St Ignatius High School - Ignatius Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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DEDICATION lopcoaT Tlying, haT TilTed back on his head, Mr. Ralph lvlailliard is every man's image OT The coach. l-lis coaching Technique is classic - an inimiTable compound oT ThroaTy shouTs and knowing chuckles, relenTless drill, and paTienT realism. BuT The man himselT is unTypical, unaverage. A Typical coach does noT win eighTeen consecuTive championships. An average mind does noT earn a docToraTe in hisTory. Exceedingly rare is The man who does boTh. For many years a maTh and hisTory Teacher, Doc Mailliard leTT The classroom in IQ46, buT conTinued To mold our Track and TooTball Teams Tor whaT now sTands as an impressive Total oT ThirTy-one championship-speckled years. Yes, Mr. lviailliards imposing Trame and laugh-crinkled Tace have been Tamiliar To lgnaTians Tor more Than a gen- eraTion, buT oT The counTless aThleTes who call him Mal,'i how many recognized The unique Temper oT a man who sTepped Tronn a one room school-house in Nebraska To a skyscraper college in Chicago and leTT proTessional TooT- ball in Vifrigley Field To coach high-school ball in a dusTy back yard. ' To Coach lvlailliard, aT once warm, magneTic and beloved, This book is proudly dedicaTed. J

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