De Pere High School - Fox Yearbook (De Pere, WI)

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i -S ' ii . Page Signals, Forward, Long Run, Score . . . DE PERE vs. TWO RIVERS The Redbirds opened the season in a victorious manner by defeating the Two Rivers Golden Air Patrol , 13-0 on the Pati-ol's own field. The Red- birds got off' to a good start with Col- ler, Vissers, and Gilson making suc- cessive gains. The first touchdown was scored by Collerg the second by Vissers. Vissers then converted a perfect extra point. DE PERE vs. STURGEON BAY The fast running of the Sturgeon Bay backfield, forced a 12-6 loss on De Pere in their second game of the season. Gilson scored the first touch- down after a furious onslaught of passes, but the Bays tightened their belts and charged back to score two touchdowns on long runs. DE PERE vs. ALGOMA Mixing their bullet-like passing at- tack with their off-tackle sprints, the Redbirds chalked up their second vic- tory of the season against the Wolves , Vissers ran across for the first touchdown and shortly after Col- ler plunged across for another. Gilson scored the last one on a long pass from Collins, making the score 19-O. DE PERE vs. KEWAUNEE With little resistance offered, the Redbirds trounced the Kewaunee elev- en, 31-13. The first half had very little hard playing in it and ended 6-0 in De Pere's favor. Later, Gilson sent the leather over into the end zone for our second score. Two spec- tacular plays, a long pass to Coller's waiting arms, and a pass grabbed by Hermans, netted twelve more points. Elwell tucked away the final touch- down. 1, F1 llcr sluothered in Sturgeon Bay 2. Folie-1' - 1939 1':'iptnil1. 3. Gilson in action. 4, llIll'l't'l'S und Hermuns. 5, Gilson catches an pass: Roffers in buck. ti, Vissers with ball, Desmond faking. T. lu-smuml and Vissers. S. Hermnns catches Il hnrd one. 'L Sllll'LQ'E'Ull Buy. on the attack. 10. SfLll'LQ'l'llll Buy gets off u pass. ll. Gilson ugmin, I , Imwn in the line. 1 1 fi . l'i-te Snfford. 4. Vissers and Desmond.

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ln the capable hands of D a d Braisher a n d Wally Johnson, lies the responsibility of coaching our A and B foot- ball squads. During footf ball season, every night directly after s c h o ol, Dad , with his big, hus- ky regulars and Wally with his smaller, freshman B squadders, could be seen on the practice field south of the building, put- ting the boys through their paces. A l 9 it ,af , .l vii ,yi ji x xi ' All Opponents Whom They iMeet ll The 1939 fooball season turned out to be very successful for the Redbirds who finished their conference season in second place with four wins, one loss, and one tie, Moreover, they were able to hold the Western Division champion, Kaukauna, to a tie in an Armistice day game at Kaukauna. Captain Tim Coller, a three-letter man, proved himself to be an ideal leader for the Redbirds, as well as an outstanding performer at the fullback post, winning the position of fullback on the 1939 All-Conference team. Other members of the Redbird squad who won honorary positions on the All-Conference teams were, Roffers and Hermans, ends on the first team, and Schroeder and Thiem, guard and tackle respectively, on the second team. Most of the touchdowns scored in the games this season were made on line bucks, and end sweeps by Coller, Vissers, and Gilson. Passing was evenly divided between Desmond and Vis- sers, with Collins sharing with his bullet-like passes, in the last two games. Twenty players received letters at the annual football banquet: Collins, Desmond, Elwell, Greenwood, Verber, Gilson, Vissers, Martin, Siebert, Schroeder, Vande Walle, Milquet, Rof- fers, Strenn, Coller, Fisher, Meulemans, Thiem, Leonhard, and Hermans. The B squadders had a successful season this year having won two games out of their three. They defeated the Oconto Bees and the Irwin school team, but lost to the Green Bay West junior high team. Members of this year's freshman team were: Ends, Don Herz- feldt and Don Marcouiller: tackles, Ralph Mc- Clure and Vincent Hussong: guards, Louis Lieberg, Lee Doberstein, and Jim Verber: cen- ters, Hank Smits and Howard Brandt, Jerry McGrath at quarterback: Harvey Schroeder, Pat O'Keefe, Joe Peters, Bill Wallschlaeger, Linus Verber and Lynn Gilson at the halfback positions: and Elliot Rood and Elroy Siebert at the fullback post. Page Twenty-three l, N gf . l

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Formation, Kick, One Point More DE PERE vs. OCONTO Capitalizing on fumbles and block- ed kicks, the Redbirds registered a 26-13 defeat over the Oconto Blue Devils . Three touchdowns were scor- ed by Collerg one on a long from Vis- sersg the second, a plunge, after a pass from Desmond to Hermans, and the third after blocking an Oconto punt. Vissers scampered 86 yards for the final score, late in the last period. DE PERE vs. OCONTO FALLS In the last conference game of the season, the Oconto Falls team stood off the battering attack of the Red- birds, thus upsetting the purposes of our Homecoming celebration. The first quarter saw every assault made, checked by the opposing linemen. Both teams scored in the second period, Coller scoring for De Pere and the Falls scoring after a costly Redbird fumble. On successful plays, the ball was advanced to the Falls' 3 yard line where it was fumbled, The game ended as a 6-6 tie. DE PERE vs. KAUKAUNA In an Armistice Day play-off, the Redbirds strove to outplay the Kau- kauna team, at Kaukauna, for non- conference superiority in the N.E.W. division. Late in the second quarter, Vissers swept around end and out- dodged all of the Kaukauna high backfield, for the Redbirds' lone score. On this play, Coller was forced to leave the game because of injuries. Kaukauna opened up the third period with a sweeping attack which ended in their single touchdown. Through- out the game, the Redbirds were able to show their superiority in attack, but weren't able to capitalize on scores. The final count was 6-6. 1. Hermans with Gilson. 2. Gilson und Coller. 3. Collins gets in the clear. 4. Siebert and Fischer. 5. Collins in on the tackle. 6. Leonhard, Milquet and Meuleniuns T. Roffers comes tn Gilsmfs uid. 8. Elwell and Vande XValle. 9. Fumble!! Coller on the ground. 10. Opps! another one of those fumbles.