Odebolt High School - Trojan Yearbook (Odebolt, IA)

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ODEBOLT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ROSTER 95 John Rex Daniel Hansen Pat Sorensen Roger Barkley John Miller Dale Richardson Bernard Bengford Joe Kipp Norman Bengford Bob Marteins Don Hoefling Jim Meyer Richard Linden Don Nuetzman Don Gunderson John Krusenstjerna Dale Linman William Teaquist Lowell Brower Merlin Lingren Vern Ogden Jerry Reynolds Gene Gunderson 4 4 reg! 4 , b - 1 li: G f L x 'ir Q PAGE THIRTY-SIX L ........ ' 3' 4. oqh 15.

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The next game was belueved to be one un whuch the Trojans would really have to swow theur stuff A year ago Odebolt beat Ogden by a pass un the last seconds of play and un a heavy raun Thus season ut wasn t that hard but ut was the toughest game to date ln the second quarter the Trojans eploded three quuck touchdowns and went on to score twree more before tne game ended Leecls was next on t e schedule Thus was one of tne most talked about games un t'ue communuty Could Odebolt beat the Lan cers from Leeds who had gone l4 games wutnout a defeat? The Trojans great passung team scored a touchdown early un the game The extra pount was made good by Pat Sor jans suffered defeat un the second quarter when Bull Teaquust was taken out of the game wuth a broken leg In tne second half Dale Ruchardson suffered a shoulder unjury And so ut was the Lancers proved too much for the Trojans who fell un defeat but not dusgracefully Before the next game whuch was wuth Manulla Vern Ogden sluppery half back came down wutn pneumonua and Lowell Brow er startung end receuved an unjury un prac tuce The game at Manulla was a sad story for the Trojans Wuth four furst strung men out of the Iune up Odebolt went unto the game before a fured up Homecomung crowd to come out wuth the second loss of the sea son and more battered up than before Ma nulla took that game 39 O The next week was to be Odebolts l-lomecomung when they would play theur ru vals from Sac Cnty Thus would be massacre no doubt Another week of practuce found t em on the fueld wuth Janet Ogden Home cornung queen crowned before the game be gan lnspured playung caused an upset and wwat an upset' The Trojans showed to tne huge crowd spark never before seen un them Vfuth tie lune goung through to open up holes and the backfueld men fundung the holes Ode bolt was un the game all the way Score l9 I9 lt was a very satusfyung and successful l-lomecomung game The next two games turned out to be a rest for t e Trojans Odebolt swamped Wall Lake 40 O and took the Maple Valley Con them a record of 5 wuns 2 losses and l tue Several days after the close of the season the team met un the locker room wuth Coach McLaughlun to choose two senuor boys as Cap tauns of the Sl Trojans Jerry Reynolds vet eran tackle and John Rex numble quarter back were elected unanumously The annual football banquet was held Dec 3 un the dunung room of the Methodust Church Coach Gaer of Drake was the prun cu9al speaker Gufts were presented by tne boys to Coach McLaughlun and also to Wally Hamann who had done a good job all season un scoutung games played by our adversarues before we met them Wuth the presentatuon of awards and a fulm of the Drake football team un actuon the Trojans and the coaches called ut a season but ut us a season that wull not be easuly forgotten PAGE THIRTY FIVE , . . . . . . . , ll . I - ' ' I . D j . . I ' ll ' ' I u I . , . . , . . ensen, freshman back. The courageous Tro- ference by whizzing past Holstein, which gave , . ' l . I . ' ' ' - . I T . . I I , . I I I . I 1 1 ' ' - . . ' ' ' I ' ' 1 I ,Q .

