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, ~flM~ Al~lfl\[ f~~~~All~~HELMS HALL, B76CJ VENICE BOULEVARD • LOS ANGELES 34, CAL.IFORNIA

THE ALL-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA C.l.F. HIGHSCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAtVI FOR 1955 .-,--------

FOR RELEASE: WEDt\1ESDAY AFTERNOON, DECElvlBER 28th and Thurs. am~.cnO NOT release prior to Dec. 28th pm .

I T'Le nineteenth annual All-Southern California Board of Football---~elections were made at Helms Hall last week and 36 of the

Southland's finest gridiron performers were named for honors.The Helms Hall BOd.rd, composed of newspaper journalists from

allover the Southern California area, meet each year in December toname these football teams.

There WaS little opposition to this year's Player of the Yearselection, l~lickey Flynn of Anaheim High School. Only a junior, Flynnreceived near-unanimous bclcking, \'/ith only Deron Johnson,' great all­around athlete and star end for San Diego's CrF chdmpions, receivingserious" backing.

For the 1955 season, including playoff gnrn.es, l,~ickey scored22 touchdowns for 132 points, averaging a touchdown every 3~ times hecarried the ball. He s cored eight touchdo\V!ls in AntJ,heim' s CrF playoffgames with Ivlt. Carmel, Glendale and San Diego. He carried the ball 76times for 1,184 yards, averu.ging 15 yards per carry for the season.Ten of Flynn's touchdovms were scored on runs of over 50 yards. In theSemi-final playoff game against San Diego Flynn scored all three ofAnaheim's touchdowns on rW1S of 66, 67 and 3 yards. Although Anaheimtied San Diego, the Border City team made more first downs, 17-14, andwent on to win the C.l.F. cro~m from Alhambrd. Flynn was the onlylower classmen named to the first teQm. .

Other outstanding backs on the first team are Pete Gu~ina,

top San Diego quarterback, who led his team to the CIF' title. Guminathrew 98 passes during the season and comvleted 63 for a 64% average.Pet e also kicked conversions for San Diego. ~lillie ~lest, San Diegohalfback, is considered the best all-around halfback to play for SanDiego in 10 years, by his coach Duane ~~ley. Dan ~1asnick, St. Anthonyfullback-halfback, scored 63 points in 9 games and dveraged over 6yards per carry. Dick Foushee, Glendale Hoover fullback, \Jas the topback in the Foothill League and second high scorer iv'lith 78 points in9 games. Dick gained 850 yards during the campaign.

G.l.F. Champion San Diego High School placed four players onthe three all-star teams. Deron Johnson, Pete Guraina and \lillie Westwere named to the first team, while Alden Kirnbrough, San Diego's otherfine end, was named to the third team. Anaheim placed three men onthe squads. Don Abbott, fine blocking guard, and liickey Flynn werenamed to the first team and Joe Avitia WQS placed on the second. Thoseschools placing t\'lJO players V'Jere Alhmnbra, Hiverside, Dovmey, Lynwood,St. Anthony, Glendale, California, Centennial and Culver City.

There was only one repeater from last yeQr's C.I.F. team. Heis Deron Johnson, who was named to the third team in 1954. Three boyson this year f s team are lO'V'ler classmen. Plnyer of the year, 1.uckeyFlynn is a junior as is Anaheim's' Joe Avitia. Richa.rd Cohen, BeverlyHills guard, is only a sophomore.

For the regular season's play Dick Ewin, Culver City's finepassing quarterback, "-'vas high scorer in central section play. E1tfinscored 114 points in 9 games. Jack Ho~aan, second team, from Calif­ornia High School, finished second to Ewin ""ith 96 points. ~Mickey

Flynn, Anaheim's sensational halfback, was next "nth 84 lJoints, butcounting Anaheim's three playoff games in which he scored 8 touchdovffiS,his total was 132 points. This placed iuckey second in total pointsfor the season, behind San 11ilarino's Bill Face, 1tJho scored 172.

PAST C.l.F. PLATJi;R OF TH~ YEAR SELEGrrONS

-937 Frank Albert Glendale 1947 Bud ~Jood,vard Loyola (LA)1938 Harry Karns Pomona 1948 John Olszewski St. Anthony1939 John Petrovich Alhambra 1949 Jim Contratto Compton1940 Peter Zucco Santa Barbara 1950 Chdrles Powell San Diego1941 NevJell Oestrich Ingle't'!ood 1951 l·larty Keough Pomona1942 Glenn Davis Bonita 1952 Ronald Knox Santa I·;Ionica1943 Norman Veeh Tustin 1953 Ernie Za111i)eSe S. Barbara1944 Bi~~ IVlart in I\lark ~~eppel 1954 John Hangartner Hoover,Glen.1945 AI'Pollard Loyold (LA) 1955 I'Iickey Flynn Anaheiln1946 Al Pollard Lovola (LA)

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__~_.>I .F_epLAY~R_ OF YE~!LfO~ __J.._95~~EPj.~ON__._ ..ALL-SOUTHErlN CALIFOHNIA C.I.F. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEA}i FOR 1955

YEARPOSITION P LAY E R S C H a 0 L SCHOOL HEIGHT v~IGHT

* * * FIR S T TEA M

End ••••• DERON JOHNSON Sah Diego SeniorEnd••••• DUaNE ALLEN Alhambra SeniorTackle •• GaRY OTTOSON Alhambra SeniorTackle•• PAUL OGLESBY Riverside SeniorGuard ••• DON ABBOTT Ana.heim SeniorGuard ••• DON PETER Downey SeniorCenter•• CHARLES ADAIR Lynwood / SeniorBack •••• l:iICKEY FLYNN Anaheim JuniorBack •••• PETE GU1'~NA San Diego SeniorBack •••• DAi'J \VASNICK St. Anthony SeniorBack •••• DICK FOUSHEE Hoover (Glen.) SeniorBack•••• ~JILLIE :lEST San Diego Senior

