Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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FOOTBALL VARSITY SQUAD. First Row: Dick Brown. Dick Pilgrim, Dick St. Cl«ir. Jerry Hillebrand, Bill Barker, Al Behm, Dave Erbst, Gary Gardner. Bob Hamilton, Skip ('.ampbell. John Payton, Tom Kenyon. Ralph Walters. Second Rou: Arnold Lowery, Frank Low, Gene Elmore, Henry Maho i, Jim Seward, John Murphy, Jim Cantent. Paul Pennock. Dennis Ashy. Mike Graham, Al Havercamp. George Smith. Pal Ruhl. Con Slack. Third Rou: Dale llarkett. Lynn Ridenour, Gary Miller, Ken Wulf, Scott Berry, Boh Behrens, Wes Plambeck, Dave McCulloch, Henry Farber, Jack Groves, Dick Goff. Dick Ihlefeld, Larry Mohurg, Jim Mosier, Larrie Albrecht. Fourth Rou : Jerry Gooch, Jim Clark, Ken Carman. Ken Showers. Larry Goff. Glenn Evans, Tom Allen. Steve Ward, Walt Pries. Norbcrt Simmons. Ed Zosulis, Mcrlyn Madden, Realff Ottesen. Stan Petersen. Mike Blocker. Willard Jones, Jerry Rathmann. Fifth Row: Assistant Coach Nick Avelchas. Assistant Coach Mike Dardis, Don Rose, Oscar Rodriquez, Russell Hayes, Hfnry Ragusa. Assistant Coach Jim Fox, Head Coach A. J. Butch'' Stolfa. “I believe this was the most versatile football team in the history of Davenport High School. On of- fense they scored in every conceivable way. De- fensively they held their opponents to a meager 32 points for the season. It was a team that ex- tended an undefeated string to 33 games thereby posing a real challenge to future DHS football teams.” This statement by DHS football coach A. J. “Butch” Stolfa expresses an opinion to which both fans and opponents of the Blue Devils will readily agree. The 1957 Demon football crew entered the season with the task of trying to extend the 24 game vic- tory string established by the two preceding teams. Rising brilliantly to their task, they swept all op- position before them in the process of annexing the City, Quad-City, Mississippi Valley and myth- ical State Championships. At the season’s end they had won nine straight games to extend the string to 33 undefeated games. On November 18 the team was honored at a ban- quet at which Gary Gardner and John Payton were elected honorary co-captains by their team- mates. Imps receiving all-state nods were Gary Gardner, Dick Brown and Jerry Hillebrand. Other senior letterwinners were Bill Barker, John ‘Skip’ Campbell, Dick St. Clair, Gene Elmore, Dave Erbst, Jack Groves, Bob Hamilton, Al Hav- ercamp, Tom Kenyon, Frank Low, Larry Moburg, John Murphy and Dick Pilgrim. With the members of their third straight undefeated team in the background. Blue Devils varsity coaches Jim Fox, Nick Avelchas. A. J. Butch Stolfa and Mike Dardis take time out for a well deserved bow. 153

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Blue Devil halfbark Tom Kenyon prepares to bite the dust as he is swarmed upon by a host of St. Ambrose tarklers. Despite this momentary setback. Kenyon went on to score four touchdowns in the Imps 40-6 rout of the Knights during the season opener. Rock Island quarterback Bill Bisby prepares to throw- a hurried pass as the Davenport forward wall closes in on him. The Blue Dev ils stopped the Rocks 20-0 to end the season undefeated.

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The DHS football team loo»ens up in preparation for the season's finale with Rock Island. JUNIOR VARSITY SCORES DHS 7 Clinton OPPONENTS 0 12 Iowa City 7 21 Clinton 12 7 Moline 6 Dick Pilgrim. No. 48. anxiously looks for St. Ambrose defenders to take out of the play although Tom Kenyon, No. 44, has already been tackled. Imp defender Cary Gardner leaps high in an at- tempt to snag a stray Moline pass as Ralph Walters, No. 23. moves up quickly. Davenport won this Homecoming game 7-0.