Wagner College - Kallista Yearbook (New York, NY)

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JIM LEE HOWELL JOHN BARBES Head Coach Line Coach Coach Jim Lee Howell's Wagner football squad had the unfortunate experience of losing eight members of its first team throughout the course of the l95l season. The team's depletion was brought about by a continuous string of injuries from the outset of the season, and therein lies the story of the Seahawk eleven for l95l. The team, which won two games and dropped six, received its first setback when Johnny Schick, regular end, suffered a serious kidney in- jury before the opening game and was lost for the season. After taking the first game from Arnold by a l9-7 score, the Seahawks then lost Bill Kummer, who incurred a damaged spinal column, Al Tosi, with a dis- located ankle, and Bob Klumpp, whose nose was broken. Successive in- juries to Clem Bosco, promising freshman fullback, Bob Evans, and Harry Kummer further limited Wagner's potency. But the severest blow of all to the team was the loss of halfback Neil Leonard, whose arm was fractured in the Penn Military game. Pre-season grid expectations were fairly hopeful on the campus, as a seasoned group of veterans and some highly touted frosh prospects re- ported to Coaches Howell and Bunny Barbes. Hopes remained high after the opening game victory over Arnold, but it soon became apparent that an insufficient number of reserves would invariably lead to injuries to key players. Thus, it was lack of depth, rather than ability, which cost the Seahawk gridders a successful year. Neverthless, the 'Sl season witnessed the development of Neil Leonard into a great ball carrier. Previously employed chiefly on defense, I 'P' x Q . Q? i 1 BILL ROEHRICH ,-vw will . Captain r-1-- MAA , ,f the shifty junior time and again reeled off long gains, as he averaged six Mangiante. Wagner ............ -- ...- Wagner. ..... ,. ....... ...... Wagner - .... ......... L - Wagner .. .... ..... . .-,-..--..- Wagner ..... - ..,....- Wagner ..... lO8 A' Wagner ...A......... M ...... -- Wagner ........ - .............- yards per carry, and led the team in rushing, passing, pass receiving, and touchdowns scored. He won the James Robb Memorial trophy for out standinq play in the homecoming game against Upsala, which Wagner won, l9-7, and was presented with the Kappa Sigma Alpha trophy awarded to the team's most valuable player. Other praiseworthy per formances were those turned in by Captain Bill Roehrich, who completed his fourth year of varsity football, Dutch Lichtman and Mark Wiesner, a pair of indefatigable sixty-minute linemen, and speedy halfback John The Record l 9 I5 Swarthmore 20 Susquehanna I2 Ursinus, .... I9 Upsala - ..... O , P. M. C. O Kings Point 0 Hofstra ....... Arnold -.. ......... .-------..------ 'I ,N ................ 20 ,W .... - ....... 37 - ....... I3 ---...--. ..--..-- 7 -..--- I 3 ----,.---.--------- 56 -.-.-- 34

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