* >~ ",c S S C 0 1'1 D T E A Ivi

6' 2 1956'- 2 1806t 4 2126 t 3 2005t·10 1805t·l1 18051,10 1805'·10 16051 9 1605 f, 7 1656t 1 20051.10 170

End•••••End•••••Tackle ••Tackle ••Guard •••Guard •••Center ••Back ••••Back••••Back ••••Back ••••Back ••••

BILL T01\i!ASIC St. AnthonyHAROLD THIEIJES ChaffeyALLAt~ nosso GlendaleDOUG TAYLOR CaliforniaJIM RAAK Santa BarbaraJ AC~\ lviETCALF In (j'le"V',oodHARLIN LI~ID£R Culver CityRAY S1-1ITH HiversideJOE ~VITIA AnaheimJACK HOL~illN CaliforniaBOB DORSEY Santa L.onicaJERRY PERSINGER Burroughs

SeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorJuniorSeniorSeniorSenior

6' 16'6'·6' 35~11

5'116' 25 f·ll5 i. 95'115' 95'10

190180215208180190210170155160150190

* * * T H I R D TEA M

End ••••• BOB KNOOP MontebelloEnd••••• ALDEN KI~ffiROUGH San DiegoTClckle.. tJINFHED JOHNSON CentennialTackle.. L.A:NUEL SANDOVAL FullertonGuard. •• FRED ~JILLI.AI\ilS CentennialGUdrd ••• RICHARD COHEN Beverly HillsCenter. • Hl1.RRY BALD'~vIN I\'~rk KeppelBack.. •• DIC1\: E~JIN Culver CityBack. •• • RICtIAHD NOH1\'1iU~ LynVifoodBack.... BOB LOFT GlendaleBack.... BOB CROCKETT DovmeyBack.... KEITH HUBBS ColtonHEL1,.lS ATHLETIC FouNDATION ALL-SOUTHBRN

Ralph Alexander Bill HollohanJohn de la Vega Roberta ~~ceMory Kapp Eddie WestJoe Lyou l:lflnnie PinedaPete Kokon Tom BurdickJack Disney Al AmesRon ~'leiner Dick Vanderveld

165190205195195213176185195180163165

ATHLETICS

Dick GitlinGarland RoseChuck ChernissClclude AndersonBill vJhitneyBuddy Dyer (Helms Found.)Bill Schroeder (Chairman)

PLAYERS TO RECEIVE AVJARDf! AT HELMS ON 14 thPlayers named for AIl-G.I.F. honors on all three teams will be

recipients of Helnls Athletic Foundation fraraed scroll awards at theNineteenth Annual All-Soutllern California Board of Football Avm.rds~rogr~m to be ~eld Qt ~e~as Hall on Saturday mon1ing, January 14that 10.30 am. Personal~t~es from the field of footb~ll will be onhand, both coaches and past football greats, to help pay honor to thetop players of the 1955 season •

. Also receiving specidl recognition will be ~lickey Flynn AnaheimH~gh School player of the year, who will receive a special'Helmsme~dl award. His name vull be engraved upon the Paul H. Helms trophy~l~ch is lodged permanenty in Helms Hall.

_. Coach Duane l\laley, who led his San Diego High School t earn to theC.l.F. central section football title -- the school's first footballchampionship since 1922 -- will also receive a special award for hisfine coaching achievement.

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SAN lVIARINO '8 BILL uSKlpH FACE PICKED FORPLAYER OF YEAR HON"OR ON NORTH- SOUTH C. I •F Q

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ISlan Marino High School's Bill "Skippy" Face~ top C.LF. high--'school scorer for the 1955 football seasOll, 'was naraed Player

of the Year in the North-South section of the G.I.F. bymembers of the Helms All-Southern California Board of Football attheir annual selection meeting at He~ns Hall.

It was a unanimous vote for Player of the Year, with SanMarino's ace right halfback waltzing off with the honors. A senior,Face scored 160 points during the 9-game regular season and thenadded 12 more during playoff games to bring his season total to 172.Thirty-four of his regular season points were scored via the con­version route. In the finals of the Northern C.I.F. playoffs, Billscored a touchdown and booted two extra points to lead his team toa 14-0 win over Paso Robles and give San t~rino the Porthern sectioncrolJlm.

Other players from San I\I,..3.rino to make the North-South sec­tion team are Ron Glasoe, 200 pound senior tackle, and Brad Peery,one of the top fullbacks in the small C.I.F. schools.

Brawley High School, winner of the Southern section title bydefeating Claremont 14-7, placed four players on the three teams tolead all other schools. Ralph Casillas, left halfback who scored 60points during the season, was placed on the first team along with6 foot 3 inch Dennis Flan1illang, senior center. Dennis Cutsha\l'l, starfullback who scored both touchdowns against Glaremont in the play­off game, was placed on the second team backfield, while tackle SiCarey was selected on the third team at tackle.

Other schools to place more than one player on the North­South section teams were Paso Robles and San }~rino with 3 playersand Oceanside, Claremont, Tustin, Chino and South Pasadena with 2players each. There were no repeaters from last year's team.

Three juniors are the only lower classmen on the three honorteams. ~alt Caldwell, Banning guard, was named to the first team,while Raul Chacon, end from Chino, and Don Gatewood, back from Santal,!aria, lJIJere named to the third team.

