Spring Ford High School - Rambler Yearbook (Royersford, PA)

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VARSITY 'l'l1t- Spfllli-Flilfl High School 1955 football t'a1npaig11 opt-nvcl wl1t'n 1l11' Riilll l'll'Xf'Il lUllIiIlf'Yt'Cl to lfppt-1 :XIf'lkll1Il to play 11 strong Spartan tt-11111. L'lJIJl'I7 Klvrion IJllsllt'Cl across score-s in tl1t- first antl sc-concl pt-riocls to lc-acl at lliillillllll' I l-Il, .-Xltl1o11gl1 Spring-Ford outplayt-cl llll' Spartans in 1111-se-cond l1alf. 1114-y coulclnit st-41111 to Q01 ll1f'll' 0flil'IlSl' Ill0X'lllgI. 'l'l1v Spaitans puslis-cl ac'1oss llIlOfllf'li 1o11t'l1clown i11 tlit' final lll1lll'i1'l and ilu- Rams wound up on tlu' sl1o1t vncl of a ?flJlst't11'v, for 1l1t'11 5f'C'UIlQl 11211111-. flu' llllllh 1o111'11t'yt-cl IU .-Xll51l2'llI S1acl111111 111 5 , , K1'llCllll2 to Ian' Illt' Kftistanus of f,oyt'1'11o1' Nllflllll l'l1Ql1 Sflliifll. lllt' 111111 Llllfl lllllll failt-tl to slow tl1t' Yll'IUl'y llllllglf' Rains as llllj' liUIIlIJl'Cl to a lf'-H xictory oyvr Illl' xlllillillgi. l.att- i11 1l1e- st-c'o11tl fl11LlI'It'1'. Ralph Iiivlwm holtvcl oyvr l.I'UlIl 1l11' 2 yarcl lint' and SIJI'lHQ-Ffllll wf-n1 Zilllilll 6-fl. Tlic sc-Concl 6 pointt-1' t'a1114' in tl11- lliircl llll2ll'Il'l7 ancl took o11ly 7 plays with fllllhilfli Ka-11 liclwarcls sprinting thc- final 23 yards llll'0llQll a liolt- oponccl by tarklt- Sam Stn-arlvy and vnd Dick NVQ-bvr. Aftvr lllf' l0llC'llLl0VYIl. Edwards liit cvmcr for ilu- 1-xtra-point and the Navy Blum- and Cold i11c'1'c-asc-cl llli'll' lc-acl to I3-fl. 'l'l11' final lOlll'l1Cl0XN'fl farm' in tl1t' l50l1I'fll qll1ll'll'l' 2ll4If'l' 'l't'cl XN'ojton sparked ll 713 yarcl clriyt-. Ralph Bic-bt-1' claslu-cl oyi-1' l.I'0lll tl1t' 2 yarcl lint' on 21 quick l1lN'Ill'l' for ltis sf'c'oncl l0lll'l1Cl0XN'll as SIDHIIQ-Fllliil lastvcl victory for tl1t' f11'st 111111-. f,Il Octolivr First Sllflllg-FOI'Cl playvcl tl1t'i1' first l1o111c' Qllllll' llIlClf'!' tl1t' QlH'slJ1'l5UI'f' a largm- crowd. 'l'l1t-y wt-rv up against ll 11111t'l1 lIIlIJI7OYf'Cl PlylH0llIll- 5Ylllll'lll2l!'5ll tt-11111 wl1ic'l1 was clt'I1'1111111t-cl to win. .-Xt flll' t-ncl of the first lllllli. tllc- Rams founcl tlic-111st'lx'1-s o11 tltt- Sll0l'I 1-ntl of a 7-fl score. but tl1m-y t'11111m' luacla i11 flll' 5l'COIlll llfllf to clit- out a lil-7 yivtory oytfr tlit- Ciolonizlls. Four plays 1lliIl'lk tl1t- st-cond lllllf kick-ofl. Ralph liitflwt' gallopvd 45 yards into lllt' vntl font- for tlit' RZUIISQ first sfort-. lii1'bt'1' Il1l'I1 I'llSl1K'Ll for ilu' 1-xtia point anal 1l1t' gaint' was tit-tl at 7-7. lll tllt' final q11artt'1' 'lit-cl YYojto11 st-wvtl il up for 1l11' lia111s lay going 21 f'2ilLlS oil' I'lQlll tat-klv. XN'i1l1 IMD straiglit yic'to1'it's l1IlCll'l Illf'lI7 lx-Its. SJl'lll2-FUI'Ll Jl2iXl'Cl Ll 1 l 1 lxig NIllI'IJll'-NQWYIUXYII 1111111 at lQOf't'I'SlAUI'Ll. Aftvr' Ll sc'o1't'lt'ss first C1l1Zll'It'I'. 1l11- RHIIIN vx Jloclvcl for 1l1i1'1t't'11 Joints i11 tl1t- swortcl Jvriotl. Xlidway Ill1'OllQll l . '68'

