Fairmont High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Fairmont, MN)

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? SIms A 1955--FHS Varsity Football Team--1955 I 9 l 'li y-. 'QI N sv' an, 48 4 xr60F.35.'i.'l4 F? Fifi l' - f36 6 5 5, VARSITY TEAM ROWI Richard Kusrck Robert Klessrg Rrchard Mrller Wrllram Orr Vtncente Brehler Gary Wolter Mrchael Mrller ROW Il Denms Leach Gary Gxlbert John Cox Roger Trembley Richard Haroldson Jan Jaqua Steve Howard Warren Zemke ROW III Davrd Bennett LeRoy Tschetter Charles Mrttelstadt Robert Jaqua James Duflo Andrew Maday Bruce Burton Robert Wohlford ROW IV Donald Totzke Melvrn Morrow James Schuder John Webb Gerald Holley Robert Wlllard Beryl Droegemueller Jerry Keefe In analyzrng the 1955 football season one must consrder the surcrdal schedule on our record of four wrns four losses and one tre It was by far the hardest and toughest schedule any past Farrmont teams have played Thxs was due to strong and rugged conference teams and addrtronal games wrth Jackson Blake and Worthrngton three of the stronger teams tn the state Moreover the Cardrnals were handrcapped by the early loss of veterans Mal colm and Idstrom plus the loss of Gary Gilbert before the Blue Earth game In the opener Farrmont took the measure of Estherville 13 12 and then ran tnto a tartar tn the form of Worth rngton and dropped the game 13 O Rallyxng tn the next game Fatrmont came through Wllh thetr frnest effort to tre 8th state ranked Jackson 14 14 lt was one of the games to remember between the two rrvals A blocked krck PLANNING STRATEGY C 0 a C he s Goertzen and Potvm formulate plans whrle observrng a practrce sesston where Rtch Mtller and Jan Jaqua backed the lme and fumble gave St Peter the edge to defeat the Cards rn the follow mg game 21 7 The team entertamed fme runnrng and passrng to l1ck St James 27 7 The Waseca Blue Jays scored rn the last frfteen sec onds to defeat Farrmont 14 7 The succeedtng week and rn the fmal Blue Earth Jumped off losrng to a 13 pornt advantage that the Cards could not overcome losrng to the Bucs 13 '7 Post season honors rn the form of rndlvrdual trophres were awarded to Rtch Mrller and Gary Grlbert voted the best back and best lrneman for the year of 1955 Trembley Haroldson Zemke Webb Klessrg Howard Dutlo Cox Wolter Orr Burton Maday and Gilbert bore the brunt of the front lrne duties whrle Captatn Miller Bennett Blehler Jaqua Holley Wtllard and Leach provided a versattle and multrple attack that furntshed students and fans an offense of deep satisfactron 12 i P A . N A A v V 55 2 T3 E 1 35 5 -A 9 ,-- fmt L 61.1 53, f 4 I my pk my We 'Q 6 1 rkyy , .ry L52 'f , -if '-A '

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