Portland High School - Gypsy Yearbook (Portland, CT)

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Row l 1 J. Prour, D, Umba, A. Herrick, T. Nolan, W. French, J. Murphy. Row 2: R. LaPlant, W. Harris, L. Stevens, C. Mifflin, A. Towns, j. Harper, B. Bonaiuro, J. St. Dennis, J. Davis. Row 3: R. Mogulnicki, E. Harper, Coach Werner. SOCCER This year was a building year for the soccer team, after losing six letter men of the League Champion '54 team to graduation and two more by transfer. Arr Herrick captained the team of six returning veterans and fourteen new men and substitutes from the previous year. Though missing experienced players, the team ended the season with 5 wins, 5 losses, and 2 ties, The team scored 21 goals as compared with 15 goals scored against them. Herrick was high man with a total of 5 goals. The '56 team will suffer the loss of four letter men: Arr Herrick, joe Murphy, Dave Umba, Al Towns, and Mac Harper, player-manager. Arthur Herrick, Captain, and Mr. Werner, Coach Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland Portland SCORES 3 Bacon 0 8 Wilson 1 0 Suffield l 1 East Hampton 0 0 Bloomfield 0 1 Wilson l l Ellsworth 3 0 Suffield 1 0 East Hampton 3 2 Bloomfield 1 2 Ellsworth 1 3 Bacon 1

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52 fxiy 6 LAL Row 1 J Hodge E Harper H Auster L Moqurn J Mur h P Y Row 2 I Organek W Donahue P Carlson W Hall M Bauman Coach St Sauveur TRACK ast sprrng Coach St Sauveur and hrs assrstants Messers Otrng and Lrndsay frelded a track team of ten men The season started when oe Murphy took a medal at the U Conn Relays The team then moved to Mrddletown where they were beaten rn the final moments of the meet Next Durham mowed rn and defeated them rn the relay and captured the meet 45 54 The next meet was at Wrlson where the Portland team garned thexr first uctory 48 58 The herght of the season came when Portland defeated East Hampton by the score of 562 O , They lost the last two meets vuhrch were vs 1th Valley Regronal and Southrngton Leadrng the team rn scorrng were Ralph Robrnson vuth 42 pornts and oe Murphy mth 41 pornts Graduatrng members of thrs years team are jack Hod e L M g eo oqurn Mac Harper Frank Kazerord and two 4 year men joe Murphy and Harvey Auster L L

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SWIMMING TEAM Center Captam Joe Murphy Row 1 H Alexander P Lucas R Grldersleeve C Bluemer G Swanson A Gooclrxch W Tyrell A Pfeffer J Rau Row 2 A Scrontx T Hadden E Harper J Harper D Goodrrch E Lacaxllade TENNIS TEAM Row I D Goodrnch J Harper E Drorar D Bell Row 2 W Conklnn W Wrlson T Nolan