Some of the out standing perfOrrilerS named to this year's teamare: Dick Polos, Claremont High School halfback, who led Claremontto the finals of the Southern section C.I.F. playoffs. Dick tiedfor third in C.l.F. scoring with 96 Rpints and averaged almost 10yards a carry through the season. Robert Rivas, Tustin tailback,has been a member of the All-Orange League team for the past threeyears and this year Tustin won the League title. He punted for a41.3 yard average, ran for 14 touchdo\vus and passed for 16 more,scoring 54 points. Gary Van Horn, other first team back, led PasoRobles to the finals of the Northern section playoffs, where theywere defeated by San I'vlarino 14-0.

Other top scorers named were Santa l~'laria f S Don Gatewood,60 points; Dick DeWit, Chino fullback, 90 points; Gene Oldham, ofl'·tater Dei, threw 13 touchdoitln passes; f·uke l·.i.ealey, St. Bernardine f squarterback, 72 points; Otis Foster, top halfback in Avocado Leaguefrom Oceanside, who scored 66 points; and Coronado High's CharlesLove, who scored 27 points from his quarterback post. Peter Fitz­Gerald, Santa Ynez halfback in Tri-Valley League, scored 29 TDs in9 gmnes and kicked three extra points for 159 points.

PAST NORTH-SOUTH SECTION C.l.F. PLAYBRS OF THE YEAR

195119521953

Billy J. Srl1ithC.R. RobertsC.R. Roberts

Ventura 1954OceansideOceanside 1955

Bill CooperBob FranklinBill Face

Ha"fJIrthorneChula VistaSan 1\·iarino

Bill Face, San l'larino High School f s top right halfback, itJill re ceivehis Helms Player of the Year medal award at Helms Hall on Saturdaymorning, January 14th at the Nineteenth Annual All-Southern Calif­ornia Board of Football Awards

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HELMS BOAR~ SBLECTS THREE ALL-elF SMALLJlCBOOLS FOOTBAl,J~_-.TI:.ltjI4S FOR FIRS T TIIVlE_~._~_. _

(NOTE: This marks the 5th year that the Helms All-Southern Calif­ornia Board of Football has picked ~ small schools football teamfrom among C.I.F. high schools. Only one team was selected in 1951and 1952. This was increased to two teams in 1953 and 1954, but thi,year the Board felt three teams were needed. Therefore hence forwarthe Helms Board will select three teams in both central and north­south sections of the C.I.F.)

ALL-C.I.F. NORTH-SOUTH SECTION FOOTBALL TEAM FOR 1955

YEARPOSITION P LAY E R S C H 0 0 L SCHOOL HEIGHT vmIGHT

~:c * * F I R S T T E A IV!

End••••• DAVID L.ORENO Carpinteria Senior 5' 9 139~~nd••••• ART LA\vRENCE Oceanside Senior 6 t. 180Tackle •• GARY THISSELlv.LAN Paso Hobles Senior 6 t 1 198Tackle •• EARL REHDER Bre&-Olinda Senior 6' 5 215Guard••• \-Jl1.LT CALDHELL Bdnning Junior 5'10 160Guard ••• BUD ANDERSON Escondido Senior 6'· 185Center •• DENNIS FLAJ.JvlANG Brav.,lev Senior 6' 3 190Back •••• BILL FACE San l ...ai--ino Senior 5'11 170Back •••• RALPH CASILLAS Bral,'lley Senior 5 ' 9 155Back •••• GAHY VAN HOHN Paso Hob1es Senior 6' 2 195Back •••• DIC1~ POLOS Clarenlont Senior 5 '10 175Back •••• ROBBHT HIVAS Tustin Senior 5 '10 155

* S 1 C 0 ~ D TEA M

End•••••End •••••Tackle ••Tackle ••Guard•••GUClrd •••Center ••Back••••Jack ••••Back ••••Back••••Back••••

CLA.Y THIBBLEJAY ilHANDARON GLASOEBOB RANEYPHIL BARRA\JAYNE l'lACKLEYELDEAN ROSEBRAD PEERYDEi\JHIS CUTSHA\VDICK De\lITGENE OLDHAIvlOTIS :F'OSTER

Coachella~~ry Star of the SeaSan LarinoCl.:lremontBurroughs-China LakeElsinoreSan JacintoSan i'JlarinoBrawleyChinol'~later DeiOceanside

SeniorSeniorSenior~

SeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSenior

6' 26' 16'5'115' 95 '106'6'6'6' 16' 35' 8

170185203210155170159182175185175140

* T H I a D TEA M

End ••••• GARY BROOI\.iELL Tustin Senior 6' 1 180End••••• RAUL CH.~CON Chino Junior 6' 174Tackle •• S1 CAREY Bravv·ley Senior 6 1. 1 185Tackle •• HOBEHT CLAY South Pasadena Senior 6', 1 180Guard••• IiIILLIAL. ARCHER South Pasadena Senior 5'11 175.J.uard••• CHARLES :lYR1CK Paso Robles Senior 5'10 190Center•• Tall POINTDEXTER l~'lar Vista Senior 6' 2 220Back•••• DON GATEvJOOD Santa I·Iaria Junior 5'-11 185Back •••• CHARLES LOVE Coronado Senior 6' 170Back •••• 1'.'lIKE lVlEALEY St. Bernardine's Senior 6' 1 187Back•••• PETER FITZGERALD Santa Ynez Senior 5'10 165Back•••• BOB PHOCrrOR Bell Gardens Senior 5'11 170

HEL1~·.lS ATHLETIC FOUl\J1)ATION ALL-SOUTH~RN CALIFOJ.hIA 130l-i.l{D OF FOOTBALL

Ralph AlexanderJohn de la Vegalvlory KappJoe LyouPete KokonJack DisneyRon ~veiner

Bill HollohanRoberta 1\"1aceEddie WestIiiannie PinedaTom BurdickAl iu11esDick Vanderveld

Dick GitlinGarland HoseChuck ChernissClaude AndersonBill v.JhitneyBuddy Dyer (Helms Hall)Bill Schroeder (Chair.)

