Robert E Lee High School - Scabbard Yearbook (Montgomery, AL)

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., .j,ig,'.1,g1ff., , . T' L - ' 1' ti 'fffffiSfiQ!?i.3ZfJzl-fs'V7 giifiiiiftlw 'f-' ii 3 if if 795. 'N' 1 ta ' Fw , ' iff iff if 'W ,3- Y' TTSKW if ,f ii. ni ' 'ww -Ai-. z.wQ,,c, V 4 ff Qngwr,-1.-vt f- Q N i S,..,, f1.i4Qg,:W ,W A 1 JERRY HENDERSON GARY MILTON LARRY KWATER Senior Fullback Senior Hclfback Senior Hclfback After falling behind on a shocking kickoff return, the Robert E. Lee Generals charged back and rambled past Besse- mer's Purple Tigers 42-7. Larry Kimbell, after fumbling the opening kickoff momentarily, raced 80 yards up the middle of the field for the Tiger's only touchdown. Buford Smith kicked the extra point and Bessemer led 7-O. Lee regrouped quickly and took the kickoff 57 yards to paydirt. David Welch's tirst of five PAT boots tied the score at 7-all. The Leemen took the lead for good before the period ended when Enslen capped a 54-yard march with a l-yard dive off tackle. A Welch boot made it T4-7. Louis Priester's pass interception at the Bessemer 20 set up the third Lee score. Howard Bozeman took it in from the IO four plays later. Welch kicked true again, making the score Qi-7. The Redshirts broke it wide open in the third quarter with 2l markers. Priester zigzagged 20 yards on a fourth-and-six play for the first TD, Enslen passed 61 yards to Elbert Bell for one, and Ralph Hamn galloped 23 yards for the other just as the third quarter ended. Jerry Wills, a usual kickoff man, kicked his first extra point of the season after the last TD. Frederick spearheaded the Lee attack as he rushed lO5 yards in 9 carries. Larry Haigler Leaves Purple Tiger 150

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.. Anna , P I I I ' WADE JOHNSON BOBBY ENSLEN LOUIS PRIESTER Senior End Senior Quarterback Senior Halfbuck An alert Robert E. Lee defense accounted for victory as the Generals rambled past the Etowah County Blue Devils 34-20. Etowah took the opening kickoff and drove 52 yards for the flrst score of the game. Kenneth Wood's fumble recovery at the Devil 24-yard line put the Redshirts in the ball game. The Generals tied the score in 7 plays on Jerry Henderson's touchdown and David Welch's PAT. Early in the second quarter, the Generals took the lead for good when Louis Priester scooted I5 yards around right end. The extra point try went wide, and Lee held a l3-7 margin. Before Lee followers finished celebrating the TD, Joel Stevenson intercepted a stray pass and scampered untouched for the six-pointer. Another Welch PAT made it 20-7 in Lee's favor. Another TD and PAT put the Blue Devils back into the ball game, 20-14. After Connie Frederick punted 49 yards he recovered another fumble at the five. Priester then scored from the four. A Welch PAT gave Lee a 27-T4 spread. Etowah fought back into the game with a 69-yard TD march, making the score 27-20. With less than six minutes to play Terry DePasquale deflected a pass and Sammy Johnson picked it out of the air, racing l5 yards to paydirt. Welch's fourth PAT ended the scoring for the night. Enslen Stops Blue Devil 149

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W v , , W., Q , , LARRY HAIGLER JOE CURTIS MIKE TEAGUE Senior Halfbcck Senior Fullback Junior Center For the second year in a row the Tuscaloosa Black Bears stopped the vaunted Lee Generals. This time the score was i6-7. Coach Jones' Generals shook halfback Louis Priester loose on a 93-yard touchdown run on the opening kickoff, but a leaky pass defense ruined chances for an undefeated season. After Priester's run, the Bears came charging back 70 yards for a touchdown. Undaunted, the Generals moved from deep in their own territory to the Bear 4-yard line. Howard Bozeman took the ball into the end zone, but the touchdown play was nullified. The Generals battled back until a Bobby Enslen pass fell into the hands of Wayne Wright, who ran it back to the Tuscaloosa 34. Late in the first half the Bears scored when Ronnie Wedgeworth ran 29 yards and then Kincaid threw a long touchdown pass to Tom Patton. Tuscaloosa's ol-yard punt rolled dead at the Lee two-yard line. After 2 Lee running plays failed, Paul Boschung tackled Lee's Enslen in the end zone for 2 points that gave the Bears a 9-point margin. The second half was scoreless as the Generals had their hands full holding the heavier Bears at bay. The loss was Lee's tenth in lO season's of prep competition. Tuscaloosa thus ioins Lanier as the only teams with more than one victory over the Generals. Priester Scores lee's Lone TD 151