Thornton Township High School - Thorntonite Yearbook (Harvey, IL)

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5 Waglfrbl Ek let 5 'ofa 47 39 18 3 5 15 30-E19 2 if li QSM? B 26 171 na, L .lIlIIl07' llarszfy Squad Row I: Chuck Kolb. Chris Rigoni, Pat Cunnnings. 'loin 'l'riulnph. ROll2llll Bestow. Ron' II: Bob Miller. George 1.ytle. George Porhos. Charles Smith. Richard Durer. XYalter Przinke. Hou' III: Couch Dore. -lohn lopolewski. lildred Hu- X2ll'll, Bruce Harrison, lrlhner Kozorzl, Jerry Rowe. -joseph N'ojciecl1owski, C01ll'll Hann- lnond. Ron' IV: Bill Voss, .luck Crzrvens. Ralph Lindley, -Inn Howell. Lloyd Linde. Ed xlCfi0M'1lIl. Bud lihnore. Roy l.itlen. l nf.Ql1nz11r1 Sllllllll Jimi' I: Ritllnnl Blfljlllgllllll. Dirk Sclienkenberger. Frank Rhcin. Rll'lllll'il Nlurnwski. .jack Bennett. Donald Kings- lzlnd. Don Fedclerson, lidwurd Simpson. Brute Ferguson. Robert BillJz.13rm' ll: Robert lilll'lillCl'. Duxid llrons. liver- elt Nicholson, Donald Xbbolt. john Lloyd. Brute Barker. l,c-nzml Yun Honter. l,ztwrf ence xl0l'CllCSl'lll. Dalle Ky- l'UXK'2li'. Stanley :Xl'Cl1L'l'. -lznnes xlillfglll, XYillizun I'ldwzirdS, lillI'l'y Koustik, Ralph Petit. lion' III: Cozlfh Blzllm, Bob lriunlph. llllyne lilhridge, -luck Nl1lS0ll. Joe I.ell'. Phillip Polillotlo. Peter Kznninslxi. llon Henry. Roy johnson, lffllllii Stojzik. Bob XYhite, lid Brignzxrdello. lhoxnzxs Yu- dron, Couch Czefh. Row Il': I-'raunis Mech, l-iran Ketiner. llllklil Banks, john Nichols. Cllurles l'iTCCllllllli, Rlflllllll Nlzlczlri. joseph Corsello. jer- old lfostlirk. Stilhnzin Good- lllilll. Elbert XYCSSIIIZHI. john Klein. joseph Lul'ointe. Sojlhonzotrff Squad Rom I: jack Kzxbernu. Mgr.. -lim Hfhite. Sheldon Kaiser, Waller Gray, Jerry Freeh, Gus Ajarobs, Jack Coelnun, llllllllll Corson, Fredrick Bercher. Hou' Il: Fitzgerald fll'l'2ll'll. Don Ring. Rlflllllll lrelnnd. Don Howe, lfreddile Wzule, Barrett XVelt'l1, Adel- bert XV2lllilIl5, XVZIYIIC De Llrall, 1.2ll'1'y johnson, Richard l.inc'ol11.Rou' III: Couch lglllllllllll, Allen l'll'l1'l'LSUll. Bob l,CllillSLllli,,IlIll Reirhcrl, Larry .xlJ1'l1l1lll11. Bob XYenlL, K-erzlld NYoulfe. Clinton .Xili- son. Maurice Feriunulez. Stun- ley Nlorris. Cozlth Nisbet. Hon' lI': Leroy Cooper, Han'- ris De Young, Riclnml West. Riclizzrd Crouch, Roy Smith, Dave Olfe, Ken Croeneveld, Floyd Swanson, llitk Iivznis. Fred Turner.

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Wie Sea on Led by fullback Xllayne Benson, who captured all-state honors, Thorntou's varsity football squad smashecl through a successlul season. recording six victories and two losses against tough opposition. Two ol' these victories came against non-league teams, while tl1e rest in Suburban League conipetition gave thetn second place behind Oak Park and New Trier, who tied for the title. Benson and Jock Robertson, fleet halfback, won places on the .'Xll-Subur- ban tealn also. Jock led the league in punting, while YVayne was second to Oak Park's Hoag in scoring. N eh. The Bench-ready to go into the game. Robertson speeds through Highland Park. Page 27

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Coach Huddlestuu briefs the teani. The XVi1dcats opened their season with two non-league victories against Blue Island and Clianipaigu. In their first league contest they hosted the New Trier eleven and came out on the short end. 19'6. Thornton bounced back to take a thriller lroin High- land Park, 135412, before they succumbed to Oak Park's powerlul Huskies, 35-fi. This one-sided defeat seemed to spur thein to greater achieve- nients as they won their last three games by large niargins, rolling over Hlaukegan, Proviso and Morton in succession. The thirty players winning varsity letters were Fd Aldridge, Bob Rasul, George ligofske, Norm Massiek, llini Abbott, Clayton Cooper, Bill Frederick, Ronnie Ferguson, Don Robertson, -Iohn Morris, 1Vayne Benson, Don Austgen, Jack Black, Bill Bunch, Don Hobbs, Roy Mallstroni, Chuck Pipher. Bob Trevarthen, Roger Conant, Ken Cook, liarle Landry, Bill Cheeseman, Carter Harrison, lilbert Flinore. Frank Bodza, Peter Gaich, Richard Schellhase. Gerald Sniith. Don Kagy. and -loc SlL'lClJ2lI1lilCYV1Cl. SEASONS RECORD Thornton ..... 26 Blue Island .... 1-1 Thornton ..... 12 Champaign .... 0 Thornton .,... fi New Trier ..... 19 Thornton ..... 13 Highland Park. . 12 Thornton ..... 6 Oak Park ...... F35 Thornton ..... 20 XVaukegan . . . . 6 Thornton ..... 26 Proviso . . . . . 13 Thornton ..... 28 Morton . . .. 6 5 at , , ,,.., , ., , , 11 ,s,, f street? XVayne Benson- All-State fullback 1 Page 2 9