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

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Dick Doyle in a bear-hug tackle. Left to right: Smiling Co-Captains 1948 VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE B.C.H. 26 Keith Academy 14 B.C.H 40 Boston Tech. 12 B.C.H 12 Boston Latin 7 B.C.H. 20 Boston Trade 6 B.C.H. 0 Chelsea 25 B.C.H 12 Boston Com. 6 B.C.H B.C.H B.C.H. 13 Boston English 0 6 Dorchester 13 13 Revere 13 A veteran team greeted Coach John Morris, the new leader of the Maroon and Gold at the start of this eventful season. He continued the T formation attack which the team had been employ- ing for four years. B. C. H. can well be proud of this chapter of the Junior Eaglets for they defeated our traditional rivals Latin and English, something that was not done for the four previous years. The members of the team will attest to the fact that under the leadership of Coach John Morris and Assistant Coach Bill Lynch there was a driving inspira- tion which enabled the team to complete such a successful season. In the first game of the season we de- feated Keith Academy 26-14 under the lights. Richie Doyle was the star, scor- ing three touchdowns, all of which were runs over 50 yards. In another non-Con- ference game we were defeated by Chel- sea, a power house of Class A, 25 to 0. Dave McGoldrick and John Cussen. In this game the Maroon and Gold could never get their attack started and in- juries to key players hurt our cause considerably. In our finale we tied Re- vere 13 to 13 on Thanksgiving Day be- fore a gala holiday crowd which saw B. C. H. score one fast touchdown and then watched Revere add two faster ones to lead almost throughout the whole game. But John Cussen broke through the Revere line and scurried 63 yards to tie the game. B. C. H. opened its Conference sched- ule by walloping Technical 40-12. The scoring was well divided between the backiield quartet of Cussens, Schultz, Valinote and Doyle, with Richie scoring twice. We continued on the victory trail by stopping Latin 12 to 7. John Valinote scored the f1rst touchdown on a line-buck and John Cussen intercepted a stray pass and ran 37 yards for our second touchdown which proved to be the mar- gin of victory. In our next three engage- ments we toppled Trade, Commerce and our arch-rival English 20-6, 12-6, and 13-0 respectively. In the Trade game Richie Doyle personally took control and escorted us to our third straight Con- ference victory. The second member of our one-two scoring punch, John Cussen, scored two touchdowns to enable us to down a stubborn Commerce team and make it four in a row in Conference competition. X alinote and Six More Points! 1948 Line-up. On the Sidelincs A A A ..A.. L. A A 1

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In our tradrtlonal game Wlth Englrsh an obscure tackle by the name of Drck Noone became one of the most hard chargmg lrnemen the Conference had seen ln many a game He rccovered three fumbles which set up both our scores and blocked klcks and was also a demon on the offensrve We went lnto our finale w1th Dor chester knowlng that a vrctory meant the champronshrp of the Conference This game was one of the most thrllrmg games ever seen at Fens Stadrum dur mg the Fall Dorchester managed to eke out a 13 6 decrsron but only after a battle Wh1Ch thrrlled the huge crowd Wlth a few mrnutes remalnmg the Maroon and Golds stellar opportunrty to tle the game went to naught when R1Ch1e Doyle sllpped on the two yard lrne as he was about to plunge across the goal l1ne Llttle drd we realrze as we started our four years at Boston College Hrgh that durmg those vears the Jumor Eaglets prowess would make rtself known by means of rts achlevements on the grrd 1ron Durrng thrs trme our teams had superlatrve seasons 1n whrch the wm column far outnumbered our losses The boys themselves started each season under the tutelage of a dlfferent coach Thrs further enhanced the drfflcultres under Wh1Ch they labored 1n order to better serve therr present Alma Mater 1945 Boston College Hrgh held out a wel come hand and looked forward to a suc cessful rergn under the guldmg mfluence of Mr Fella Glntoff who ln hrs vounger days was a player of remarkable ab1l1tv at Boston College Th1S year the Maroon and Gold strode through the Boston Conference and out srde games and ended the season Wlth an undefeated slate blemrshed only by a 19 19 t1e w1th our arch rrval Englrsh We can look back now w1th envlous eves on our stellar backfleld quartet of Casey Mullrgan Murphy and Brown who were compared to the best ever at B C H 1946 Anxrous to assume hrs dutres as the new coach of the famed Maroon and Gold Dan Wertekamp of Holy Cross and Carolma Pre Flrght fame undertook the pleasant task of contmumg the B C H tradltron of good sports on and off the fle d Only four members of last year s startmg team returned George Murray a stellar tackle Tom Caparella a fight mg guard Jack Kelly a brursmg end and last but not least George Foley who was startmg hrs thlrd vear as first strmg tackle Thrs season the Maroon and Gold staved ln the Boston Conference League but drd not plav as manv games there Jumors on the team were Dave Mc Goldrrck and John Cussen who were chosen co captalns of the 1948 season George Schultz John Meaney Rrchard Dovle Lours Zrzza Jerome Connor Bob Welch John Valmote Owen Keefe and Rlchard N oone 1949 FOOTBALL SQUAD Front row left to rrght McCusker Mgr Ferrolr Schultz Keefe Zlzva McGoldr1ck Co Capt Cussen Co Capt Connor Valmote Drck Doyle Beaver Mgr Second row Asst Coach Lynch Kearney Whalen Donovan Doyle OLea1y Cronm Curtm Barley Chase Hughes Bobllller McDonough Coach Morrrs Thrrd row Meaney Sheehan Reardon Horan Prtts Noone Russo DeCota Rutherford I130l 1 - . r 4 . . . 1 A k L r - ' Y . K 1 K . . , - ' ' - ' as ' 11 1 , . . ' 1 1 - 7 . - Q - 1 1 ' 1 1 - u W . . 1 . . . , 7 1 r . , . . , ' K w . 1 1 ' a n 1 y , , k A k ' ' 1 1 1 u , . 1 r , Lu ' v 1 r 1 1 - . , V . ' . , - ' an 11 ' ' 1 bis: ' . 1 1 ' . 1 1 1 I 1 a u - , , ' ' 1 1-1 1- 1 1 4 1 t 1 ' '1 - 1 ' ' -1 1 1 1 .1 '- . . . 1 , - ' ' . ' 7 ' ' ! 7 ! 7 Y 7 ' 1 1 1 1 '1 1 - ' 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' - l ,A-mn.. ..-- ,