All players nanled to the North-South C.I.F. All-Star team -- first,second and third teams -- will be presented with awards at the Nine­teenth Annual All-Southern California Board of Football Awards Pro­gram to be held at Helms Hall on Saturday morning, January 14th at1~:30 am•. Coaches Vic Schvvenk, San l\iarino, and Robert Farrell, Bra'V11ey,w~ll rece~ve special awards for their outstanding job of coachingduring the 1955 season.

SPECIAL RELEA

- ••_H.E~I I • 8760 YENIC.~l,.~RO • LOS ANGELES 34. C~.L_I_FO_R_N_IA _

THE ALL-LOS ANGELES HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALLTEA.1\II FOR THE 1955 SEASON

S C H 0 0 LCanoga ParkGardenaFrerilontSan PedroJefferson¥3a nning.li. 1anual ArtsBanningLos AngelesCanoga Park

".",~2 ! ,,,t!.2,.,;b;h..l..~,,.2...

since 1937.

PLAYERBill DowersDon BahrmanTholllas ZabyJinl Dec!<:erJerry DrewJack HernandezJon Arnett,Dick GarciaClint '~.jhifieldLeon CrinerNorton Geller

YEAR193719381939194019411942

l~E~1940

FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, DECEJ.vffiER 23, 1955 and after•••••*no NOT release prior to release date, Friday Dec. 23

---I Tll~~·-Aii-S~uthe~~-CuliforniaBoard of Football, sponsored for .the Nineteenth year by the Helms Athletic Foundation, selectedits annual All-Los Angeles City Football Team \rith five play­

ers from Van Nuys, co-ch~mpions in the San Fernando Valley, leadingthe picks. South Gate's city champions placed four players somewhereon the three t earns, while Huntington Park, r·'1anual Art S J Belmont andNorth Holly1tJood each placed three players each on the all-star teanlS.

For the first time since 1951, and only the second time inthe Board's 19-year history, co-players of the year were selected inthe Los Angeles City Ranks. Leon Criner, Canoga Park's top fullback"'[c..tS named along Viith Norton Geller, North Holl~;vood senior guard, asthe two outstanding boys in city ranks this year. Criner was the topball carrier on the highest scoring team in the city for '55 and hada total offense rnark of 1,157 yards for the season. Geller "'Jas NorthHollyvrood's top lineman and was a real 60-minute man. Coach Jo~~nySanders calls Geller liThe best lineman VIe have ever coached. H NorthHollywood w~s runner-up to South Gate for the City Football title.

First team backs along with Criner are ~arvin Luster, NorthernLeague player of the year from Belrnont; Jaraes Erbes, North Ho11Y'''Joodquarterback; Jinl Everett, Bell's outstanding passing quarterback; andrtay Rodriguez, Roosevelt fullback, who averaged around seven yards percarry through the Eastern League campaign.

Other League players of the year nD.iaed to the first t earn areJoe Herrera San Pedro guard, vJho vilaS named top perforiner in the l~J.3.rine

.ueague; Rod Cochran from South Gate T s City ChaJ:lpions at tackle; andBernard 110uton of l~lanuQ.I Arts, Southern League t s best, at end. Otherplayers to make the first team are Harold Clayton, Huntington Park end,~ho was narued to the third team in 1954; Richard Gralewski, fine tackleprospect from ·~Iashington; and Bob Kubo, IJarbonne center, vvho is one ofthe top linebackers in prep ranks this year. All men nailied to thisyear T s first tearJ are seniors. Jim Everett vvas a third team memberlast year and is one of three repedters on this season's squad. Heand Harold Clayton moved up from the third team, vJhile nichard Pulc­ifer, 1ilson Ts fine tackle, flloved from the third team in r 54 to thesecond teaul this year. Six backs vlere named to the 3rd team this year.

There are six lower classmen on the three tearns, one on thesecond and five on the third. Henry Rivera, Belmont end Iaade the 2ndteB.lil \~hile Pete Geanakos, South Gate end, John l"lathis, :-iuntington Parkguard, Jim Fouts, Van Huys guard, Hon l·~cBride, South Gate center, andJerry L.ollett, Vanl.~uys back were named to the third tec:un.

Clark Holden, llurshall co-captain and 3rd highest City scorer,vIas named player of the year in the "~jestern Lea.gue. A fine fullback,Holden registered 70 points durinG the year to finish behind Jerryi'.Lollett, VCi.n Nuys, dnd John L.cCarthy of Huntington Park. I~.lollett itlastop scorer \'ITith 90 points, while I~lcCarthy v'lclS second VJith 84.

All players named to the 19th Annual All-City Football Teamv-,ill be hanord with Helms scroll a\va~cds at Helms Hall on Saturdayfnorning, January 14, 8.t 10:30 all1. At this time farJous IJersonalitiesfrom the field of football will be in attendance, helping pay honorto Los Angeles' top athletes of the 1955 season.

Also to be honored vIill be South Gate HiGh School i s head foot­ball co[~ch Joe Seminario, who coached his team to the ~03 nngeles Citytitle. South Gate V·l0n the Eastern League crovvn and defeated ilorthHoll~vood in the City finals, 7-0.

