Cuero High School - Gobbler Yearbook (Cuero, TX)

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elaazaau Gobbler Football Sweetheart, Joyce Towery, receives beautiful red rose s from the team. The bouquet w as presented by letterman Bubba Hartman and J. W. Pieper at Homecoming Game, Nov. 21, 1952. ,f . 1' .x J! 'l- Mr. Morrison presents football jacket to Pep squad girls: Pat Blackwell, Barbara Co-Captain of Gobb1ers,Carl Wayne Mauer, Sanford, Shirley Brice,Peggy Kasper, and jo as Mr. Mangum calls out the names in assem- Ann McBride decorate goal p o s ts for each bly Feb. 3, 1953. home game. A 'Quays .: ll

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'Q at 'E Willie Warzecha Mike Weber Dan White Guard-Junior Halfback-Junior End-Junior 1 year letterman 1 year lette rman 1 year letterman S a- .l:'L rl. 'if' If as 1 x ' in ' ,'. .3 4' '-.1 'X'-'l-NY ' x ? 7 ' Q Pat Patton Julius Hull Asst. Manager Manager The Cuero Booster Club is composed of townspeople who are interested in the Athletic program of Cuero High and of Cuero youth in general. Its membership is over three hundred. It ass- ists materially in financing recreational p roj ects for Cuero boys and girls. Am- ong its projects are the Little Leaguers and the Tr- ack and Field Events of Cue ro High. By its loyal patronage the Cobbler F o o tb all, Basketball and Baseballprograms of sch- ool are more successful because of boosted morale on part of players. November 21, 1952 Yoakum Downs Gobblers The Yoakum Bulldogs,district champs, rang down the cur tain of the Gobbler SZ football season. The Bulldogs di not find the Gobblers as easy a victory as anticipatedg how ever,the first score of the ballgame came early in the firs quarter when the Gobblers were forced to punt.A Gobble lad jarred the ball loose from the Yoakum player who ha caught the punt. It was carried by the Gobblers. A few plays later, Dietz went over from the five to score. Yoakum, not being denied, came back to score two touch downs. This was the last score of the first half, and the las Gobbler score for the game came from a pass by Dietze t Jackson. At the half the score was tied: 14-14. In the second half a mighty Bulldog bore down on the Gob blers and scored four touchdowns and three extra points The final score was: Yoakum 415 Cuero 14. This was a district game. BOOSTER CLUB I 5 H Rudy Evers, Mrs. Norvan Dietze, C.M. Cornett, Coach Mangum, Norvan Dietze , P re s . Q W.A. Laake, Mrs. A. I. Engbrock, and Ed Harberson.

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'7aoifz'ea4 . - Q' T ,L 11151-1 . t.. ,, First row: Kenneth Adams, Clifford Clark, Roy Menke, Lionel Kuecker, Donald Ray Finch, Melvin Spinks Conrad Horst, I.W. Harwood, Charles Pieper, Gorden Ruschhaupt. Second row: Mike Goldman, Sterling Kuecker, Maurice Campbell, Billy White, Ken Bush, Dalhardt Goebel Rudy Ramirez, Martin Torres, Joe Tijerina. Third row: Coach Smith, Manager, Gerald Albrecht, John Copenhaver, Fred Minter, Vernon Thompson Tack Calk, Burgess Davis, Buzzy Muenter, Carol Ley, Bubba Steen, Herman Guajardo, Natha Post, and Donald Taylor. The Cuero Turkey Trotters came through their season with a rather impressive record. The Trotters won Sev- -Q R ' en games and lost two. . The games won were played with Yoakum, Beeville,'Re- f fugio, Kenedy, Victoria, and Seguin, The two games lost B 4 w e re played with Victoria and Gonzales. The Trotters played Victoria and Kenedy twice. The Trotters with Burgess Davis as quarterback, and Vernon Thompson, Jack Calk and Buzzy Muenter as the hard running backs proved to be a deadly weapon to the opposing teams. The splendid line menwere: Carol Ley, Richard Hester, John Copenhaver, BubbaSteen, Fred Minter, Donald Tay- lor, and Mike Goldman. Other players who saw a considerable amount of action X for the Trotters were: Lionel Kuecker, Charles Pieper, Gordon Ruschhaupt, Herman Guajardo, Nathan Post, and ..,,,,, ,, I Ken Bush. The Trotters were coached by Langdon Smith. - ' x ,fs f X jx 7 v4.-v p