Lockport Township High School - Lock Yearbook (Lockport, IL)

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ii I If f I R. Humphrey, W. Wheeily, D. Kasper. L. BuIIer, R. Kluslra. D. Salbego, D. Haviclich. Thircl row: D. Imparl, E. R. Hill, T. Cannon, D. Eichhorn. Fronl L. Johnson, A. Sfone, H. Norfon, W. Carl Johnson i95I, closing in for Ihe kill on an enemy runner. This +ype of play won Carl Ihe honor of besi' lineman of fhe weelr of Sepfember 25II'1. VARSITY FOOTBALL RECORD I953 Coaches: Les+er L. Lindberg and Herber+ vanoeven Teams opp Qnen +5 Lockpor+ SI. CharIes I4 I9 Balravia I2 28 Bradley O I6 Morris O 48 Reavis I 2 7 JoIIeI Caiholic 33 7 Lemoni O 7 ToIaIs: Won 5 Losi' 2 Tied 0 Pci. .7I4 Poin+s scored-I32 Poin'I's aIIowecI-7I Average score per game: Lockporr-I9 Opponenfs-IO 23

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Wauztq I ATTer The game on The 25Th oT SepTem- ber, when The LockporT TooTball Team deTeaTed BaTavia 28-IZ, news wenT up To The Chicago Herald American abouT The game played by our enTire Team and especially abouT our big 6'3 l.ockporT cenTer and his grand play. Playing hard and raising The spiriTs oT The Team, Carl 0 Nw Back row: F. Ogren, R. SarTori, D. Malinoski, V. Pearson, H. McCain row: Mgr. J. Greenan, R. PluTh, R. HosTerT, R. Marco Llewellyn, L. PesavenTo, R. N. Johnson, J. Homerding, Mgr. B Mickel, J. Dierf, R. Spencer, C. Johnson, T. Haller, G. Rufkiewicz row: D. Gray, L. Vercello'Hi, W. Johnson, G. Smiih, L. Heeg, R E. Shulla. Johnson led The way Tor The l.ockporT vicTory. Carl wenT up To Chicago wiTh Coach Lindberg where he was chosen ouTsTanding lineman oT The week. IT was a greaT TribuTe To a grand guy who had a wonderTul season and worked hard all The Time. Also aT The end oT The season Carl was given honorable menTion on The all-sTaTe eleven. AnoTher TribuTe To The Team came when The same paper picked LockporT as The besT TooTball Team in The sTaTe Tor ThaT week. Giving a piggy-back ride To an unidenTiTied JolieT Cafholic High player is Thomas Haller l55l. Tom gained seven yards on This play, buf The Porfers evenTually losf The game 33-7.

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Slarling lhe i953 loolball sea son, Coach Les Lindberg and his assislanl, l'lerberl VanDeven, along wilh lhe 38 hardy loolball players loolced lorward lo a good year. ll records are subslanlial prool. lhe expeclalion came lrue. Dur- ing lhe season lhe leam compiled a live won and lwo loss record-which was bel- ler lhan any previous leam lrom Loclc- porl in lhe pasl 6 years. We scored l32 poinls during lhe sea- son lo 7l scored by our opponenls. Lead- ing scorer was Jerry Rullciewicz wilh 24 poinls on lour louchdowns. Lockporl ex- lra poinl lciclcers were good lor I6 oul ol I9 lries. Allan The Toe Slone gol I5 oul ol l8. The leam slarled oul winning ils lirsl lour games. Then we losl lwo in a row, bul won our lasl game. We swepl lo vic- lories over Sl. Charles, Balavia, Bradley, Malling lhe lackle on an enemy runner in lhe Bradle lo make sure lhe polenlial drive is slapped is a ' and lvlorris. Then we losl lo Reavis and Joliel Calholic-some ol lhe besl learns in lhe slale. Then came our viclory over Lemonl-as lhe season's linale. Among lhe many lhings lhal helped our leam allain lhe record lhal il did were lhe improved allilude ol lhe school body and lhe largesl allendances a Loclq- porl leam had seen in many a year. Com- munily enlhusiasm ran high. Everyone played well on a leam over- laden wilh crippling iniuries and all de- serve praise. Belore lhe lasl game, David Salbego and Carl Jonson were chosen honorary co-caplains by lhe leam. The mosl valu- able player was Carl Johnson chosen by lhe squad al lhe end ol lhe season. Nexl year's co-caplains were also chosen. They will be Tommy l'laller and Bill Johnson. s an unidenliliecl Loclr orl Porler. Comin from lhe side Y 9 P 9 R lph Hill l44l. Frank Ogren l92l and Carl Johnson T951 are seen com- ing from lhe righl lo add lhe finishing louches. Loclrporl won lhe game by a score of I6-0.