John Marshall High School - Lex Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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Gay Ware Kao By lt takes hours of arduous practice to make a fine football team. P, I. L. Final Standin W . L T Grant B 0 l Wilson S l l Jefferson 6 l 2 MARSHALL 5 3 0 Franklin 4 3 1 Madison- 4 4 0 Roosevelt 3 5 0 Benson 3 5 0 Lincoln 2 5 0 Cleveland l 6 l Washington 0 S 0 ent of silence before the game. gs Pct. . 944 .BIB .778 625 .563 .500 .375 .375 . Z50 .180 . 000 Coach fvercccu, Even though the Minutemen only finished fourth in P,I, L, competition, they had a great football season. In mid-sea son they ,were ranked fifth in state. It wasn't until their sixth game and their loss to Wilson that they were removed from the top-ten rank- ings. The highlight of the season came with the Marshall-Grant game. The entire studentbody poured out in mass to support the Marshall gridders. The Minutemen had dreams of becoming the P. I, L, champions until Grant de- stroyed the M- Men's hopes by fourth quarter touchdowns. The Minutemen rounded out a five win and three loss record including an untimely loss to the Madison Senators. Marshall was ladden with out- standing talent, foremost being Bob Kelley, senior, who made All-State honors and was voted most valuable player in the P, I, L, Others sharing grid-iron honors were: Neil Melvin, Lloyd Beil, Ken Sato, Steve Donald- son and Barry Moore, all seniors, Coach Everett ended his fifth coaching season and Coach Smethurst his fourth coaching season at Mar- shall with the best record ever attain- ed by the Marshall football squad. Marshall can look for an even better standing next year when juniors Ierry Accuardi, Frank Savage, Bob Roach and others return to don the Marshall football uniform. A coach who cares.

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i l Senior Bob Kelley is tackled after advancing the hall for the Minutemen durimz the Washington game. y Through fare Wctorics, , llllillen Overpoxvcr Engineers, On Saturday, September 12, the Minutemen 'opened the football season by defeating the Benson Engineers, 33 to 13. This was the first victory over Benson in four years Benson struck first witha quick 45 yard run to go ahead, 7 to O. They were unable to hold their lead for long. Senior Bob Kelley contributed Marshall's first touchdown, and team-mate Ierry Kelly, senior, added the go-ahead score. Kelley capp- ed his performance for the M-men by scoring three more touchdowns, including a spectacular 85 yard run. S I c B T m W -,G A Marshall gridder carries the ball for another six points against the Lincoln 1, 0 Q , 'Cardinals Friday, September 25, found the Marshall squad on the Lincoln field. Under pressure all evening by a hard-rushing Marshall defense, Lincoln was unable to mount any semblance of a drive for three quarters. After a scoreless first quarter the M-men completed an 83 yard march with a 28 yard scoring pass from senior Bob Kelley to senior Tom Nearing. Bob Kelley, senior Ierry Kelly, and senior Steve Hougak cooperated in advancing a third quarter drive that ended with Kelley plunging over to score from the two. Kelley and Hougak then sparked a sustained fourth quarter drive that Kelley capped with a touchdown dive from the one yard line. Lincoln scored their only touchdown on a short pass from the Marshall 35 yard line. The final score was Marshall 20-Lincoln 6. cofongiacs fG5ic!l Defeated, On October 2 Marshall broke out of a second place tie in the P. I. L. by defeating the Washing- ton Colonials , 53-12 . Senior Bob Kelley, the P. I. L. leading scorer, added three touchdowns to his total in the romp against the winless Colonials. Kelley's efforts included a 70 yard sprint that helped push the Minutemen toa commanding 40-0 halftime lead. Washington was able to score two touchdowns in the second half against the Mars- hall reserves . Other Marsha ll players contributing tothe score were seniors Steve Hougak,l Iim Reh- berg , and Jerry Kelly, juniors Bob Swygart and Dave Ginter and sophomore Dan Nelson. , 71 l .