Liberty Memorial High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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Q hyat .' --,, 'Y S - -- - 3 h ',A i .- i V 111 . , A'- it . , , it s ts e a e zg. 1 af ' ,, ,Q V ' - :L T Top row: John Pierson, Bob Allison, ,lohn Wertzberger, Bob Endacott, Bob Preston, Roy Murphy, Frank Black, Dick Laing, Jack Poe, Pete Whitenight, Ed Martin, Charlie McCue, Terry Malott. Third row: Neal Wherry, Principal, Dean Elliot, Newton McCluggage, Gene Fritzel, Duane Estes, Earl Church, Don Wilburn, Mike Thomas, Lee Connell, Bob Rogers, Norman Burnett, Tom Parker. Second row: L. R. Perry, Athletic Director, Max Williams, Maurice Smiley. Joel Malott, Jim ROSC, Bud Cole. Jerry Rogers, Assistant Coach, Allan Woolard, Head Coach, Wilbur Duver, Assistant Coach, Danny Jaimes, Wes Creamer, Gene Hardtarfer, Bob Bignall. Bottom row: Larry Campbell, Manager, Gene Mullin, Fred Ramirez, ,lack Hunzicker, Gary Creamer, Bob Stauf- fer, Richard Gantz, Lester Smith, ,laydee Stinson, Jim Springer, Dick Marquette, Manager. Shawnee-Mission, which was rated the second grid team in the state, was next on the Lion slate. The loop rival fell before the hungry claws of the Leos 21-6 to over-spice the spirited Homecoming crowd. This tilt was supposed to be the toughest from the viewpoint of the NEKL standings as it gave the King of Beasts a first place berth. With Danny ,laimes and Terry Malott pacing the way, the Lions blasted the Leavenworth Pioneers 33-0 on the latter's cold, icy plains. As the result of the piled up score the game was a success but the clash was gloomy from the standpoint of Norman Burnett who was injured on a touchdown sprint. After the Lions handed Argentine a 37-0 shellacking, the jungle beasts came home to find Ottawa ready for a tussle. The Lions flattened the Cyclones 45-0 to cinch the NEKL crown. Wyandotte, the only eleven to beat Woolardis crew last year, was next on the grid slate. The Lions didn't let lightning strike the same spot twice by overhauling the Bulldogs, 26.0. In the last conflict of the season, the mighty mythical state champs whipped highly-rated Highland Park 31-141. The Scotties were the only team to score two touchdowns all season against the Woolardmen. The Lions were paced by two all-staters, Charlie McCue and Frank Black, who were also named on the 1952 schoolboy All-American squad. Bob Preston and Jack Poe copped second team state honors while Terry Malott and Bob Endacott received honorable mention to give the big cats the best array of grid talent in the state. Allan Woolard, who tutored this year's state football champs, was named 4'Coach of the Year by the Kansas City Star at the close of the season via his superb handling of his Lion charges.

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if ff wait Tops In The Lions were able to roar through their 52 season untouched by any opponents. Romping through five tilts on their home turf and four on their opponents' green, the Lions stayed Well in front of their opposition, the closest being a 9 to 6 dumping of the Man- hattan Indians in the first game of the season. The roaring Lions came out of their undefeated season wearing two Well-earned crowns, North East Kansas League champions for the 10th time in LMHS history and the unanimous AP and UP nomination as the State's Best. Even the weather seemed to favor the Lions in their hot season in that no drastic or unbearable weather reigned While the Leos were busy with their turf season. The Manhattaners provided first competition for the Leos by visiting the Lions' lair and falling prey to the Lions fangs by a score of 9-6 on a night which was ideal for the oval shaped game. 6'Chuggin Charlie McCue made the initial touchdown in this fray and gained 146 yards to start his drive for All-American. Big Bob Preston blocked the Man- hattan punt after the Leos pushed the Manhattaners into the end-zone and the oval casu- ally bounding out of the end zone for a two-point safety. Rebounding from a close win over the Redmen from 'fup the KaW and eager to take on a long time rival in the Topeka Trojans, the Lions traveled to Topeka to knock over the Trojans in a smashing tilt ending 31-0, Malott, McCue, and Fritzel were the unconquerable three in this tilt. McCue started the ball rolling, rambling for 27 yards around end, Malott followed with a 12 yard canter, from where Fritzel pushed through for the first TD. 4'Chuggin Charlie then took over, smashing off tackle and rambling for a 15 yard TD, late in the second stanza. This made the score 13-0 for the Leos. In- spired from their half-time rest, the Lions added six additional points to their total, this time con- tributed by Totin'7 Terry Malott who scampered twenty yards. The Topekans could do nothing but watch the score rise as Gene Frit- zel, quarterback, smashed over for another tally late in the third quarter. Malott put the finishing touches on the fray by galloping 73 yards through the Trojans virt- ually unhindered. After the impressive demol- ishing of Topeka, the AP poll rated the Lions as the first school- boy eleven in the state, a position which they held during the re- mainder of the season. The jungle cats then routed the Atchison Redmen 28-O on local soil to open Northeast Kansas League play. Charlie McCue kept the Lion grid machine oiled by baffling the Redmen on sprints of 65 and 68 yards, fooling the Tribe twice in less than three minutes. Frank Black and Charlie McCue, who are seen here holding this yearis NEKL championship trophy, earned a berth on the 1952 football All-American squad with their feats for the Lions on the gridiron. LETTERMEN are, top to bottom: Lester Smith, Fred Ramirez, Jaydee Stinson, Danny Jaimes, John Pierson, Lee Connell, Terry Malott, Don Wilburn, Bob Endacott, Roy Murphy, and Charlie McCue. On the next page, top to bottom: Frank Black, Gene Hardtarfer, Bob Preston, Gary Creamer, Mike Thomas, Newton McCluggage, John Wertzber- ger, Norman Burnett, Max Williams, Jack Hunzicker, and Gene Mul- lins. Not pictured are lettermen Tommy Parker, Eddie Martin, Gene Fritzel, .lack Poe, .loel Malott, and Duane Estes. or f ruc. Wiiffilfiiifv , . ir' , . az Q,-5- g'1,,fi2w4.f .y2f 5549! nffjf . 513535551 13.4 I :E Wi -. if 'lt - as ' Es?i9igs'g511E?5T7:4 -gag. .., . tw,-,e,-sw, 15,2 ' ., j': -Was., f iifjfiiii??fQ5Q!ljt ' .-,wif . Q 'a3 ?f?'s2g f t N L

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Edd1e Martm makes ready to leap on Llttle Man Gates as the Scottle rambler trles to a1n much ne df-d yardq B1 Jack Poe comes to help Edd1e 1f the need prevall LMHS won thls tilt 3114 , 9-6 .31-0 ,28-0 .21-6 ,33-0 .37-0 .4-5-0 26-0 31-14 fhe faces of the speetatols tell then ovsn etoly The Llon l'JaCkE!IS look umly from the bench as the players strut, le thtough one of the many rldlron Jams they had through the