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

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Flying Football Season L’s Kick Off ’58 This year, with a new coach at the helm. Duke Maltby, our Flying L's won the city cham- pionship by beating Stranahan and Central Catholic. They also finished second in the Northern Gold Coast Conference with a 5-4 record for the season. Opening the season against a cross-town rival our team battled Central Catholic into submission early in the game and kept up the pressure in the second half to down the Central Catholic Raiders. 34-0. Playing our first game against Stranahan Seniors, our valiant team left nothing to be de- nied as they scored twice in the first half and then settled back to fight off a rugged group of desperate Dragons. 14-13. On October II. our team packed up for their first away game of the year. A large con- tingent of Fort Lauderdale fans traveled with them to watch the L’s bang out a 33-7 victory against the Hialeah Thoroughbreds. Archbishop Curley invaded Stranahan Field, surprising everyone except their own gathering as the Knights beat the L's. 27-0. The North Miami Pioneers caught the L's off balance. 20-7. for the second straight year in a row. Lauderdale rebounded 26-0 from these two losses whipping the Miami Tech Blue Devils. Even though we fell to Coral Gables. 34-0. the game was not a complete loss. Junior. Tom Crawford, broke a Florida high school punt record to the delight of all the Lauderdale fans. Crawford booted the pigskin 82 yards. The L's rebounded from the Gables with a 38-13 trouncing of the Miami Beach Typhoons. Wrapping up the season playing our tradi- tional rivals from South Broward, the L's fought hard but the Bulldogs surged ahead in the sec- ond half to defeat the fighting L's. 25-13. The Flying L's tallied 165 points in 9 games while their opposition scored 139 points. The L’s. averaging 244 yards per game, were squeezed out by their opponents who averaged 253 yards per game. Allan Aunapu closed out the ‘58 season be coming All-County and Gold Coast Conference fullback. He also led the county in rushing with 7.29 yards per carry. Aunapu was 6th in the county, scoring 8 touchdowns. John Orman was 8th in the county with 6.17 yards per carry and George Moraitis was I Ith with 4.89 yards per carry. Bobby Barnett, quarterback, was elected Captain of the mighty Flying L’s. Hustling halfback George Moraitis romps past sprawling Central Catholic Raiders with minutes remaining in period three for another Flying L TD. Coach Caldwell, athletic director, ponderously plans L s sports schedule. 79

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Tom Mafhis Davo Zwiclc George Moraitis Bobby Barnett Dick Wilcox Ted Johnson Allan Aunapu Bobby Berryhill Mackey Alley Breaking clear within the first four minutes of the game, Orman scampered 57 yards for a touchdown. Al Kubala Tim Winningham Head Coach Duke Maltby plans strategy for the Lauder- dale-Beach game with Assistant Coaches Bob Beale and Bob Schmelz.