Edmonds High School - Echo Yearbook (Edmonds, WA)

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-I WARD PHILLIPS Senior Guard 'Q' BRUCE BAKER Senior Back Q57 were called from the lane of scrimmage wlthout a huddle Edmonds IS one of the few football teams In the country outsnde of professronal football that uses this system con slstently as a regular part of nts offense Student support of the football team never wavered de spute the mediocre won lost record In the funal game the Trger fans outnumbered and outyelled the Tomahawk fans despite the fact that the game was played at Marysvllle Fourteen sensors played their last football game for Edmonds ln that contest Northwest League players elected John McGraw sensor halfback and Gary Sallee rumor guard to their all league team Edmonds players receuvrng honorable mention were Gary Clark, a lunuor end, and Gary Prlce, lunror quarter back The Edmonds varsity prcked John Wagner as the best blocker and Dave Martrn as the best tackler Gary Smith and Norm Moran split the Honorary Captain Award, and McGraw won the Inspnratuonal Award Seventeen rumors and an undefeated sophomore squad gave promnse of better thmgs to come rn Edmonds football But It us very unlukely that future teams wall surpass the l957 varsuty an one thang a stuck to It attitude toward the game, which Coach Rowe singled out as the chnef characterlstrc of the l957 Trgers DAVE MARTIN, Sensor Tackle ni' JOHN HARRISON G GARY CLARK E 1 fig JIM MILLER E BOB GOROSKI E GARY SALLEE T BEN HOU' FB Y GARY MINUGH T BUTCH HOLMBERG E ED COUTURE, T

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JACK SCHWARTZMILLER, Senior, Back 1 . N JIM BRENNAN, Senior Quarterback JOHN MILLER, Senior Tackle FOOTBALL JOHN McGRAW, Senior Back Edmonds, accustomed to winning football games with almost monotonous regularity, suffered through o losing sea- son in 1957. The Tigers dropped four league games, won two, and lost two of their three non-league contests. One of these non-league contests was the first varsity football game between Edmonds and the new Shoreline High School. Relying heavily on inexperienced luniors, the Tigers never were able to put together a consistent offense. lt wasn't until the final contest of the season that the Edmonds var- sity managed to score more than two touchdowns in one game. ln the finale, the fired-up Tigers scorched Marysville, 46-O. On the credit side, however, is the fact that in only the first game of the season were the Tigers shutout on the scoreboard. Lake Washington, eventual champions of the KingCo League, won that one, 35-0. One of the highlights of the season was the Mount Ver- non game. Meeting the team that was to win the Northwest League championship, the Tigers matched the Bulldogs touch- down for touchdown, only to lose by a conversion, 13-12. In that contest, Edmonds encountered John Day, regarded by Coach Rich Rowe as a passer comparable to Frank Bly, one of Edmonds' all-time star backs. Coach Rowe again employed a split-T offense in 1957. One unusual feature of the Edmonds attack was that plays 16

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Coach Rowe, standing at left, was assist- ed during the l957 football season by Backfield Coach Jerry Karnofski ond Line Coach Stu Smith, MIKE WHITSETT, C RICK ROCCO, C DICK RUSK, Senior Tackle CLIFF SHAW, Senior Tackle CRAIG KNOWLTON DOUG OPENS HAW B GARY PRICE, QB 1? TOM BAXTE R,s steve LILLQUIST, E sos Porreiceiz, E JOHN EUBANK, Senior Tackle If 9 ,