Grand Island High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Grand Island, NE)

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Pigskin Warriors The Purple and Gold banner was carried through a victorious season which was climaxed by a lour-day trip to Scotts- bluff to represent the Eastern division of the Big Ten conference against the Bearcats, winner ol the Vvestern division. Opening their schedule with a 26 to 6 triumph over the Norlollc Panthers at Ryder lield, the lslanders showed a squad com- posed of teamworlc, spirit, and a combina- tion oi power and speed. The llollowing weelt end, Coach Cuivenis boys travelled to Hastings to visit the highly touted Tigers. They fought hard. stopping many Hastings scoring threats, but laclted the services ol Gene Post, triple-threat lmaclc, who was lost on the opening lciclcolll lay a ltnee injury. Vvlien the linal gun was sounded, the scoreboard read Tigers 12, G. l. 6. Frauen Horstman Huston l.ANGl,l'IY, DONALD E.-General. First team football 2, second team basketball l, Merchant League 2, captain l, Purple Masque 4, vice-president 2, 'And Came the Spring', 'Seven Sisters', 'lf He Could Speak', choir 4, president 1, boys' quartet 2, 'Hollywood Bound', 'Love Goes South', hand 3, Purple ami Gold staff 2, advertising inanager l, general inanager I, senior home room president l, senior prom t'0lllIlllHt'0. MARTIN, ROBERT MILROY-College Preparatory. First team football l, second team football l, Merchant .League 3, captain 22, Student Council 2, vice-president l, president I. MUHS, ELDON V.-Trades. First team football 2, Merchant League l, FFA 2, senior home room president Il. Chosen by the whole first squad as the honorary covcuptains for the 1945 football season, were Alley Dunn, who was starting fullback, and Lyle Simpson, rugged tackle. Both are seniors. Langley Martin Muhs DUNN-Fullback, 145 SIMPSON'-Left tackle, 170 Q . elrenteen

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L. Cozirlws Givens :mtl Toft are watching the practice of the first toann football boys at Hyder park. They wnrkvd together to build an team the city can ln- prourl nf. D r Wi X Ahlc-man Babel llnnn ABLEMAN, SAMUEI.-f'ollc'gr' Prr'p:ir:itory, First tvsnn footlmll l, -va Mc-rrhant League 1, 'lf Ho Cnuld Sp:-ukf BABEI., RICHARD .lAllflESfCullc-qv Pri-pzll':itnry. First tvaun football l, svrnnll trzun funtlmll l, Mt'l'm'l1unl l.I'LlIlllt' II. mptuin I, vlmir IJ, 'Luvv Gm-s Snullf, sn-nior prmn Ctllll mittee. DUNN, ALLEN-fTr:ul0s. First tvnni fnutliull II, t'tlt'illlllllIl l, second team football l, first tvznn lmskvtluull l. sm-mul tm-:nn basketball l, truck 2. FRAUEN, PAUL H.-Cnllrur' Pl'K'INll'Slltll'j'. First tm-:nn lmutlrnll l. ,second tc-um fuutlmll 1, Mvrclmzmt l,n-:tulle Cl, 4-qiplnin 2. band 5, senior lmmc muni prvsimlvnt l, Studs-nt t'unn4'il 21. HORSTMAN, ROBERT lhffollvgv l'rn-pzirutory. First lvgnn lout hull 2, first team lmskvtlmll II, svswunl tvznn lmskvtlmll l. trark 1, Purple- Masque 11, LSUYPII Sish-rs', 'lf Ill- fuzilml gat . 1Pllk', Purplv :un4l Gulrl stuff 12, sn-ninr ai'-sislaml wlilm' lf. - 'HWS' f . . . .. . Af'fg,,spQ'q senior class viccvprvsnlvnt II, honw rmnn nfticvr I, Slntln-nl Council l, Cowl Ctlllllfll l. Thx- starting lim-up, pictured almvv, is curnposcrl of all seniors with , HUSTON SAM Cffnllvuv Prc'pzir4itm'y. First tvann liouilmll 2. ons' c-xcs-ption. 1.1-ft tn right are John Wilson, REQ Eltlon Muhs, RTQ ' ' ' ' ' .. 1, Ridmrd Bivk th? om' junior. RG, Dick Babpl C who WM later Second team fuutlmll l, lirst tvxnn luiskn-tlmll ,., si-rmnl tvann . , , V V - Q I V ,, . I . . . QW. X , I rs-pinvml by Buli Marting Don Langley, LG, Lylv Simpson, LT, and ?nsk0l,Td:l l 'f3':1 'i Smmm Ummm 'i' lm lim I' ion' Bula Horstnmn, LE, The lmckfield, h-ft to right, ure Sum Huston, QB, mmm ' lmmcm ' Frs-4l Ynndrurift, RH, All:-n Dunn, FB: zinrl Gene- Post, LH. Sixlven .

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