Greenwich Country Day School - Spire Yearbook (Greenwich, CT)

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Varsity Football 'Success Story' When Mr. French first came to the school as athletic director tour years ago, he was deter- mined to inspire the varsity football players to do then very best in every game. With this object in mind, he was confident each year of having a successful winning season. However, not until this year, aided by Mr. Boynton and Mr. Efinger, did he achieve this goal. Armed with ability, weight, determination, and most of all, experience, the Country Day varsity enjoyed a very impressive season. Rarely plagued with injuries as in the previous year, the team marched through the season with two heartbreak- ing deteats at 'Laft and Brunswick. ln our first game we handily whipped Harvey on home grounds, and, leading 25 to 0 after three periods, the second string was sent in and they gave up only one touchdown. The following week we journeyed to Taft where we played their third team, and in a well fought game, Taft and its towering linemen pre- vailed 16 to 7. Mr. Wanko drills second team. The next game we visited King and played pos- sibly the finest game of the year. Aided by a strong line, the Country Day tigers defeated King 26 to 12. New Canaan never really gave us any serious trouble, and after a shaky first half, we ended out on top 26 to 12. After hearing how formidable the GCDS team seemed, Rye, fearing a terrible rout, backed down and canceled the game. The last game of the season proved to be a heartbreaker. After a tremendous rally at school, the football team went to Brunswick and lost to the previously unbeaten squad, 7-O. Every player had to work hard to attain his position, but throughout most of the year, Ned Bunnell, Steve Weber and Sandy Murphy played ends, Mark Willers and Ned Shean at the tackles positiong Baxter Holland and Parker Hansel played guards, and Thorne Warner played center. In the backfield Fred Green played halfback, Whit Knapp played fullg alternates at slotback were George Park and Alec Coxe, and playing quarterback was Ray Hornblower. Who's loafing?

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ROW 1: Bound, Adams, Murphy, Hansel, Weber, Deutsch, Greene, D., Moore, Mackall. ROW 2: Wittbold, Warner, Erickson, Ley, Bartlett, Hornblower, Coxe, Selden, Knapp, Mr. Efinger. ROW 3: Mr. French, Willers, Park, Greene, F., Bunnell, Holland, Shean, Emmett, Mr. Boynton. Absent: Leech, Pistor. SEASON'S RECORD GCDS Opponents 25 Harvey 6 7 Taft 16 26 King 13 26 New Canaan 13 Rye - Default 0 Brunswick 7 I Coach intercepts? 87