Hammond Technical Vocational High School - Chart Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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14 Tom Tyrka, 5 ' 11 , 160 lbs. Sr., Half- back, Voted Best Offensive B ack, V.P. I. All State Team, Honorable Mention, Leading Scorer. Jerry Toler, 6 ' 3 , 230 lbs. Sr., Tackle Voted Best Defensive Lineman, NWC All Star Team, Honorable Mention. Football Heroes of 1963 Jim Osterman,6 ' 0 , 190 lbs. Sr.Guard, Voted Best Defensive Lineman, V.P. I. All State Team Honorable Mention, Chicago Tribune All Star First Team, Chicago American All Star First Team NWC All Star Team Honorable Men- tion. Gary Musgrove, 5 ' 9 , 160 lbs. Sr., Halfback, Voted Best All Around Player, NWC All Star Team, Honor- able Mention. Jim Callahan, 5 ' 10 , 200 lbs. Sr., Guard, Voted Best Offensive Lineman, V.P. I. All State Team, Third Team, NWC All Star Team, Second Team. Carl Sharp, 5 ' 10 , 160 lbs. Jr., Quar- terback, Voted Best Defensive Back, Led team in passing. Joe Urbanczyk, 5 ' 11 , 215 lbs., Sr., Tackle, Voted Best All Around Line- man, NWC All Star Team, Second Team Virgil Sanger, 5 ' ll , 190 lbs., Sr., Quarterback, Voted Best Defensive Back, NWC Honorable Mention. Led in tackles with 178 pts. Larry Brown, 6 ' 2 , 180 lbs. Sr., Tackle

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One of School’s Finest ever coached and that the boys had senior leader- ship that is so necessary to success in athletics. The games won were as follows: Morton, 32-6; Whiting, 48-7; Valparaiso, 14-13; River Forest, 33-0; Clark, 44-6; and East Chicago Washington, 20-7. The games lost were the following: East Chicago Roosevelt, 14-0; Hammond High, 20-2; Gavit, 13-7; Bishop Noll, 20-0. SCRAMBLE TO GET the ball and take off Is just what the Tigers did.

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VARSITY FOOTBALL FRONT ROW, left to right: Osterman, Wainscott, Marlowe, Toler, Polus, Brown, Urbanczyk, Callahan, Littlejohn, Sanger, Murdock, Irk, Avery, Bukowksi, Jones, Tryka, Vandenbemden, Musgrove. SECOND ROW: G. Rodda, Robert Higgenbotham, McKeman, Donahue, Stines, Derus, Brittingham, Anderson, D. Rodda, Lamont, Sharp, Golem, Dills, D. Urbanczyk, Ridgely. THIRD ROW: Warmelink, O ' Brien, Martin, Brown, Wagster, Ripple, Nickelson, Thom, Ziemak, Wertsberger, Meyer, Pine, Mudy, Remesnik. BACK ROW: Coach Beckwith, Coach Villeau, Jones, Zeimak, Fultman, Wainscott, B. Cotharn, J. Cotham, Enochs, Elliot, Granger, Lev , Evans, manager. Neumann Jones, 5 ' 10 , 170 lbs. Sr., Halfback. Jim O ' Brien, 5 ' 11 , 160 lbs. Jr., End. Arv ine Higgenbotham, 5 TO”, 195 lbs. J r.. Center. Jim Donahue, 6 ' 0 , 195 lbs., Jr., Guard Richard Polus, 6 ' 3”, 190 lbs., Sr., Tackle. Tom Martin, 6T , 155 lbs. Soph., Halfback. ' i Bill Vandenbemden, 5 Sr., Halfback, Voted Best Mental At- titude. Dennis Dills, 6’4 , 185 lbs., Jr. End. Chuck Murdock, 5 11 , 170 lbs., Sr., Fullback. Ed Perry, Senior Manager Tom Stines, 5 ' 5 , 155 lbs. Jr. Guard. Not Pictured: Mike Irk, 6 ' 0 170 lbs., Sr„ Fullback, NWC Allstar Team, First Team, U.P.I. All State Team, Honorable Mention. Leader Total Rushing Yardage, Second Points Scored, Leading Pass Receiver. Not Pictured: Joe Avery, 5 ' ll , 170 lbs., Sr., End.