City players of the year follow,

.P LAY E R S C 11 0 0 L YEARDon ~Ji1er l''lanual Arts 1947Ra-

i'T !;loods San Fer~ando 1948

Wa ter Bro'WIl Canogu park 1949John Rosier Venice 1950v~rtin Grbovaz Roosevelt 1951Victor l-iJastro 1;larsha11Bert Schneider Los Angeles 1952Joe Solar Canoga Park 1953Tom Tolman Venice 1954John Albini Fremont 1955

~ NORTON GEL~,BR, NO. HOLLYWOQIJ GUARD, AND'LEON CRINEh, CANOGA PARK BACK, PICKED AS_._glTJ~·O~.PL_AY~E_$_. __Q_f.~.JEAR E9_B. _.~ ~q.q .~~~.~.Q~._

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THE ALL-LOS ANGEUS CITY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

TEAH FOR THE 1955 SEASON

* * * FIRST TEAM

POSITION P LAY E R

End. • •• HAROLD CLAYTONEnd. • •• BERNARD NOUTONTackle. •• ROD COCHRANTackle. •• RICHARD G~vSKI

Guard. • •• NORTON GELLERGuard. • •• JOE HERRERACenter••• BOB KUBOBack. • • •• ~IARVIN LUSTERBack••••• LEON CRINERBack. • • •• JAMES ERBESBack••••• RAY RODRIGUEZBack••••• JIM EVERETT

SCHOOL

Huntington Park¥laI1ual ArtsSouth Gate~Jashington

North HollywoodSan PedroNarbonneBelmontCanoga ParkNorth HollywoodRooseveltBell

YEARSCHOOL

SeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSenior

HEIGHT

6'6'6'6' 15'105' 85'106'6' 25'115'115'11

t'JEIGHT

188172205205187160175170200165183160

* * ?~SECOND TEAM

End. • •• HENRY RIVERAEnd•••• DEAN BETTSTackle. •• HOHER GREENTackle ••• BILL FINNEYGuard•••• RICHARD PULCIFERGuard•••• RONALD BUTCHERCenter. •• RICHARD BUOSCIOBack••••• CLARENCE SCOTTBack••••• DICK BOltIERSBack••••• NORJ.vlAN ECKENRODEBack. • • •• CLARK HOLDENBack. • • •• DONALD HARREL

BelmontVan Nuys~Jlanua1 ArtsGardena\vi1sonMarshall~vashington

FremontVan NuysSouth GateIVl8.rshal1Banning

JuniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSenior

6'6' 16' 16'51105'116'5' 85' 95'105'105'10

160185195236180190197168160155190180

* * * THIRD TEA}JI

End. • •• GARY NEEDHAMEnd•••• PETE GEANAKOSTackle••• HOlr-lARD POYERTaCkle. •• JOE LEDES¥.1AGuard. • •• JOHN ~IATHIS

Guard. • •• JDvI FOUTSCenter••• RONNIE lotlcBRIDEBack. • • •• JERRY HOLLETTBack. • • •• HERBERT GRIFFINBack. • • •• ALFRED HARRISBack. • • •• LOUIE TORRESBack••••• JOHN McCARTHYBack••••• CHARLES ¥.tARKULIS

NarbonneSouth GateVan NuysJordanHuntington ParkVan NuysSouth GateVan NuysNorth HollywoodI'4anual ArtsBelmontHuntington ParkSan Pedro

SeniorJuniorSeniorSeniorJuniorJuniorJuniorJuniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSenior

6'6'6' 16' 15'115'105' 861 26' 151105'1061

5' 8

185195195215185165147190195155150185160

HJillfLS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION'S ALL-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BOARD OF FOOTBALL FOR 1955

Ralph Alexander, L.A. Examiner Al Ames, Glendale News-PressJohn de la Vega, L.A. Times Dick Vanderveld, Santa Monica OutlookJoe Lyou, L.A. Mirror Dick Gitlin, Huntington Park SignalPete Kokon, Valley Times Garland Rose, Riverside Press-EnterpriseJack Disney, L.A. Herald-Express Chuck Cherness, Alhambra Post-AdvocateRon lieiner, Holl~10od Citizen Claude Anderson, San Bernardino SunBill Hol1ohan, San Pedro News-Pilot Bill \Plhitney, Breitbard FoundationEddie West, Santa Ana Register Roberta ~~ce, Santa Barbara News-PresslvIannie Pineda, Pasadena Star News ~1ory Kapp, Ics Angeles City SchoolsTom Burdick, Long Beach Press-Telegram Braven Dyer Jr., Helms Athletic Foundation

·~·/.R. uBill" Schroeder, Chairman

* * * * * * *The Nineteenth Annual All-Southern California Board of Football Awards Program willbe held at Helms Hall on Saturday morning, January 14 at 10:30 A.IvI. At this timeplayers chosen for All-Los Angeles City High School Football T~am honors -- first,second and third teams - "rill be presented their Helms scroll awards. Specialmedal awards will be presented to players of the year in the six City Leagues, aswell as City player of the year awards to Norton Geller and Leon Criner. Coach JoeSeminario of South Gate's championship team will also receive a special award.

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ALL-SOUTHERN LEAGUE TEfU,i FOR 1955

* * * FIR S T TEAMYEAR

POSITION PLAYER SCHOOL SCHOOL HEIGHT liEIGHT

End••••• BERNARD IvIOUTON lliIanual Arts Senior 6' 172End••••• CLAYTON TAVE Dorsey Senior 5'11 150Tackle •• HONER GREEN IvIanua1 Art s Senior 6' 1 195Tackle•• RICHA1ID GRALEvJSKI 1tJashington Senior 6' 1 205Guard••• RICKEY TANAKA Dorsey Senior 5'11 173Guard••• CHARLES COFFEE l'fJaI1ual Arts Senior 5'11 230Center•• RICHARD BUOSCIO V/ashington Senior 6 1 197Back•••• ALFRED HARRIS Manual Arts Senior 5'10 155Back•••• CARL KANDEL los Angeles Senior 5 ' 10 180Back•••• VICTOR HALL Fremont Senior 6' 1 178Back•••• CLARENCE SCOTT Fremont Senior 5' 8 168Back•••• BERT ~JASHINGTON Nanual Arts Senior 5'10 165

