Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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Sex Cheers for the whole dorn' team! The brains behind the outfit Eat, drink, and make merry, coaches - tomor- row you may be fired. With Captain Parker is head coach Bill O'Brien. In the back row is Bob Franz, line coachg Mason Holmes, V. coachg jim Wilkinson, backfield coachg and jim Bosco, II. V, coach. Bosco's B team won, lost, and tied one, Schedule WE THEY 6 Southeast Missouri 32 20 Illinois Normal 27 28 Northern Illinois 14 6 Central Michigan 19 O Michigan Normal 37 6 Eastern Illinois CHomecomingD O 7 Rolla ' 28 6 Wzrshingtcin U. 28 I9 Westcrii Illinois 47 The nicest thing about going to a football game is that you can watch the cheerleaders if the game gets dull. Some dor1't watch the game at all. The cheer- leaders are, front row: Io Bushing, Carolyn Hall. Second row: Bose Ann Moruskey, Martha Cralley. Third row: Dixie Buyan, Christine Minckler. ws In if fi A - ,f tr fy. , f yi

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,-0 Hurry, fellas, vve've got one! And from the looks of things, they have him good. One of the biggest handicaps the Salukis played under was a weight disadvantageg they usually gave away ten pounds per man in the line. Schneider, Schneider, where art thou goest, Schneider? It seems here that the good guys ore outnumbered. One of the encouraging things about the season was the manner in which the freshmen handled themselves. Gene Ernest started at halfback durinv the d fin0 staves of the cam- U 5 O D paign and turned in some good broken-field running performances. Bob Pitts started at fullback in several Oames and created ma hem amono the enemv when he cracked the D Y O , line. Both men la ed a Good defensive ame. The should tear 'em u next ear. P Y e 8 Y P Y Gene Arrondelli, halfback Joe Kolla, tackle Until he was forced out of the line-up with a skin irritation, Gene Arrondelli was a hard- driving halfback. joe Kalla, playing his first year at SIU after transferring from another school, was responsible for calling defensive plays and played heads-up ball all the way around. f a 1- 27 ggi'

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Head Football Coach Bill O'Brien Into each coach's life a little rain must fall. Poor O'Brienl For the past two years, O'Brien has been almost delugecl with misfortune - last year it was a green teamg this year it was a series of injuries to key players and no depth to speak of. But the Salukis won't lose many men Via graduation, so O'Brien may have a better season next year. This was his second year as head football coaehg he assumed the post after his release from active duty with the Ma- rines in 1951. The 1953 SIU Salukis Front row: Coach O'Brien, Abbott, Kay, E. Johnson, Schneider, Wilson, T. Bowers, McCullough, Kalla, Bishop, Stroup, Huske, Williams, Capt. Parker, Smith, C. Johnson, Kelly, Arrondelli, Siville, Tabacchi, Garrett, Strainic, Blazak, Pitts, line coach Franz. Second row: Stone, Fietson, Davis, N. Bowers, Jones, Thomas, Jackson, Werner, Wheeler, Gelch, '3 -5351 tosmnnttnn L19 4284 25-.u4.8.e41-1.493.129