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JOHN REX 32 Senuor Quarterback clu maxed a 3 year hugh school career un brulluant fashuon runnung and passung for I8 touch downs and 8 extra pounts John averaged 9 5 yds every tume he carrued the ball Honored on t e 4th team all state BILL TEAQUIST 52 Senuor End What looked to be one of the funest passung combun atuons un Nortnwest Iowa was broken after 3V2 games tnus season lBull s leg was broken usust above the anklel Before that Rex to Veaquust accounted for four touchdowns and two extra pounts DANNIY HANSEN 33 Junuor Halfback In hus furst year as a regular Danny showed plen ty of speed and determunatuon He was held back consuderably un mud season wuth a sore ankle JIM MEYER 44 Junuor Guard Jum packed more punch tnan any of hus heavuer opponents pound for pound Teamed wuth D M Gun derson the muddle of the Odebolt lune was tne smallest around but few teams chose to run through them Jum had a touchdown call ed back when he carrued the ball on a guard around play DALE LINMAN 51 Junuor Tackle Another of the returnung veterans Dale was never satusfued wuth the way he played he couldn t be convunced of ut even after the Sac game BERNIE BENGFORD 39 Junuor Center End Bernue was the lughtest man of the squad but he was expert un makung skummerung shoe strung tackles He dudnt have much to say but he could luck hus weught un wuldcats Prob ably hus greatest thrull was to see Leed s 235 Ib fullback come crashung to the ground for :1 one yard loss wuth luttle Bernue squeezung fuus shoe tops for dear lufe JOE KIPP 40 Senuor End ln hus furst year of regular competutuon Joe dusplayed a spurut and courage equal to and above that of others lnflucted wuth a bone dusease at an early age Joe faced the possubuluty of never walkung agaun But thus year Joe took over dutues at left end followung the Leeds game durung whuch he saud Let me un there coach I ll fug t DON HOEFLING 43 Junuor Halfback Ver satule Don was moved from guard spot to half back and at one tume was held respon suble for all posutuons except center and full back He played end tackle guard and half back Was good at all of them LOWELL BROWER 53 Junuor End Lowell was rested after tne Leeds game but put on such stellar performances un the furst four l-e easuly won hus letter Lowell wull be ba k next year to bolster a returnung veteran lune DALE RICHARDSON 38-Sophomore Full back Dale was held back from the Manulla game because of a severe shoulder bruuse but couldn t be kept from the Sac game and help ed keep up the steam throughout the Qame DON M GUNDERSON 48 Senuor Guard The shuft un formatuon from straught T to sunglewung called for quuck actuve guards who could pull out of the lune get ahead of the play and clear the way It was a pleasure to watch hum work and master thus move All state honorable mentuon was steamed up un every game and was a bug factor un keepung the team s morale at a hugh putch A holy terror on defense the yardage made over hus tackle spot was ap proxumately zero Allstate honorable men tuon PAT SORENSEN 34-Freshman Halfback Pat performed luke a veteran un every game thus season Pat us one of only three freshmen un the past to make a varsuty letter Great thungs to come from Pat GENE GUNDERSON 57 Junuor Center Back 6 33A I9O lb dynamo of power Lut erally waded through Sac Cuty s lune to make tackle after tackle Wuth hands luke huge hams he handled the ball wuth ease No bad passes even through raun snow haul and cold VERN OGDEN 55 Junuor Halfback Vern mussed the Manulla game because ofa severe ly wrenched knee and on top of that was strucken wuth pneumonua He clumbed out of bed un tume to help spell dusaster for Wall ' ake and Holsteun PAGE TH l RTY SEVEN - ' , 1 '- - ' , 2 - I l . ' - U . . . - - - - 1 I ' T I 1 T I 1 , . . . - , I I - ' I ' ' ' ,- , . . c . - I - . I - I . 'I T 1 I I ' - 1 I u I ' ' ' ' II Il i . I I . . . . I . , . . . I I . - I . JERRY REYNOLDS 56-Senior, Tackleg Jerry . . . , i . I I . . 1 1 ' ll Il ' - . . . I , . . U T I I 1 ' l 1 I . . , - D . . . 3 ' ' . . . . . I H T 1 Q , , . 1 I - - ' U . , . - . I I 1 . ' ' - - ' I . . I I ' - T I I . . . ,, . A - - . ,, I 1 . ' h . - .