Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Demon fullback Skip Campbell is temporarily detained by a George Washington tackier as he bulldozes his way to paydirt in the Imps' 41-7 conquest of the Warriors. Typical of the high caliber of competition in the newly formed Mississippi Valley Con- ference is this scene of the Davenport-Rock Island game. Blue Devil halfback Bob Hamilton streaks in to cut oil a Rock Island pass. 156

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Opening the season the Imps scored three one-sided victories. They defeated cross- town rival, St. Ambrose, by a 40-6 margin, as Tom Kenyon charged to paydirt for four touchdowns. In their next outing behind the powerful running of fullback Skip Camp- bell, the Demons walloped a highly touted Washington of Cedar Rapids team by the score of 41-7. East Moline became the Imp’s third victim, bowing 32-6, as Gary Gardner returned two punts for TDs. In their next three outings the 1957 team proved their ability to play under pressure as they won each game by the slender mar- gin of one touchdown. The first of these clutch victories came over a highly rated Clinton team by the score of 21-13 as the Imps overcame a 13-7 deficit. The next two games were won by identical 7-0 scores, the first being over Moline in the annual Homecoming game. The following week the Imps again called upon their potent de- fense to preserve their victory string as they overcame a determined Dubuque upset bid on the Rams’ home field. Following these crucial games, the Imps made it five shutouts in a row by over- whelming Jefferson of Cedar Rapids 40-0, defeating Iowa City 21-0 and in the seas- on’s finale downing Rock Island 20-0. In these closing games Davenport again proved its gridiron supremacy in the Mis- sissippi Valley Conference. Playing an important role in the shaping of future DHS varsity football teams are head Sophomore Coach Bob Williams and Assistant Coaches Doug Atkins and Paul Eckert. VARSITY SCORES SOPHOMORE SCORES DHS OPPONENTS DHS OPPONENTS 40 Si. Ambrose 6 41 St. Ambrose 7 41 Geo. Washington (CR) 7 27 Moline 6 32 East Moline 6 20 East Moline 13 21 Clinton 13 36 Clinton 0 40 Tho. Jefferson (CR) 0 34 Moline 7 7 Moline 0 33 Dubuque 0 7 Dubuque 0 47 Iowa city 7 21 Iowa City 0 20 Rock Island 0 SOPHOMORE SQUAD. First Row: Karl Likeness. Gayle Hopkins. Dick Gottlieb. Mike Buttenob, Clarence Brown. Charles Rodriquez. Don McCoIlam, Ken Lowrey. Dave Barker, Ed Winborn. Bernard Scott. Pat Brady. Second Row: Duncombe Brooke. Jim Ashton. I .ester Thoensen. Don Schaffer. Dick Foley. Tom Delany, Ted Berger. Jim Leach, Lloyd Batten, Terry Stieger, Ron Myers. Third Row: At». Coach Doug Atkins, Roy Berger. Mike Tripp, Steve Burkhart. Chuck Smith, Bob Strohm. Dclton Burnside, Ed Klcmmc, Dick Christiansen. Ed Schmidt. Dave Dismer. Pete Veller. Fourth Row: Manager Jack Kaufmann, Ass. Coach Paul Eckert, James Houghton, Hart Bondi, Dave Goetz. Ken Dillion, Al Tate, Don Haley. Gerry Spencer. Dan Bellman. Bob Curtis, Marvin Jepsen. Fifth Row: Jerry Dahms, Coach Bob Williams, Bill Moore. Jim Goettsch, Terry Renihan, Dennis Timmermann, Jim Mosher, Dick Moeller.

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With his third straight undefeated season be- hind him, Coach A. J. “Butch Stolfa accepts a token of gratitude from the Datenport Chamber of Commerce for a job well done. The presentation of this award by Mr. Harold Jackc was one of the highlights of the Foot- ball Banquet. Reviewing the final statistics of their season’s perform- ances are Jerry Hillebrand. Dick St. Clair, Tom Ken- yon, Dave Erbst and Gary Gardner. Dining beneath the giant 33” — symbolic of DHS gridiron supremacy—are the coaches and speak- ers at the banquet honoring the undefeated Blue Devils.