Millard High School - Millard Yearbook (Fillmore, UT)

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ver ing joofgaffg :bomain school's pasf Iaurels-a 'rhree-year sfale champion- ship. Under Coach WaH's wafchful eyes, prac- 'rices were held daily, beginning wifh 'rhe lasl' school period and ending lafe in fhe evening. Only falling darkness could half fhe ringing sounds of hard blocking and Tackling. Foofball players in fhe mak- ing Iroffed fo fhe showers fired and worn ou'r, be- ginning on Monday and ending on Friday, af leasf unfil pracfice games on Friday affernoons, puf an end To if. The sfruggle for sfarfing posifions was a hard one, a long drawn-ouf process. Upper classmen foughf 'renaciously againsf sophomores who were 'rheir equals, af Ieasf physically. Running fhese new- comers info fhe ground only worked for a week or so, affer fhaf hard devofed work Io a good cause made Things rough and 'Iough for all. Surely, foo?- ball champions af Millard are nof merely fhe prod- ucf of confesf work on Fridays: fhey are fhe resulf of pracficing day in and day oui' againsi clever, quife awake opposifion, fhrown againsf fhem when- ever friends and schoolmafes sfep on fhe gridiron. Affer fhree weeks of hard fraining 'rhe lucky ones who earned 'rhemselves sfarfing posifions were: Roger Adams, failbackg Mike Nielson, fullback: Billy Iverson, wing back: Jack Johnson, blocking back: Joe Jackson, leff end: Don L. Rasmussen, lefi Iackleg LeGrande Kimball, cenfer: Kimball Davis, leff guard: Dick Payne, righl' guard: Ross Marshall, righf fackleg De Lyle Carling, righf end. Everyone of fhem made sure fhaf Ihis same posifion was his whenever a game gof under way. None felf he could afford lo lei fhe coach and his school down. Whafever fhe price was fhaf had 'ro be paid 'ro hang on fo his posifion, maffered liffle, if was paid gladly. A FOOTBALL STILL LIFE There fhey hang and fell a sfory all of fheir own . . . gridiron relics. OVER, AND OVER AGAIN The secref fo success: pracfice makes perfecf. Here our boys are geffing 'Ihe final polish from fhe maesfro himself, making sure fhaf no minufe clefails are overlooked.

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SHOULDN'T HE LAUGH? Coach Tall Walls is Ulah's lirsl WHEN THE FINAL GUN ENDED THE MILLARD - TOOELE THRILLER, THE EAGLES WERE ONCE MORE ur .STafei5 enfiafiona MA A greal paclc ol Millard gridders, powerlul and slrong, yel deceplive and clever, lrained by lheir coaches lo splil-second precision, proved ilsell once more champions, by sweeping lhrough praclically all opposilion lo gain lor lhe lourlh con- seculive lime our slale's mosl coveled class B loolball diadem-elhe slale Championship. The road lo viclory, however, was no easy one. Filly hopelul boys, among lhese only one relurn- ing lellerman, reporled in early Seplember lo assisl Coaches Walls, and Williams, lo defend our class B coach winning four slraighl championsh.ips lor his alma maler. Rumor has il he calches you wilh a sleeper if you don'l walch oul .... MILLARD HIGH'S I953 CINDERELLA BOYS what The proleclors of our lame exploded lheir hidden polenlialilies so elleclively in lhe final quarler of lheir final game lhal il earned lhem anolher well-deserved slale championship .... We proudly presenl: Row One, Iell lo righl:- JERRY TERRY ARVIN BRUNSON EDDIE WHATCOTT EDDIE BENNETT GARTH SORENSON LARRY WADE JOHNNIE PETERSON REED WADE LARRY OLPIN DAN MARTIN DUANE JONES GARY STEVENS Row Twoz- Row Three:- Row Four:- COACH TAFT WATTS TERRY BRADFIELD FRED DAVIES KIMBALL DAVIS KAY JOHNSON BARNEY COOLEY DONALD RASMUSSEN DONALD R. RASMUSSEN BOB PAYNE ROSS MARSHALL ROSS MELVILLE GRANT WOOD DICK PAYNE HAROLD GENTRY HAROLD VERHAAREN BILL IVERSON CLARK TERRILL BARRY BRUNSON DeLYLE CARLING MERVIN BECKSTRAND LARRY PETERSON JOE JACKSON GLEN PROWS ROBERT PALMER JACK JOHNSON CHARLES CUMMINGS LAFE PARRISH MIKE NIELSON ROYAL 'THORNTON JOHN SUNDSTROM LeGRAND KIMBALL DAVID ROBISON LYLE WASDEN ROGER ADAMS EARL PAXTON RICHARD BUSH STEVEN JACKSON FARREL WADE NEIL COOLEY COACH KEITH WILLIAMS 48

