Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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QW --'- 'hp xx f Agfa- 1' TACKLED A WESTBURY RECEIVER, Brad Dawson C503 is aided by trainer -and Coach Don Coleman. I got the back with a helmet and they gave salts to revive me, Dawson said. linebacker said he only missed a having the wind knocked out of as out the entire 1976 season folf a knee operation. Photo by Darryl Yee. AFTER CRACKING HIS SHOULDER BLADE in the Westchester game, tailback Brian Womac C437 talks with teammates on the sidelines. All I remember is people asking me how I was and if I was going to tell Coach. Womac said. I never thought you had to use your shoulder so much 'til I got hurt. Photo by Darryl Yee. Varsity Football 227

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IN AN ATTEMPT to catch the ball, end Mike Weir C811 and Clear Creek tlanker Marshall Sealy C75 make contact. l went out for a pass. Greg threw the ball righton the money and when I went up you can see this guy pull my arm down, said Weir. They didnlt call pass interference? Photo by Darryl Yee. ,, Y ,H f l i. 1 ff '- Ni fy: 5 A ,Ni WU K, . I 1 Q' lluwn with an injury . . it . - . l i ,,,. I i-2'-i'35'fHi25ifI0EgH5-4 narrate ee.sess::n. 1,-' 1- '.?r-Trai-fc? i J J' 3 ' 'Z' , fr 1e'l 'W 5i3-'-it-iQf'54flP-433-Ei comme UP AGAINST A 1-Hg '-' he ,. , A, WALL or Boones, wing- yi I t -if A I Fr:.2zid.Bx2V?Q5L?3 l f 1 .. A 00 , , A , A L yardage. I was spinring f A ' -Q5 5 oft, said Brigman. got 'g 13 A. A b 5115? -ll. 'R it U A ' killed anyway. Photo by I me . . M. Daffvmff I A g A ,.A -I -I A -f - Eiittetiiim., ',.. .. Aw, I I 1 i W , 1 . . . . A A l K Continued from page 2241 . e sat out workouts with a cracked shoulder blade. The middle of the apple is called the cull. That means you're nothing. When you don,t play and practice, they Cteammatesj call you cull,f' he said. I For players who missed practice because of an injury, Koenning had a rule about playing the week's game. During the regular season if you miss practice, Koenning says you don't start, said tailback Ed Kruger. It's reallya drag going to a game and not being able to play, said McCulloch. Not being able to partici- in a game, he added, did not pro- him mentally or emotionally, physically. From the sidelines, Kelley said it was frustrating sometimesito watch some- one else play his position. On a really good hit, I would wonder if I would have done it that way,', he said. At the start of his junior year, line- backer Brad Dawson had surgery for torn ligaments in his knee. Because of the operation, he was unable to play the entire season. SHAPING UP For six weeks, Dawson's leg was in a cast, and for the first time, he was able to suit up for the play-off games. It was too weak to play thoughf' he said. In order to regain a position on the team, Dawson spent the off season lift- ing leg weights at Nautilus and was on a running program of his own. . I had to prove that I could do it, to myself and everybody, ,he said. I wanted to kill myself because I couldnit do anything, he said. HI didn't even feel like I was part of the team. When McCulloch was injured, his close friend Dana Van Reenan becamd concerned. I started thinking about who would take his place, whether he'd be all right running and doing normal things - not just football, Van Reenan said. 'I'd take him to Nautilus and make him .work his leg out, he continued He may not have wanted to go, but I made himf' To get back into condition, Kelley said he lifted leg weights, ran, and sau in the whirlpool twice a day. But condi- tioning programs, according to Koen- ning, vary from injury to injury. The player is to report to the trainer anc work with him until he is well,', he said By having a well-conditioned tean you can eliminate those injuries. CAUSE AND REMEDY Most players credited the condition- ing they received in practice for they small amount of injuries. When you, get tired, that's when you get injured, l Burdine said. l They get injured because they're not doing what they're supposed t do, said defensive guard Chris Mal- ham. You get injured when you're notl going 100 percent, said Dawsonl Because of the conditioning, the playe ers went through, he said they did not get tired in games as quickly as their opponents did. Thus the fewer inj uries. I think that a sprained ankle or a bruise is . good for you mentally. Koenning said. NAS long as there are no physical after effects, I think they need to play with it fpainj' You can't think about your injury or you'll get hurt, said Burdine. Coach says, you just have to spit on it, rub it in, and get on out there. -30 -

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