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End••••• DAVID SOGHOR Los Angeles Senior 5 111 183End••••• ROBERT CURRY Fremont Senior 5' 9 160Tackle •• FELTON HASSON Jvf4I1ual Arts Senior 6 1 215Tackle •• CARL CARSON Jefferson Junior 5'10 190Guard••• GEORGE ROLLINS Jefferson Junior 5 110 200Guard••• KE.T\JJI SASAKI Fremont Soph. 5' 6 194Center•• IRtiIN EVANS I'iIanual Arts Senior 5'10 215Back•••• CECIL 1-~cLINN Los Angeles Senior 5' 8 165Back•••• BOB HAIvlMETT ilJashington Senior 61 2 180Back•••• RON MILLER ~iashington Junior 51 9 165Back•••• DAVID BUTLER Jefferson Senior 5' 7 155Back•••• PHIL STE\iART Dorsey Junior 5'11 173

Bernard Mouton, co-captain of this year's Manual Arts varsity, was selectedas Southern League player of the year by members of the HeL.lls All-Southern Calif­ornia Board of Football \..men they met at Helms Hall last week. Mouton, a topperformer on both offense and defense, was one of five players to be named on thefirst team from ~~ua1.

Besides I~uton, Homer Green (tackle), Charles Coffee (guard), Alfred Har~is

(back) and Bert vJashington (back) were named. Although Houton scored only 12points during the season he was without much question the best defensive end inCity ranks. At least, there was very little yardage made around his left endposition.

:tJ1anual Arts won the Southern loop title for the second straight year witha record of four wins and a tie against tiashington. 1'-ianual had the best offaTlsiveand defensive record in the League, scoring 89 points and having 31 scored againstthem.

Six players who were named for honors last year by the Board were againsingled out this season. Bernard Mouton was a second-team selection in '54, whileRobert Curry was picked on the first squad last year. They just changed spots.David Butler, Jefferson back, retained his second team backfield berth. TrN'O

players, Carl Kandel, Los Angeles back, and Rickey Tanaka, Dorsey guard, werenamed to the second All-':iestern League team in 1954, moving over to SouthernLeague play this year. Bert lnJashington, at Poly in t 54, was All-Eastern 2nd team.

Four juniors and one sophomore were named to the honor teams. All secondteam members they are Carl Carson and George Rollins, of Jefferson, Ron lul1er,of tJashington, Phil Stewart, of Dorsey and sophomore Kenji Sasaki of Fremont.

All players named for first and second team honors in the Southern League for1955 will receive Helms Athletic Foundation scroll awards from All-Southern Calif­ornia Board of Football. Sponsored by Paul H•. Helms, the outstanding players inCity ranks have received official recognition since 1937.

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HELMS-HALt- S76D VENICE BOULEVARD ., LOS ANGELES 34. CA~IF~R~~.__ .__...

VALLEY LEAGUE CO-PLAYER OF YEAR MJftRD GOESTO LEON CRINER & N'ORTON GELLER FOR 1 9 5 8--- ... _...._-----_.__._.__._-_._._--------_ .._--

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ALL-SAN FERNANDO VALLEY LEAGUE TOO'! FOR 1955

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POSITION

End•••••End•••••Tackle ••Tackle ••Guard•••Guard•••Center••Back ••••Back••••Back••••Back••••Back••••

PLAYER

DEAN BETTSBOB CAI"1PBELLBOB PIKEHOUARD POYERJllJi. FOUTSNORTON GELLERGARY HECKETHORNJ JUliES ERBESLEON CRINERHERBERT GRIFFINDICK BO\tJERSJERRY IIAJLLETT

SCHOOL

Van NuysCanoga ParkNorth HollywoodVan UysVan NuysNorth HollywoodCanoga ParkNorth HollywoodCanoga ParkNorth HollywoodVan NuysVan Nuys

YEARSCHOOL

SeniorJuniorSeniorSeniorJuniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorJunior

HEIGHT

6' 16' 35'116' 15'105'105' 75'116' 26' 15' 96' 2

~~'EIGHT

185175185195165187155165200195160190

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End•••••End•••••Tackle ••Tackle ••Guard•••Guard•••Center ••Back••••Back••••Back••••Back••••Back••••

GEORGE RAKOWROCKY TARCHIONEBUSTER PROSSERROSS GOODMANRON NcINTOSHLOUIE MORALESJOEL SHITHRONALD KIC~~SKI

JANES BOYLANRONNIE NAASr·1APtK MILLARDJORDAl\T JUDD

North HollywoodCanoga ParkSan FernandoNorth HollywoodCanoga ParkNorth HollywoodNorth HollywoodSan FernandoBirminghamNorth HollywoodNorth HollywoodReseda

SeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorJuniorJuniorSeniorJuniorSoph.

6' 15' 85'106' 261

5' 65' 75' 95'116'5' 55'11

165160220208200160195185145175150185

The San Fernando Valley League wound up in a triple deadlock for first placethis fall among North Hollywood, Canoga Park and Van Nuys. It was almost as hardfor members of the Helms All-Southern California Board of Football to pick thetop performer in the League, for co-players of the year were chosen, Norton Gellerof North Hollywood and Leon Criner of Canoga Park.

Geller is described by his coach, Johnny Sanders, "as the best lineman wehave ever coached." Norton played continuously and very seldom if ever came out ofa ball game. Criner had a total offense mark of 1,157 yards, scored 36 points andpassed effectively. Both boys will receive their player of the year medal awardat the Nineteenth Annual All-Southern California Board of Football awards programto be held at Helms Hall on Saturday morning, January 14th.

There were no repeaters from last year's All-Valley selections, although thereare bound to be some next year as seven lOvofer classmen were named to the two teamsthis fall. There were three juniors on the first team•••••Bob Campbell, CanogaPark end; Jim Fouts, Van Nuys guard; and Jerry Mollett, Van Nuys back v·Tho was theleading scorer in the City with 90 points on 15 touchdowns.