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THROUGH THE CENTER OF HOLD THAT MAN THE LINE Roger IAII-Americanlshalres himself loose for a nice gain. M'II a ' Th T a , - mg ':,of,fjf's an' 8' ew Ya' S on MANY WERE THE OBSTACLES AND ROCKY THE ROAD THAT LED A BULLET PASS . . righT in The arms of Billy Iverson. l'0l'l'l This year's gridiron hisTory aT Millard High was anoTher colorful one, an upward sTruggIe righT To The Top . . . buT noT wiThouT a seTback. Pre- season. league, and posT-season conTesTs all had Their own special appeal and are here recalled in Their proper order: Our pre-season games were Two, one againsT Springville, and The oTher againsT The much-feared and highly-publicized B. Y. High School. MILLARD 7-SPRINGVILLE 7 In a game ThaT showed much nervousness, To- geTher wiTh all The oTher signs of a newly-formed Team under fire, Millard's l953 Toofball ecliiion was inTroduced againsf a sTrong and powerful, experienced eleven from Springville. Before The TirsT quarTer ended our guesTs had enTered pay-dirT and converTed ThaT exTra poinT. BuT our Eagles were noT aT all dishearfened by This facT. Under The capable leadership of Roger Adams. he and Ten raTher inexperienced co-workers made sure ThaT The half-Time score was all evened up 7-7, and ThaT no more guesTs were allowed To gain addi- Tional scoring honors. MILLARD I9-B. Y. HIGH 0 WiTh anoTher week of hard preparafion well dlgesTed, The Eagles showed IiTTle mercy in down- BLOCKING THAT EXTRA POINT One of Friday's familiar scenes. 50 egionaf fo Qual' ing The highly-TauTed B. Y. High CaTs. In facT, in doing so. They ouTdid lasT year's sTaTe champions who won againsT T-he visifors by one poinT margin. A splendid passing aTTack had The Provo boys on The run all affernoon, while The Eagles Took advanTage of every opporTuniTy ThaT presenied iTseIf To enTer pay-dirT Three Times. IT was during This game ThaT The hopes of loyal Millard followers flared up, giving The new boys of Coach WaTTs a chance of perhaps winning The regional crown. MILLARD I9-WASATCH ACADEMY 0 Our Eagles opened Their firsT league conTesT in Their own back yard againsT an always dangerous and highly-respe-:Ted eleven from MounT PIeasanT. Inasmuch as The WasaTch Academy Tigers made iT exfremely hard for The local boys To peneTraTe Their forward wall, The Eagles wenT To The air, unveiled an aTTack ThaT found Them in scoring Ter- riTory once each in every one of The firsl' Three quarTers. AlThough The Tigers ouTgained The Eagles on The ground, The yardage gained Through The air, by The IaTTer, nullified The gains of The visiTors. The game proved To be an exciTing conTesT and provided specTaTors wiTh all The Thrills and spills ThaT any hard foughT fooTball game may have To offer, When The final gun sounded The score- board showed Millard as proud I9-0 vicTor. ANOTHER PASS-RECEIVER DeLUXE DeLyIe makes sure ThaT he holds on To Roger's pass.