Midland University - Warrior Yearbook (Fremont, NE)

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Rock. Kistlcr, Lichlitcr. Petersen. CAPTAIN-ELECT VADEN ROCK “Rocket” Tackle Coming back as captain of next year's team, much is expected of “Rocket. lb is a big man and a smashing tackle if there ever was one. He is one of the kind that make the opposing half wonder who took the brakes off that box car. “Rocket” was on the final end of many passes and he snagged them too, counting yards and yards on them, lie will be a real leader for the 1928 Warrior eleven. LUTHER KISTLER “Luler” Guard A brother to “Big-Bad-Bill of last year and he seems to be able to keep up the family reputation. He played, a whale of a game at either guard o rtackle. Was about as hard to get through as one of Prof. Gimmestad s semester examinations. This was “Luker’s” second year on the team and he has another one left. STUART LICHLITER “Lick” End “Lick” was switched from half to end and he soon decided to show them that he could stop them as well as go through them. He snagged a number of passes during the season and accounted for a lot of Midland's yardage. The pass he snagged at Doane almost won the game, but not quite; now it was a pretty nice catch and run. WALTER PETERSEN “Little Pete” Quarter A fighting little quarter from Grand Island. He hit them just as hard in practice as he did in a game. Had tin pep to keep the team going at topi speed all of the time. Was handy on his little quarter sneak and every now and then In went around the end for several yards. He was a heady and consistent player and he is only a freshman. Page Eight)-five

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Frwlstrom, H. Koolcn. Cunningham. M. Koolcn. CAPTAIN RAY FREDSTROM “Swede” End A «real captain, who was 1 iked by all who played under him, and who kept the team always fighting as a team. As an end he was always in the thick of it. Had his shoulder injured for quite a while, but came back and cracked 'em all the harder for it. He will soon be carrying a sheepskin instead of a pigskin. HANS KOOLEN “f ansy” Guard “Hansy was our all around man for the season. He played guard and center all season and don't think for a minute that he didn't earn his all-conference selec- tion. TIans was as good a punter as there was in the whole conference. When he kicked the old pill, every one wondered what that little speck was way up there in the ether. Whenever the team needed a few yards, “Hansy” would open a hole large enough for the whole backfield to go through. He also wears his cap and gown next June. JOHN CUNNINGHAM “Punk” Tackle and Half “Punk” was the kind of a tackle, that made the opposing backs wish that they had stayed home and played marbles. I ndoubtcdly the hardest hitter on the team. When he was shifted to halfback he proceeded to show those he had stopped, just how it should be done. He goes out into the cruel, cruel world next year after three years on the team and we'll miss him very much. MARTIN KOOLEN “Marty” Halfback One of the shiftiest, fastest, flyingest halfbacks we’ve seen for many a moon. When an opposing player did get close enough to try to tackle, he always came up trying to got the dirt out of his mouth, wondering where the “Dutchman” was. This happy faculty of not being where expected, when expected, made him an all-confer- ence selection. He's a senior and Oh! how we ll miss his runs next year.

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Metz. Colson. Miller. Nordstrom. EDWIN METZ “Eddie” Center “Eddie played a bang up game at center this year, being transferred from guard. He was new at that position but lie played center like he had played it all his life. He was an accurate passer and a bard-bitter on both offense and defense. That ankle of “Eddie’s made lots of us moan every time that it was twisted. ()U ENTI N COI.SON “Quinr Yu 11 back When he got started toward the center of the line. Bang! Crash! Bend! Break! And there was Colson down there a couple of yards or maybe a couple of chalk- marks, with none, or some, or all of the opposition hanging on. It didn't seem to make much difference how many there were. Speaking of locomotives demolishing automobiles, well— ALBERT MILLER “Hert” Guard A really mean guard, who doesn't say much or get into many spectacular plays, but many were the plays that Miller stopped during the season. He was about the most concentrated package of dynamite in these parts. Although he had an injured shoulder most of the season he was out to the field every night. RAUL NORDSTROM “Swiss” Half and Full Some of us wondered if our basketball captain could play footfall. He showed us all that he had seen a football before, in fact, he looked like his folks gave, him one for bis first birthday. He was a sweet hall carrier and when he wrapped his hand around that pigskin. Oh my! The opposing team’s coaches always coached their teams on passing defense all the next week.