On the second team juniors who made the team are all in the backfield. RonKiczenski of San Fernando, Jim Boylan of Birmingham and Nark Nillard of NorthHollywood are the juniors, while Jordan Judd, Reseda halfback, is only a BID.

All members of the San Fernando Valley League team -- both first and secondteam -- will receive scroll awards from All-Southern California Board of Football.This marks the nineteenth season that Paul H. Helms, founder of Helms AthleticFoundation, has made awards available for the top football players in the LosAngeles high schools. For having been named co-players of the year Norton Gellerand Leon Criner will receive special Helms medal awards at Helms Hall on Saturdaymorning, January 14th.

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H£L-MS HAl.L, 8760 VENICE BOULEVARD • LOS ANGELES 34. CALIFORNIA

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TOP SAN -PEDR6-GUAR~-PI-tkED

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ALL-1'1A.RINE LEAGUE TEAM FOR 1955

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POSITION PLAYER SCHOOL

End••••• GARY NEEDHAN NarbonneEnd••••• BILL HOORE HestchesterTackle •• BILL FINNEY GardenaTackle•• JOE LEDESNA JordanGuard••• JOE HERRERA San PedroGuard••• JIMMY DUCKETT JordanCenter•• BOB KUBO NarbonneBack•••• DONALD HARREL BanningBack•••• CHARLES V.tARKULIS San PedroBack•••• EUGEi'JE GAINES JordanBack •••• FRANK GRDiINGER GardenaBack•••• DAN BAGLIAZO San Pedro

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End••••• JERRY GRAY Gardena.End••••• BOB SANTICH San PedroTackle •• ROGER HALL BanningTackle •• JOE STANOVICH San PedroGuard••• OLIVER BARRY BanningGuard••• ARNOLD HIETALA San PedroCenter•• JM'IES RUOOTTOM San PedroBack•••• BOB BRO'VJN NarbonneBack•••• BOB BERNSTEIN San PedroBack•••• GARY RUBE \I'IestchesterBack•••• KEN EARLEY GardenaBack•••• ERNIE REDFERN Narbonne

YEARSCHOOL HEIGHT WEIGHT

Senior 6' 185Senior 6' 2 175Senior 6' 236Senior 6' 1 215Senior 5' 8 160Junior 5'11 240Senior 5'10 175Senior 5'10 180Senior 5' 8 160Junior 5'11 165Junior 6' 1 190Senior 5'10 160

Senior 6' 1 175Senior 5'10 165Senior 6' 225Junior 5' 7 170Senior 6' 210Senior 5' 8 155Junior 5' 8 180Junior 5'10 175Junior 5'10 175Senior 5'11 170Senior 5'10 160Senior 5' 8 170

Joe Herrera, San Pedro High School's outstanding guard and co-captain of theMarine League champions, was named player of the year for 1955 by members of theAll-Southern California Board of Football who met at Helms Hall to make their annualgrid selections.

Although comparatively small for a lineman (5 f gn 160 pounds) Herrera wasa ball of fire in the line for the League champs, and was a unanimous choice byopposing coaches as al1-opponent guard.

There were three players named to this season's team who were also picked in1954. Gary Needham and Bill Moore, first team ends, were selected for the secondteam last fall. Gary Hubb, Westchester back, again was named to the second squad.

Three players from this year's first team are juniors. Jim Duckett, Jordanguard and heaviest man on the two squads, Frank Griminger and Eugene Gaines in thebackfield compose the trio. Four lower classmen dot the second team. San Pedrolinemen Joe Stanovich and James Rubottom, plus backs Bob Bro\ffi of Narbonne and BobBernstein of San Pedro.

San Pedro led other l~rine League schools in placing men on the two honorteams with eight players. Narbonne and Gardena placed four players each, whileJordan and Banning placed three. Westchester was represented by two players, bothof them repeaters from last season's team.

Those players selected for All-~mrine League honors for 1955 -- both first andsecond teams -- will receive scroll awards from All-Southern California Board ofAthletics, sponsored by Helms Athletic Foundation. This marks the nineteenth yearthat Paul H. Helms has made awards available to the six Los Angeles City HighSchool Leagues' All-Star teams. Joe Herrera, named player of 'the year for 1955, willreceive a special Helms medal award at the Nineteenth annual All-Southern CaliforniaBoard of Football awards program to be held at Helms Hall on Saturday morning Jan-

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ROD COCHRAN, SOUTH GATE TACKLE 9 SELECTEDAS E_~STERN ~EAQUE~~LAYER OF Y~ J\-R, FOR '5Q_.FOR RELEASE: TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 20TH and irlednesday am

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ALL-EASTERN LEAGUE TEAl'I FOR 1955

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POSITION

End•••••End•••••Tackle ••Tackle••Guard•••Guard•••Center••Back••••Back••••Back••••Back••••Back••••

PLAYER

HAROLD CLAYTONPl1'TE GEANAKOSROD COCHRANRAYIviOND DUNNJOHN ¥JATHISYOSHITO YOSHIMURARONNIE lJlcBRIDEJOHN McCARTHYJIM EVERETTRAY RODRIGUEZNORNAN ECKENRODEFRANK BRAINARD

SCHOOL

Huntington ParkSo~th GateSouth GateSouth GateHuntington ParkRooseveltSouth GateHuntington ParkBe 11RooseveltSouth GateB e 11

YEARSCHOOL

Senior'JuniorSeniorSeniorJuniorSeniorJuniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSenior

