Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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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

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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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Men this is a stopwatch. The 1953 Saluki cross-country team consisted of Larry Haxens Ed Markel, Captain Dick Cregory7 Coach Leland Doc Lingle, Jacque Theiiot Earl Brown, and James Creen. Theriot was the only senior on the squad. The harriers of Coach Lingle fared a bit bctter than their fellow autumn athletes, the football players. With Capt. Cregory leading the way, the squad had a 5-2 record and took third in the conference meet-up in the running, you might say. Probably the great- cst single day the team had was when they won a triangular meet from Eastern Illinois and Western Illinois. And then took dual meets from each of the schools. ross Country . .A The expression of intensity on Theriot's face symbolizes the tenacity with which he pursued this sport. The all-around athlete was captain in 1952. The bongo-beating Gregory finished fourth in the conference meet, just seventy seconds off the winning time. And he's only a sophomore. 1