De La Salle High School - Parade Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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VAN HORN 26-6 CENTRAL I5-I3 LEE'S SUMMIT 20-6 .. TRUMAN 34-0 ..1.. ... IMMACU LATA 52-6 l ROC K H U RST I 4-0 - ...l..l. MI EG E 26-6 ---l..1..1 SUMNER I4-6 - 1.l. .., SMITH-COTTON 27-7 - . .. WASHINGTON I4-0 , ndefeated 10-O-O For almost five decades De La Salle has been a vital part of Kansas City high school football. Always, the Titans have been known as a tough team to beat. This season especially was not an exception. As usual, the pre- liminaries begain in August with long, hot days of prac- tice. Shouts got louder, tempers got shorter, and school finally started. The first game was against Van Horn. Early in the game the Titans scored and they marched on to their first victory, 26-6. Next came always tough Central, and thoughts of last year. We won our closest game of the season, 15-13. A safety and then, with two minutes left, a touchdown saved the Titans from defeat. The Titans met Lee's Summit and again came from behind to win the sea- son's third game, 20-6. Moving on to Truman, the team blanked their opponent for victory number four, 34-0. Now at the peak of their winning tide, the Titans met Immacu- lata for an overwhelming 52-6 victory. The Fightin' Titans reached the middle of the season undefeated, but there was still a long way to go. Facing them was the doubly important game, number six, which was against arch rival, Rockhurst, and was also the homecoming game. The Titans however, moved the ball by ceaseless effort and determination, keeping the Hawks scoreless, to win the game of the season, 14-0. Riding the crest of their six straight victories, the Titans only allowed one touchdown each to Meige, Sumner and Smith-Cotton to win the seventh, 26-6, eighth, 14-6, and ninth, 27-7, games of the season. With the ninth win, defeating the Sedalia team, the Titans were recognized by the Kansas City Star as the top team in the area. In the last game, the Titans kept Washington scoreless, 14-0, to end the season undefeated and untied. The foot- ball season closed with Coach Culver carried off the field. The Titans also carried with them the assurance that DLS was, indeed, Number ONE ! COACH OF THE YEAR- JERRY CULVER PLAYER OF THE YEAR- DAVE REBORI ALL AMERICAN - OERRICK McCORD

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-V ord n ney :on son l 't zney Senior Lettermen on the lst Team JOHN AQUINO, a transfer from Boystown, played two years of rugged defense as a linebacker. MIKE BEACH finished his football at DLS with an outstanding season at fullback, and an average of 5.6 yards per carry. CHARLES BIBBS was one of DLS's swift and eager halfbacks. TERRY BIDNICK played two years at the end position and also kicked 35 P.A.T.s over the two seasons. PAT BRADY, whose season was cut short by a leg injury, was one of The Titans' hard hitting guards. DON DAVIS, the fastest man of the team, played two years at halfback, and earned an average of 7.4 yards per carry his final year. JOE DEKAT was our ready back-up man at the center position. BILL FLAHERTY was one of the Titan ends and also played guard. TOM HIEMER, whose two seasons were marred by injuries, was a pun- ishing linebacker and excellent punter. JERRY LEE served as the Titans' hard-blocking center. DERRICK McCORD, a Titan co-captain and All American, was also a first team All State selection and a three-year letterman as a tackle, BILL McMAHON earned his reputation as a hard-hitting defensive safety. JOHN MCNERNEY played defense exclusively for two years as the Titans' rough middle guard. MIKE MULLOY was one of our big men and played at the tackle spot. CHARLES NELSON was an able second man at the fullback position. DAVE REBORI, the Kansas City area's 1965 Nigro award winner, led the Titans as quarterback and co-captain. TONY ROBINSON, the Titan's smallest man at 140 lbs., earned distinc- tion as both a defensive and offensive halfback, with an average of 6.0 yards per carry. TIM SCANLON, another three-year letterman, earned honors as an of- fensive and defensive end. JOHN STEWART was one of the Titan's able guards. DENNIS SWEENEY, a 3-year lettermau, served on the defensive squad as roving linebacker and as defensive signal caller. . ,s,:-wr14fgn-A,:-.:- m-we-anvrun-z ' - ---.-aan, -- -r-is-. S-fa,--Q-.-2-ff..--..-,T,E,,::.1-- 15- ., , H . ' --'ur 1. 5.43-.. 'wh

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The Team FRONT ROW-Head Coach Culver, Joe McHendry, Tony DeAngelo, Den- nis Sweeney, Derrick McCord, Dave Rebori, John Aquino, Bill Mc- Mahon, Brother Matthew. SECOND ROW-Charley Bibbs, Tony Robinson, Don Davis, Tom Hiemer, Bob Horrid, Jack Bush, Carl Maschler, Dennis Comiskey. THIRD ROW--Coach Monteil, Bill Flaherty, Joe Calia, Neil Malone, John Stewart, Tony Totta, Jerry Lee, Terry Dean, Frank Orrick, Coach Grantham. FOURTH ROW-Wes Capell, Carl Tamburello, John McNerney, Charley Nelson, Bob Kupersmith, Joe Dekat, Jim Sullivan, Pat Brady. FIFTH ROW-Byron Garth, Sal Capra, Tim Scanlon, Leonard Garth, Terry Bidnick, Mike Beach, Mike Mulloy. Page 89