Clear Lake Community High School - Lions Tale Yearbook (Clear Lake, IA)

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Lowell Kitchen: 135-pound sophomore back. Lowell, a fast and deceptive run- ner, has a great future as a back in the next two years. Lowell was called upon to fill a position when brother Larry was injured, but he missed some games due to head injuries. Leon Lincicum: 180-pound senior tackle, Lee was a good man on defense and also did a very good job of blocking on of- fense. He did some of the place-kicking toward the end of the season. He was selected for the all- conference mention list. Gene Alsbury: 165-pound senior back. Gene was a hard-hitting runner, and he was also a very out- standing line-backer. Larry Kitchen: 165-pound senior back. Larry did a good job his first game both on offense and de- fense, but he received a shoulder separation and was unable to play the rest of the season. Gary Pattschull: 165-pound sophomore back. Gary helped with the fullback and halfback 'duties and did some of the kicking. He did a very good job. He will most likely con- tinue to do so in the next two years. H Duesenberg: 150-pound senior back. H, after being gone a year, came through fine in the quart- erback position on of- fense and also did a good job as the safety man on defense. He was elected as the outstand- ing back of the year by the Downtown Quarter- bavck Club and was men- tioned on the all-confer- ence honorable mention list. Lloyd Ashland: 175-pound senior back. Ash was a hard-hitting runner and was also fast in the open field. He did most of the passing and did some place-kicking. Lloyd was a good defensive man, but he received a side injury and missed most of the last three games. f E Bob Bonini: 200-pound senior tackle. Bob was the heaviest man on the team. He did a good job on defense even though this was his first year on the team. Rorrer Millard: 180-pound senior tackle. Hog did a very creditable job both on offense and de- fense. He was often found in the other team's backfield because of his fast charging on defense. Larry Miller: 175-pound senior center. Larry did a very good, job on de- fense and seldom made a bad pass from center. He was given honorable mention on the all-con- ference list. 53

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1951-52 FOOTBALL SQUAD DICK COOPER - CAPTAIN