John H Reagan High School - Spur Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Floyd “Brains” Stark — Dependable quarterback, always remembered tbe right play to call, long kicks paved the way for many touchdowns, fine safety man. John “Chug Chug” Frye — More drive than any other team man, most val¬ uable back in city at end of season, passer, punter, plunger, city high scorer. Maurice “Dutchman” Holdgraf — Tallest squad member, all-city tackle, started nearly all games, always alert, enthusiastic, his defensive play will be missed. Thomas “Nigger” Kilgore — Hustling tackle, Mexico City was his best, always a hustler in practice and in a game, watch him next year. R. B. “Too Tall” Bayer — All-city end next year, splendid pass receiver, oppo¬ sition rarely circled his end, went down fast and tackled hard on punts. B. C. “Doc” Blair — Running mate to Coskey at guard, intercepted pass and made touchdown against Thomas Jefferson, fast, powerful, shifty on de¬ fense, will be hard to replace. Harold “One Hop” Murphree — Leather-lunged quarterback, smart, shifty safety man, called plays well, best blocking back on squad, much of ball carrier’s success due to him, will be missed. Raymond “Butch” Wuensch — All-city end, hardest tackier on team, had ability to sift through interference.

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FOOTBALL LETTERMEN Marvin “Lover” DeWoody — One of the city’s best broken-field runners, deadly tackier, glue-fingered pass receiver, his first and last year, starred on spinner plays. Will “Pop” Mullenweg — All-city back, noted for terrific drive and elusive¬ ness, one tackier never stopped him, co-captain with Johnny Coskey, will be hard to replace. Phillip “Runt” Costa — Smallest man on team, hard to tackle, fast, shifty, full of energy, all-city next year, showed up well in early games. Kelly “Bashful Adamson — Triple-threat man, gained well on spinners, dependable, takes his football seriously, ability will increase with ex¬ perience, back next year. Billy “Flash” Phillips — Another dependable end, good blocker and tackier, smart on defense, steady, useful, showed up well in stiff competition. Mickey “Harry” Grubbs — Aggressive center, fine on pass defense and backing up line, much of team’s success can he traced to Grubbs and Plentl. Willard “Weak Side” Plentl — Backed up line like demon, made few bad passes all season, all-city center, smart on pass defense, worlds of bustle. Johnny “Spark Plug” Coskey — Co-captain and all-city guard, spark plug of line, best hustler on squad, deadly blocker in open field, pulled out of line to run interference nearly every play.

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LEONARD “LEFTY” BURTON — Fine blocker on offense — calm, steady on defense — showed up well in an unusually fine crop of guards — watch him next year. PAUL “HONEY BEE” BYBEE — His powerful defensive tactices made him a valuable team member — capable, consistent wingman — blocked well on offense. LESLIE “CALIFORNIA” ROBERTSON — Watch him next year — at his best on offense — broke through opposition line often — powerful tackier. HOMER “MOVING VAN” SMITH — Biggest man on team — should be hard to stop next year — a power in any line — especially good on defense. THE 1936 FOOTBALL SEASON District Co-Champions , 1936 At the beginning of the 1936 grid season, Reagan had probably the greenest team in the history of the school. Having only one returning letterman, Coaches Lamar Camp and John Scott had to build an entirely new team. For their season’s curtain raiser, Reagan entertained the strong Dallas Tech team. The inexperienced Reagan team fared badly at the hands of the team which had won their district championship in 1935, and they came out on the short end of a 39-0 score. The following week, however, the team showed a complete reversal of form by whipping Thomas Jefferson of San Antonio, 19-12. So called sport “experts” had picked the Jefferson team to win easily. REAGAN-MEXICO CITY GAME — Mullenweg misses goal by four inches.