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

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Richard Katona, 165 lb. senior-All league quarterback and one of the finest ball players around is what they say about Rich. A triple threat back, Rich will be the hardest man to replace next year. ' Quarterback Richard Katona puts his head down and plows over the goal line for a T.D. before being brought down. James Cardina, 160 lb. senior- Bummy starred on offense and really proved that he could handle that center spot when an accurate pass from center meant the difference between victory and defeat. Richard Willhoite, 175 lb. senior - t'Kilroy really was a mean guard when he was in the game. Persistent injuries benched him for nearly half the season. He will be sorely missed next year. Richard Katila, 155 lb. junior-A hard hitting guard was Princie , who paved the way for many a. T.D. and also prevented a number of opponents from scoring. Albin Ulle, 160 lb. sophomore-Albin was one of the two fleet-footed halfbacks that the Skippers sported this year until a knee injury benched him after the Conneaut victory. Albin cracked that game wide open with a startling 55 yard run to pay dirt. Twenty-two Steve Ruszkai, 175 lb. senior-Steve, the scholar of the squad, tackled the op- ponents with as much zest as he tackled the books. Robert Potti, 180 lb. junior-This boy could plow right through the defensive line for some good gains when he wanted to. Bob was an asset at the fullback po- sition and will return again next year. Thomas Remaley, 160 lb. junior- 'tC0ach starred on defense and was pretty hard to move from his tackle po- sition. This boy has one more year to continue his fine work. Richard Orris, 145 lb. sophomore - Ritchie wasn't too big, but he could really get up and block and plug up the line. This rough and tough guard has two more seasons of action in store for him.

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Rich Katona KNO. 841 goes for a short gain Richard Katona, three-year foot-ball letter-man but- is encircled by four Geneva players and is and the play-caller of the football team, receives SUODPCG- t-he V.F.XV. Most Valuable Player Award. Fairport 6-Mentor 264' Fairport's only score was by Darryl Mackey on a left end run. The Cardinals proved too much for the Skippers to let them score any- more. Mentor boasts the league title for the second year in a row, but the Skippers will be aiming for it next year. Fairport 38 - Geneva 123 The entire Skipper line and backfield played excellent ball to enable the local eleven to cop their first season's N,E.C. victory. Fairport 34--Ashtabula Harbor 14 Butch Hilston highlighted the game by one of the season's longest runs, 90 yards after he plucked a handoff from the Harbor quarterback. Dick Eckert and Jim Cardina were the defensive stars. Fairport 0 - Painesville 2555 Everything seemed to go wrong-for the Skip- pers, that is. It rained all day and the field was drenched and soggy, hindering a running attack and preventing any passing. Harvey played ex- cellent football to sink the Skippers as Landfield ran wild. Fairport 12- Conneaut 6 Bouncing back from their defeat from Paines- ville, the local Harding eleven came back with an impressive victory over Conneaut, the favored team by 4 T.D.'s. Albin Ulle scored the first T.D. on a beautiful 56-yard run and Ken Urban took a pass from Bob Potti and raced 28 yards for the final tally. Fairport 15 - XVickliffc 6 Too many injuries prevented the team from rolling up a larger score, but the outcome wasn't bad at all. Bull Mackey scored the first touch- down and Potti threw the pigskin to Urban for the second score. Katona booted the extra point. Fairport 26 - Riverside 095 The Skippers had a big night against River- side with everybody getting a chance to show their stuff. The second team played most of the second half. Scores were made by Hilston, Urban, Potti, and Mackey. Fairport 7 -St. Joseplfs 20 The local schoolboys played on even terms with the boys from the big city for the first three quarters, but in the final quarter St. Joe's su- perior manpower made the difference. at Indicates N. E. C. games Seated: Bob Ulle and Don Rinyo, managers. Standing: Head Coach Matt lvary and Assistant Coach George Daly. Twenty-one

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-Butch was voted unanimous all-league David Butch Hilston, 190 lb. senior end for his terrific defensive work this season. Butch has aided the team for the past three years and has been voted all-league twice. Steve Ruszkai and James Cardinal, two football letter- lnen who were not present for another picture. are shown here at their usual positions. David Whitey Hilston, 155 lb. sen- ior-Whitey also held down the tackle spot and showed himself to be mean at all times. Richard Eckert, 210 lb. junior - Crunchy besides adding all the humor to the team was a Tarzanic two-way tackle. He proved his worth in many games and will also return next season. Darryl Mackey, 165 lb. junior - Bull rounds out the team of running backs and is a constant threat on of- fense. One more year is also left for him. Gary Brainard, 140 lb. sophomore- Another fleet-footed halfback that has a story similar to Ulle's. He also had a knee injury from the Conneaut game. Fairport expects great things from this Speedster. John Knotts, 190 lb. senior- Bucky with his glue fingers showed that he could hold his own at the end spot. He could really hold on to those passes. Kenneth Urban, 155 lb. junior-Ken could play either end or halfback and he proved that he could handle both po- sitions well. Ken will return next year and we hope he sees a lot of action. John Resetiar, 160 lb. senior-An end who was at his best in the Geneva game, Jack proved that extra effort pays off in the long run-72 yards long. Robert Jarboe, 165 lb. freshman - Being a freshman didn't hinder this boy from showing his stuff. He could carry the ball and block and tackle like a veteran. Many years of play are left for him yet and we know he'll make good. Twenty-three