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

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GRIDIRON HEROES

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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

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COACH WILLIAM K. YOUNG No new teacher has ever risen to such quick popularity among the students as Roger Young. He sparkled as assistant coach in football, and now is repeating as head basketball coach. We are sure that Coach Young will turn out many championship teams in future years. twenty-eight