the s me manner rn xfxhlch thrs huskx hlts the plll to the fxrthest stretchea ot the outfield he also hrt thc lme on the strrpeel field Large IH sue fiercc IH eonte st and powerful on defense he WI 1 Llp'lble man 1n thc b1ckf1eld of a te llll that xx ls mostlx n ee up of sehl0Is 1n lfl 8 Hls corn for the toe1 xxas ss1e, and xxhen he 1e t e b1l tuckee uneer h1s rrm one or txxo more m the prle at thc lmc maele lrttle d1ffe1rence tor hmr he xxont through ar1vxv1y HN pl 1x1ng he1re guxrantees hrs future my ire he unsung herocs Ill exerx 2,111 er1 er llwt So then It lb ltr: xxonder th It the namc 01 Phll Cotter xxas not emblwoneed 1 hlgh 111 the hall of tootball flme as hls abllltleb warranted Yet he xx lm a gooel 'md 1 clexer back anel 21 m 1n of gre1 It rebourco on the field of eonte at -rs the game at Haxe-1 h1ll xxlll proxe In thc final he ctlc quarter of that g'1mc1 th1s game haltback Jumped into the fray anel helped to glxe St James the sc 1re of then llves HIS llJllltW lssures h1s coming out on top ln collcge FRANCIS FRANK CLEFSONI A lrrge frame lllll 1 strong one coupled wlth a rem 1rk 1blc speed md hghtmg 11 3, x cms If IIONX tn neee ss1ry elements t 1 ke IH Ill 51:11 toolblll p 'r e But Frank ls not ot your x1c1ous tx pe- of players, and IH a game llke football xx IIPIO thc pr1m1t1xe1 fightmg sp1r1t engcnde1re1d by close1 phvsrcal contact, ls apt to be uppermost Frank hael to glxc xxax to be1tte1r playerb who xxere able to torgct the roughcr Slfll of thc gamc Thub he escaped a regular berth though h1 pl1v1ng shovxed he could nr 1ke lt RIFHARD DU'ICHY HOLL-XND The storx ot the Dutch bov xvho mserted hrs finger ln the hole rn the lcakmg dx ke and the rebx axeei the country from destructron by floodlnf., 13 xxell knoxxn t ll If 1n cnx1ous I 1n1e xx IS more falr IYIIINILLI the eece mel 1b1l1t1es ot our Dutch Box vxould be equally xxcll knoxxn It xxab thc tortune of th lt Hollander that bro finger exactly flttcel the hole1 but Dutchx xxas rnbertcd mto thc frax 1n t1me1s of danger' xxhen the holc CllClIlt Ht Thcn hc shoxxed hr me1ttle bx maklng It ht He xx1 '1 good guard llll'llIlIl III f , me xv '11 1 x - 1 1. 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