Guthrie Center High School - Tiger Tales Yearbook (Guthrie Center, IA)

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FULLBACK HAI-FBACK Tsi Carroll McK1bb1n Lyle Llmon Rushmg Leader C0 Captam END HEAD COACH 4 's.g- IF' Bob Edgmgton Coach Merrltt GUARD TACKLE 5--,vu Bob Ferlmeyer larry Squxres Page Sponsored by GRETA S BEAUTY SHOP

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FOOTBALL l955 The Tigers had a very successful season this year with a seven wm two loss record Thetr two losses were the1r ftrst and last games Perhaps Guthrte had tts most successful season offenslvely speaking with 2629 yards tn mne games compared to 1884 yards for thelr opponents This figures out to a staggering 291 yards per game for us whtle the opposntxon gamed only 209 yards per game The Tigers had both a good rushmg game and a double pass threat with Jim Dowd at quarterback and Eldon Reed at halfback Dowd threw the ball 94 nmes and hxt hrs mark 55 tlmes for 495 yards and five touchdowns Thxs was a percentage of 58 5 whxch ts very good percentage for a player on any team Reed passed the ball 21 umes and connected on 13 of them for 69 yards and two touchdowns Carroll MCK1bbln fullback lead h1s teammates tn rushtng wtth 620 yards He carrted 115 txmes to give htm 5 4 yards per try Close on hrs heels was Reed fan all conference backy wtth 608 yards tn 111 attempts for 5 5 yards a try Lyle Ltnton our other halfback handled the ball 64 ttmes for 625 yards Thxs ts an average of 40 yards per try whlch reflects Lmton s betng handtcapped by a bad shoulder and bemg out an enttre game Our quarterback Pmk Dowd gamed '71 yards tn Sb attempts whxch ts 20 yards per t1me Although Dowd s rushmg was not too outstandtng, hrs passmg was good enough to keep the op POSIIIOD loosened up whxch left the mtddle of the hne open for good gams by the rest of our backfield Ourhalfback Eldon Reed wound up as perhaps the htghest scorer tn Guthrte Center Iustory He had a total of twelve touch Eld R dRB on ee downs and s1x extra points for a Lyle Lmton HB Carroll McK1bb1n Rlchard Beane E Iim Dowd QB 2 Three of the most chertshed v1ctor1es of the Ttgers were agatnst Adel Jefferson and Perry The followtng summanzes these games ADEL The Trgers gave the Raccoon Valley Conference Champtons thetr only loss of the year 21 12 Pmk Dowd starred 1n thls game throwmg two touchdown passes and settmg up another Adel s hopes of a trtumph were extmguxshed when thetr htghly rated Gary Belgard was knocked out of the game by a Ttger power play whxch saw Reed going down the mlddle JEFFERSON The Ttgers turned tn thetr best performance of the year defeaung Jefferson 20 14 Unttl thxs game Jefferson was undefeated tn srx starts The game was marred by backfield fumbles but the Txgers were able to capttahze on every break they got Lee Preunmger and Larry Squtres were stand outs being espectally alert on defense PERRY The Ttgers got their stxth stratght wtn defeaung Perry 21 O Guthrte dtd not play quxte as good ball as when they played Jefferson but the Ttgers were rn control most of the game except for the first play when the Jays marched over tackle 53 yards Jerry Covault who received honorable mentton on the all conference team kept the Tigers out of trouble wtth two tntercepted passes deep tn Ttger terrttory Ronald and Robert Feilmeyer were the defens1ve stars The Ttgers were hampered all season by tnjunes to thetr star players BobEdg1ngton an all con ference end last year pulled a ltgarnent tn has leg and was unable to play for the rest of the season Dxck Beane had an appendectomy between the third and fourth games and thus could not play for the remamder of the season Page Sponsored by COAST TO COAST TD EP TP G D ' -' 12 6 72 , ' 8 7 . . FB 7 2 22 total of '72 points. 4 ' 3 1 19 . . . . 2 14

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HALFBACK QUARTERBACK Eldon Reed Jlm Dowd Scormg Leader Leadmg Passer LINE COACH END OTHER SENIORS up Bruce Thomas hm Dxrkson Ixm Spaldxng Coach Bown Jerry Covault Co Captam GUARD TACKLE 1 Richard Beane Ronald Fexlmeyer Page Sponsored by LORNA S TOT 8a FABRIC SHOP