De La Salle High School - Delta Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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The other half of the team (above) includes: bottom row: Arnie Niznik. Dick Levoir, Dick Adclman, Gene Norton, and Joe Dufort (Mgr.); second row: Don Albrecht. Jerry Peterson. Greg Hadley. Pat Murray, and Leo Reuder; top row: Tom Hallin. Fred Latenville, Pat Baldwin, Jack Dick, and Coach Reinhart. Honored with special recognition are (below): Greg Hadley, Bill Gotz, and Jerry Peterson. Greg and Bill were co-captains, with the former filling in at guard, center, and tackle. Top honors went to Bill Gotz. lanky right end. who placed on the All-Conference team and then was selected on the Catholic All-State squad. Best blocker of the year was Jerry Peterson, who has played varsity ball since his sophomore year. Peterson. Hadley, and Albrecht also merited honorable mention in the St. Paul Pioneer Press selections. Do La Salle 19 St. Peter 6 De La Salle 13 Blake 7 De La Salle 50 St. Augustine 7 De La Salle 21 Regis 39 De La Salle 12 Cretin 41 De La Salle 21 St. Cloud 0 De La Salle 13 St. John's 7 De La Salle 13 St. Thomas 6 TOTALS 162 113

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isLandeR eLeven stages comeiuck to snatch second A season of surprises found the De La Salle gridders in second place with six victories out of eight starts. Coaches Dick Reinhart and Mike Karbo, in lower left, with Brother Raymond and Brother Hugh, athletic directors. look over the new trophy added to our collection. Pictured above are members of the 1951 varsity squad: in the bottom row are: Dan Callinan (Mgr.), Denny Jacobson, Dave Burkholder Carl Cronin, and Bruce Jacobs; second row: Dick Lubinski, Jerry Wright, Tom McGinty, Dick Kartes. and Bob Katzmarek: top row: Coach Mike Karbo, Bob Rasmussen. Bob Marrs. Dick Sappa, Tom Morin, and Bill Golz

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Contradicting pre-season dope, a green DE team, through determination and hustle, came through their schedule with a good 6 and 2 record. The DE men started off well with three straight wins. The first of these three, over St. Peter, was knocked off by the score of 19 to 6. Senior Don Albrecht, only 145 pounds, playing his first game for DE, scored all three touchdowns for the Islanders with two 10 and one 20 yard run. In the second game De La Salle crumbled Blake 13 to 7. Blake was ahead 7 to 0 at the half, but Jerry Wright and Don Albrecht each scored in the second half to give DE the victory. Out classed completely by the Islanders, St. Augustine of Austin was victimized in a 50 to 7 rout in the third game of the season. Jerry Wright scored three touchdowns, Dick Lubinski scored two, and Gene Norton and Don Albrecht each scored one. In the Islanders' first night game of the season, played in the newly built Parade Stadium, the DE men bowed to Regis of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. 39 to 21. Don Albrecht took scoring honors in this game by making two of the Islander TD's. Jerry Wright also scored once. Conference play opened at Central Stadium in St. Paul, as De La Salle played Cretin. DE was humbled by the CCC champs 41 to 12. The Islanders scored their only two tallies in the last quarter, as Jerry Wright passed to Leo Reuder for one, and Don Albrecht ran for the other. De La Salle’s other Conference road game, against St. John's turned out better for the Islanders. At Collegeville a 13 to 7 victory was eked out. In the upper left, Don Albrecht, all alone, races for the goal line and DE’s final touchdown against St. John’s. At the center left, also in the St. John's game, Bill Gotz, just after taking a pass from Jerry Wright, goes for DE’s initial touchdown. The second game at the Parade Stadium saw the Islanders pull a sweet 21 to 0 upset over St. Cloud Cathedral. Touchdowns were scored by Jerry Wright, Gene Norton, and Don Albrecht. All three conversions were made by Bob Rasmussen. At the lower left Bob converts, while Dick Kartes holds. At the upper center, Jerry Wright bulldogs through the St. Cloud line for the first touchdown.