Fairport Harding High School - Harbor Light Yearbook (Fairport Harbor, OH)

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Seven victories, one tie - a perfect season! That's what Harding High can boast of for its i945 football season. Matching last year's success, the '45 squad carried the undefeated record to fifteen consecutive games. The team deserves a lot of credit, but not all. A glreat deal is also due to its coaches, George Daly and Ken Young, without whose able guidance and leadership, victory would have been impossible. May the future teams of Harding continue this fine record and bring to Fair- port that fame it well deserves. FAIRPORT AT BEDFORD l2-12 Skippers confronted by gigantic Bed- fordites. Green and White go to score in first half. Skippers trail 6-O at end of first period. Hambor plunges, Moroz passes, Tobias, Hill spark line. Skips score two quick six-pointers. Bedford tallies last score in final five minutes. PERRY AT FAIRPORT 6-l5 Pirates score in first quarter on 60- yard dash. Skippers register six in second quarter on sustained march. Half ends in 6-6 deadlock. Fundermark gallops to pay dirt on third period interception. Fairport blocks kick in final round to add two. Skippers not up to par. PAINESVILLE AT FAIRPORT O-7 Rivals duel evenly for two periods in sea of muck and water. Downpour floods field with two inches of rain. lnvigorated Sailors push Raiders into danger through- out second half. Score in last period on pass to Bindon. Swim off with third in row from downhearted invaders. FAIRPORT AT GENEVA 38-O Skippers at full strength for first time. Every man on squad sees action - many score. Eagles manage only three first downs. Skippers' passing, punting, running and defense superb. All backs, one end score. Line is impenetrable. Geneva fights valiant delaying action. iContinued on page 523 twenty-five

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COACH GEORGE F. DALY . ,, ,, A regular fellow, a true friend, and a superb coach - these are Coach Daly's winning traits. He nof only led us to the second undefeated ' d f s orfsmonship hard to equal. season, but taught the Sknppers a bran o p 'bl 'rake Coach Daly's place in the hearts of the Sklppers No man could possn y or of the fans. twenty-four

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FOOTBALL LETTERMEN Elmer Fundermark END - SENIOR On two undefeated teams. Good defensive man. Capable receiver. Earned second letter this season. Jack Laczko TACKLE - SENIOR Mainstay in forward wall. First year with varsity. Very dependable performer. Charles Hill Ed GUARD - SENIOR Other half of unbeatable Tobias- Hill combination. Also three-year man. Hard to stand the pounding Chas. could dish out. Bindon CENTER - SENIOR Filled center berth very well. Ex- cellent on offense and defense. High-scoring center as result of in- terceptions and trick plays. Andy Kakas HALFBACK -JUNIOR Overcome ankle injury to turn out best performances. Second year with varsity. Did passing when Moroz was out. Arthur Toukkola .la Ja GUARD - SENIOR Played four years. Rated as first stringer, but was up against Hill every year. Annoyingly persistent with enemy backfields. mes Hambor FULLBACK - JUNIOR First season with varsity. Heaviest man of team. Made many yards necessary for first downs. mes Hritz TACKLE .- SENIOR Able substitute for tackle. Played in every game. Earned well-deserved letter. Ray Hietanen END - JUNIOR Light but incisive end. Best pass receiver on team. Adept back on trick plays. Jack Bittner TACKLE - JUNIOR First season with varsity. Light but exceptionally warlike. Caught pass which tied up second Painesville game. Ed Tobias GUARD - seNioR Especially vicious and scrappy. Com- pleted third year as regular. Harder blocker and tackler difficult to find. Don Cleary QUARTERBACK - sENioR Brains of football machine. Also punted when called upon. With varsity for three years. Nick Moroz HALFBACK - seisiion Southpaw of team. Lefty passes brought many gains and several touchdowns. Capable ball carrier. Bill Ahonen HALFBACK - SENIOR Very able substitue for any posi- tion. Speedster of Skipper team. Excellent defensive halfback. Richard Werbeach END - SENIOR First year with varsity. Played quite a bit as substitute for both ends. Capable receiver and defensive man. Elmer Vastyan MANAGER - SENIOR Omnipresent with tape and other necessities. Completed second year as best manager yet. Will be sorely missed next year as combination handyman, slavedriver, tackling dummy, and all-around good man- ager. V twenfv -six