Fort Lauderdale High School - Ebb Tide Yearbook (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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CHARLES CHAR RENTIER I .«-ft Guard BOB HALE Right Halfback RONNIE WORM AN Right Halfback DON KIMBRO Quarterback JIM SAVAGE Left End JACK LEACH Right End

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JIM EGAN Fullback DEAN YATES Right Tackle GEORGE SHAW Left Halfback TED LOWE Center JACK ROCKETT Right Halfback TEX CONE BOB HEATON Quarterback Left Tackle

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The 1951 edition of the Flying L eleven met with mild success as they won four of their gridiron encounters, lost two, and tied four. Many new faces were present in the ’51 lineup as Coach Irvine sought to replace many of the regulars of the great ’50 L eleven. In their first game Sept. 20, with Miami Jackson the L’s were hampered by inexperience as they fumbled the pigskin six times. Four recoveries by the Generals greatly aided the 39-6 defeat of the L’s. The lone L touchdown was scored when George Shaw carried the ball around right end on a six yard touchdown run with ten seconds left in the game. One week later the L’s bounded back with a win over South Broward. The L’s showed improvement on offense as well as defense as they battled the Bulldogs into submission. Touchdowns by left half- back George Shaw and fullback Jim Egan in this thriller. Tex Cone quarterbacked for all but one play of the game, a rarity in modern football. On Oct 5, the L’s met Miami Edison in their first home game of the season. In the first half of the game the L’s played one of the best games of the season, as they held the Red Raider attack to insignificant yardage gains. Fighting to main- tain the 6-0 advantage, resulting from Tex Cone’s touchdown sprint late in the first first quarter, the L’s were successful until late in the second quarter. Then, with two minutes left in the first half. Edison scored a quick touchdown. In the second half the L’s could not hold the powerful Edison attack in check. The Raiders then scored three more touch- downs much to the disappointment of the 6,500 fans on hand for the expected upset. The L’s could not gain enough power to score another touch- down and the game ended with Edison winning 25-6. The Lake Worth Trojans moved into town for the next game of the season on October 12. Click- ing for yardage through the air, the L’s rolled to a convincing 20-6 victory over the Lake Worth aggregation. Don Kimbro took possession of the quarterback slot for most of the game, with Tex Cone handling the chores of defensive quarterback. Passes by Kimbro set up two scoring plays for the Ls’ during the early part of the game. The L defensive team held the Trojan eleven to small gains on the ground and air as the L’s won their second game of the season. Julia Landon, long a thorn in the sides of the L’s, was the next opponent to face the L eleven. Held down by penalties, the L’s were lucky to gain a 0-0 tie with the Lions in the Gator Bowl. Late in the last quarter the L’s came up with a brilliant goal line stand. With a first down on the Blue and White four inch line, the Lions were unable to score. Traveling across the state to meet the Tampa