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FUUTH LL tht- pc-rind. Kc-n Edwardw ran 9 yards into tht- s-nd font- to put tht- Rains aht-ad hy a 6-ll score-. 'lihis lt-ad was short live-d liowt-vt-r: for 2 plays lata-r RIarplt--Nt-wtown scored on an 33 yard run and tit-tl up tht- hall Qarnt-. Spring-Ford took tht- kick-oll' and tlmw- 713 yards bt-fore Ka-n Edwards har- rt-lf-d on-r from tht- l yard line- for his st-cond snort- of tht- garnt-. Dun Ciaparru kit-kt-cl tht- c-Xtra point and tht- score- rt-ad lil-7. Ralph liit-ht-r hrolu- into tht- scoring t-oltnnn in thx- rinul pt-riotl on ll 9 yard jannt into paydirt lor tht- third and last totichdcvwn and tht- final scorn- was Spring- Fmd 19. Niarplt--Nt-wtown 6. Aftm-r a wt-ek lay-Oli' tht- Navy lilnt- and Gold playa-d hmt In tht- Pltut-r1ixx'ill4- Phantoms. Thi- Rants wt-nt alrt-ad in tht- lirst quart:-r wht-n Ralph Iii:-ht-r rt-tttrnt-d a punt -lil yarclx lim' ll ttvnclrtloxvrt. lid Milla-r thrt-w gt lu-5' block which t-nahlt-cl liit-ht-r to gn tht- distant-1-. 'l'hi5 was nut 1-nottglt. ltmu-x'z-r'. ht-t'aust- tht- Pltantorns st-on-tl in tht- st-t'ontl and lonrtlt rlttnttt-rs tw win tht- gunna- l'l-6 Spring-Fortl's nt-xt twpptnlt-nt wax Out-n Ruht-rts lligh Stlrtmul. A-Xlitm-r Qt-tting ull' to a slow start. hard running fullback fit-nv XXX-iw spark:-tl a trw11t'l1clmx'n driw- niidway tltronqh tht- Qt-cortcl quarts-r wlrich 1t'illlIf'Ll in Iggy Cilntrk plunging on-r front tht- l yard lint-. Bit-he-r pam-d to Ciltnrk fur thc- t-xtra point which put tht-in ah:-ad 7-ll. In tht- third clnartt-r Dirk Saylrwr liadt-d hack and thrc-w a tnttclitlmvri pass to XYht-t-lt-r .-Xrnan waiting in thc- t-nd zone-. Tht- XYilclt-ats failc-d to gt-t a drivt- startt-d and tht- Rarnx won tht-ir fourth garnt- in 6 trim-s. 'l'in14- aftt-r tintt- tht- NX'ildt'at q1ia1'tt-1'lxit'k wax tlrtmsn for grt-at low-s hy Kant llI14'lIlt'Il 'XX'illI tlmrt-N. lbavt- XYislt-r. Cilinrlt-N llLtll'nt-r. Halt- Slllillld' and lint Pgttrirlt. 'l'ltt- Rains wt-rt: sclit-dnl:-tl to play tht- liuyt-t'tuxx'11 lie-gtrx on Siilllllllly. Oc-wht-r lfl. hut dns- to inclt-nit-nt wt-atln-r tht- gains- wax pmtpum-tl nntil 'l'l1anksuix'ing morning' at tt-n tit-luck. on tht- limit-r'tcm'r1 lit-ld. It jnxt xvtmrt Sljlllll-l'i0l'lliS clay as the- lit-au mrnpt-tl In a 232-ll x'ic'tm'i. With thu- gann- rt-adinu 26-ll. lioaclt lQl'lQ'l1t'Ill'JLlC'll rt-plgiu-tl hix rt-uttlat play-rx uith hix Ntthxtittitt-N hut tht- lie-.tr lirxt string tmitiinit-tl tru puxtntl .tugty .tt tht- rt-writ-N to Num- tht-ir linal ttwnrltdrmn. ' till '