Memphis State University - DeSoto Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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VARSITY FOOTBALL Sj STANDING— LEFT TO RIGHT— W. B. Falls, Q.B.; Na+h Gullet, Q.B.; Joe Albright, F.B.; Jessie Lancaster, H.B.; Gene Bodamer, H.B.; Earl Howell, H.B. POSITION— LEFT TO RIGHT— Jack Dodds, R.E.; Stanley Borsa, R.T.; Frank Magoffin, R.G.; Naylor Litchfield, C; Steve Miska, L.G. (Captain); Andy Porter, L.T. (Captain); Dale Dye, L.E. OTHERS NOT IN THIS PICTURE— Raymond Dodds, end; Oscar Shannon, guard; Red McCormick, end. The hour before the dawn is always the darkest of the night. This year the Tutor Tigers passed through their darkest hour we are confident. Next season State Teachers should and will have the most outstanding and brilliant team in an already luminous pig-skin history. Of course we shall miss such men as Steve Miska, who for the past four years has been the basic vertabrae in the back bone of every team; W. B. Falls, and Frank Magoffin, both of whom have records at least approxi- mately as brilliant as Steve ' s. Big Joe Albright, to whom the torch of leadership has been tossed by the retiring captains, should have an outstandingly successful season marked up to his credit by next Turkey Day.

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COACHING STAFF ETHEL G. BLACKMAN Girls Athletic Director ZACH CURLIN Athletic Director ALLYN McKEEN Ass ' t. Football Coach

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FRESHMEN FOOTBALL TOP ROW— LEFT TO RIGHT— Don Ferguson, H.B.; Frank Sanders, F.B.; John Chambers, Q.B.; John McDonald, F-I.B.; Mooney Boswell, F.B.; David Ely, H.B.; Baker McGinnis, H.B. LOWER ROW— LEFT TO RIGHT— Jack Parker, End; Linder Ramsey, Tackle; Clyde Gilliland, Guard; Eddy Helms, Center; Ed Martin, Guard; Gholston Myrick, Tackle; Robert Czerwiniski, End. OTHERS NOT IN THIS PICTURE— Charlie Richardson, Ed King, James Griffin, Ben Bass, Austin Teague, Council Bias, Emmet Greer, Harry Bovay, William McDermott, Milton Smith, Marion Ross, Cassey Maloney. Tribute wi thout stint must be paid these lads. Day after day, hour after hour, coaches Curjin and McKeen drove the varsity against them. Yet every one of them stayed right in there and fought from September to Turkey Day with no chance for recognition or honor. BUT when Fall comes ' round this year every man of the present varsity will have to dig deep to retain his berth.