Canisius College - Azuwur Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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varsity Football CANlSlUS 12 JOHN CARROLL 26 Griffs bow out in heartbreaker . . . last game for 26 seniors. . . titan-toed Calandrelli keeps Blue Streaks at bay. . . in- juries... rain... Griffs on defense... Clevelanders punch over TD as half ends... second half sledge-hammer bucks pierce Griff forward wall for 3 TD's . .. Blue 81 Gold offense gets underway too late . . . Sweeney snags aerial for first score ... Willis squirms 53 yds to set up Ferraro's TD plunge. . . season ends, on low note. Azuwur '50 184.5 0 sq 57 FQ. gg, 5 giisrg-533 ' f ,-is QF-axxjfidl i , T Q 'Ua4w'ie3..,S2 ' to 55 fs' '- S2 as Q30 W73ilB,5lgs1?XL30if'i - r 95, vs tr 1 ., 5 , , gr 41 5' 40 42 - 1 o, ,, V Q W, H as , g A ,th 'ri iq V, ag s. Ki -i i' , i i o',s' After a 25 year hibernation period, varsity football as sanctioned by the Na- tional Collegiate Athletic Association ar- rived back in the Canisius College Athlet- ic scene and was greeted by an over- whelming enthusiasm. Head Coach Bill Brooks and assistants Paul Bieron, Gene Topey, Cravene Givens, Gene O'Connor and Tim Lauffen- burger sent nearly 150 aspirants through late August workouts and by early Sep- tember the group was pared down to a managable 86 players. A few holdovers from last year's 5-3 club football team gave the Griffins some experience in their phasing-in year but Coach Brooks relied mainly on freshmen and transfers to compile a creditable 544 record. Coach Brooks found a powerful offen- sive backfield in transfer quarterback Tony Kozak, transfer fullback Tim Eberle and tailback Herm Silmon. Freshman Jerry lVlann from Lewiston-Porter bat- tled Kozak all year for the top quarter- I

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f allovved only 11 points per game. ln- cluded among the fine defensive efforts vvere convincing shutouts of Deuqesne, St. John Fisher and Siena. Linebackers Dan Ferrentino, the team's other co-captain anchored their defensive unit along vvith Ray Jarmarch, but linemen Bob Jachimouvvicz, John Specht, Joe Delaney and Dale Bennett more than held their ovvn in the battle of the trenches. ln the defensive hackfield, transfers Tom Cavallaro and Warren Debievv, ineli- gible for varsity contests, provided some exciting moments against the club teams while rookies Jan Kurzanski 84 Dave Geraci and returnees Nick Silvestri vvere left to battle more experienced foes. 'Km il' '11, .3q?,.:QvMJ5I .Mr . I a - , J :l V 1. -, ' . f 1' 1 fhggj- ' G, Q - QNX! . 164 qs A 4 1 r M ,..w,. 13, , - - -.- 7 v '- , 't' up -5 ' 1 Y wil-d 1 1 vtifk' xr ' u...- s X 17 . ,'l of ,I ai