Eldorado High School - Golden E Yearbook (Eldorado, IL)

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In the Armistic Day game with Carml, the team displayed an offen sive which was a fitting climax for the season. Two touchdowns and a safety were scored in the first five minutes of play and 35 points were scored in the first half The team went on to win 49 7 after using every man in uniform T h e F r e s hm an Sophomore Squad coached by Raymond Gardner, also hada very successful season, win mg four games andlos man gridders looked better this year than they have for several seasons They should be of great value to the varsity in the next year or two We alsohad sev eral outstanding Sopho mores such as Daven port, Younger, Maloney, Malone, Gates, Hess Reed, and Carter The Cairo-Eldorado game was by far the most exciting game of the year The lead changed hands seven times during the contest, With only thirty seconds remaining to play, Bob Briddick hurled a fourth down pass into the end zone, which was picked out of the air by George Hagan ina spectacular catch giving Eldorado the victory, 22 21, ing only one. The Fresh- Compliments of CARTER 8: CHOISSER DRUGSTORE A 61

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The football team by wlnnlng elght games and loslng only one establlshed the best seasonal record for the past twenty f1VC years Because of the1r ball handllng ab1l1ty sound knowledge f fundamentals sp1r1t and teamwork Coach Adams cons1ders th1s team as one of h1s very best Although theyaveraged only 152 pounds 1n we1ght they estab l1shed one of the best scorlng records ln several years by p1l1ng up 232 polnts compared to the1r opponents 77 Th1s team was capta1ned by Norman Colbert cons1dered by many as one of the outstandlng tackles 1n Southern Ill 1no1s and B1lly Berkel a fleet footed half back w1tha lot of drlve and deter at1on who crossed the opponents goal l1ne many t1mes We had other outstand1ng playersonth1s champlonshxp squad V1c blocks made h1m one of the greatest tack les 1n the state Donald Younger one of the toughest l1ttle men ever to wear a foot ball umform Gary Elder a good l1ne backer and offenslve guard Jerry Tust1ce, George Hagan, and Iackre Pack, who pxcked Brlddrck s passes out of the au' and carrled them over the goal llne, and D A Phelps, who pxcked up those extra yards when needed wlth h1s flne puntmg and runn1ng ab111ty The sad part of th1s story 1S that e leven letter wmners w1ll graduate, leav 1ng a nucleus of only s1x letter w1nners to rebulld for 1951 A salute to the de nn Hn: f1nP :Quad . . . , O tor Roberts, whose terrific atackles and ' ' 3 . . . , n:a1-Hnn coninrc . ' ' , . Tune for DAIRY QUEEN

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Vic Roberts Bob Briddick Don Younger O SEAS ON SCORES Anna Jonesboro . Harrisburg . . Metropolis. . . Albion ..... Christopher . . Olney .... Cairo . . . -Marion' . Carmi . . We They 13 6 0 12 47 6 14 13 13 0 48 12. 22 Z1 26 0 49 7