Peacham Academy - Spotlight Yearbook (Peacham, VT)

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» FOOTBALL Co-captain Neil Grant Co-captain Cliff Maconber 1959 was the first year that Peacham Academy has placed a football team on the field since the turn of the century. Practice began the second week ia September with twenty-five boys turning out, many of whom had little or no previous experience. Each of the players bought his own helmet and shoes with much enthusiasm. The rest of the equip- ment was supplied from the funds of the Athletic Association and from proceeds of the school ' s annual Magazine Drive. Everjrone practiced hard to get into good physical condition, which greatly helped the Brown Bear football forces in the 9 campaign. Since most of the players were juniors and sophomores, many of them will be on the squad in the I960 season, when The Bears will be in the Northern Football Conference. This is composed of St. Johnsbury Trade School, Newport High, Winooski High, and St. Mary ' s of St. Al- bans. The team was made up of six seniors, six juniors, five sophomores and four freshmen. The seniors included Barge Price, of Hazel ton, Pa.j David Royle, of Lexington, Mass.; Walter Hinck, of Eastchester, N. Y. ; Earl Johnson, of Boston; and Jerry Franchot, of Cambridge, Mass. Representing the Juniors were Neil Grant, of Lancaster, Mass.; Bernard Bartlett of Nantucket, Mass.; Paul Davidson, of South Ryegate, Vermont; Richard Bailey, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Philip Craig and Frank Thresher of Peacham. Sophomores were Cliff Macomber, of Oscoda, Mich.; David Thompson, of Woodstock, Vt.; John Evans, of Fajrettevllle, N. Y. ; Steven Price of Deep River, Conn.; and Hamilton Strayer, of Erie, Pa. The freshmen gridsters were Bradley Gilbert, of New Britain, Conn.; Robert Sorrow, of Stafford Springs, Conn.; Ned Grant of Lancaster, Mass.; and Joseph Saczawa of Hartford, Conn.

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Football First Row-Bradley Gilbert, Bernard Bartlett, Steve Price, Hamilton Strayer, Ned Grant, Earl Johnson, John Evans, Robert Sorrow, Second Row -Mr. Potter, Mr. Cubie, Joe Saczawa, David Royle, Robert Lanctot, Gordon Fleming, Barge Price, David Thompson, Robert Miller. Third Row -Clifford Macomber, Paul Davidson, Jerry Franchot, Walter Hinck, Philip Craig, Neil Grant, Richard Bailey. Included In the offensive lineup were Evans and Hinck at the ends, Craig and Bartlett as tackles, Johnson and Ned Grant playing guard positions, and Steven Price at center. Lanctot was the quarterback, Neil Grant and Strayer performed in the halfback slot, with Macomber at fullback. The defensive lineup consisted of Bailey and Franchot as guards, and Barge Price and Bartlett playing tackle, Neil Grant and Hinck were the ends, with Macomber as line backer and Thresher as middle guard, Saczawa and Strayer both were halfbacks, and Evans played safety. With the forward wall averaging l63 pounds and the backfield at 1$$, the offensive starters weighed in at l60 pounds, on the average. Ham Strayer was the backfield ' s speed merchant, while Neil Grant was a ?ower runner. Franchot took care of the punting, with Hinck handling he kick-offs. Lanctot was i-esponsible for most of the passing, with valuable aid from Macomber s long distance arm.