HEIGHT

6'6 1

6'6' 15'115' 45' 86'5'115'll5'105' 8

WEIGHT

188195205190185165147185160183155162

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End•••••End•••••Tackle••Tackle ••Guard•••Guard•••Center••Back••••Back••••Back••••Back••••Back••••

KEN PHIPPSARTHUR LOVETERRY PETERSON~fANUEL CARRILIDHAROLD CRUMLEYDARRELL HOBBSRANDY EaJARDSPHIL MILLERMIKE CARROLLGAIL GOODFRANK GONEZRICHARD lJIcKENZIE

GarfieldRooseveltHuntington ParkRooseveltSouth GateSouth GateSouth GateSouth GateBellHuntington ParkRooseveltBell

SeniorJuniorSeniorJuniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorJuniorJuniorSenior

6'6' 16'5'115' 66 1

5'105' 65'105'105' 55' 7

155171170225162200161155160170155156

Powerful South Gate High School, winner of the Eastern League footballchampionship, placed five players on the first team and four on the second whenAll-Southern California Board of Football met at Helms Hall to make its.annualselections. Rod Cochran, rugged South Gate right tackle, was named player of theyear for 1955.

South Gate players to be named to the first team were Pete Geanakos (end),Rod Cochran and Ray Dunn (tackles), Ron McBride (center), and Norm Eckenrode(back). South Gate's other center, Randy Edwards, was named to the second teamalong with teammates Harold Crumley and Darrell Hobbs (guards) and Phil Miller(back) •

Eight players, who were named for football honors by the Helms Board in '54,are back for more this year. Harold Clayton, Rod Cochran and Jim Everett wereAll-Eastern League first team members in '54, While Frank Brainard and Ray Dunnmoved up from last year' 5 second team. Rick ~lcKenzie, first team last year, wasnamed to the second this year along with second team repeater Gail Good. RayRodriguez was named to the All-Southern League first team in 1954.

John McCarthy, senior right halfback from Huntington Park, finished theseason next to the top in City scor:ing with 84 points. A fine running back, Johnwas a line backer on defense.

Seven juniors made this year's teams, three on the first team. Pete GeanakosaI).d Ron McBride from South Gate and John Mathis from Huntington Park are the firstteam lower classmen, lmile Arthur lA>ve, Manuel Carrillo, Frank Gomez (Roosevelt),and Gail Good of Hunting Park were named to the second team.

This marks the nineteenth season that Paul H. Helms has sponsored All-South­em California Board of Football. All players named for honors in the EasternLeague -- both first and second teams -- will receive Helms scroll awards fromAll-Southern California Board of Football. Rod Cochran, player of the year, willreceive his medal award at Helms Hall early in January.

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NAlVlED TOPFOR 1955

SPECIAL RELEA

HELMS HALL, 8760 VENICE BOULEVARD • LOS ANGELES 34. CALIt=:.~!!!~ _

CLARK HOLDE.N 9 lVIARSHALL FULLBAC~1( ~

FOOTBALL PLAYER IN WESTERN LEAGUEFOR RELEASE: TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECENBER 20TH and Wednesday am

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ALL-vJESTERN LEAGUE T~1 FOR 1955

* * * FIRST TEAM

POSITION

End•••••End•••••Tackle ••Tackle ••Guard•••Guard•••Center ••Back••••Back••••Back••••Back••••Back••••

PLAYER

FRANK RODRIGUEZKENNY DENNINGTONTOM YASUDACARL roBasRONALD BUTCHERTOM GRE&'IJOHN LUKECLARK HOLDENARNOLD vJINOKURMIKE LONGOBOB FREISALAN BUCKHOLTZ

SCHOOL

University.HamiltonUniversityVenicel'1arshallFairfaxHollJrwoodMarshallVeniceFairfaxHamiltonNarshall

YEARSCHOOL

SeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSenior

HEIGHT WEIGHT

5'11 1745'11 1505'10 2035'11 1835'11 1905'10 1706' 1 2005'10 1905'11 1865' 9 1585' 9 1555'10 186

* * * SECOND TEAM

End•••••End•••••Tackle••Tackle ••Guard•••Guard•••Center••Back••••Back••••Back••••Back••••Back•• ••

JACK CLEGHORNSHERMAN AVELLARCOLE BOSHELLJOE STEUBENFRA.1'JK SCARLATAROBERT TROXLERCLAYTON LEGREIDVAL KECKINBILL GEORGEJOEL vJOOLFBILL FISHFADERBOB NELENDEZ

VeniceVlarshallMarshallHollywood¥larshallUniversityUniversityHamiltonHollywoodUniversity14arshallHollywood

SeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorJuniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSenior

5'116' 26' 15'115' 95' 95' 96' 25'105'105' 75'10

170190200215165185163200175220165180

Led by player of the year, Clark Holden, Narshall High School's Western Leaguetitle holders placed three players on the 1955 All-~'Jestern League first team whenmembers of the Helms All-Southern California Board of Football met at Helms Halllast week.

Holden, third high scorer in City circles with 70 points, led Marshall Highto its first League title since 1942. Co-captain of this year's team, Holdenperformed at fullback and averaged over 6 yards per carry on 72 carries. Formerlyin the Northern League, Marshall was moved to the Western circuit this fall.

There were no repeaters off last year's Western League team. Carl Kandel ofLos Angeles and Rickey Tanaka of Dorsey were second team members last year, butboth schools .were moved into the Southern League this fall. All members of t~hisyear's squad are seniors except one, Frank Scarlata, Marshall guard.

Distribution on the All-League first team is very even with lVIarshall placingthree men, University, Hamilton Venice and Fairfax placing two each and Hollywoodlanding one player. Marshall landed co-captains Ron Butcher and Clark Holden onthe number one team along with right half Alan Buckholtz. Buckholtz averaged over10 yards per carry in League play.

This year' s ~Jestern League team is a big one, six players on the two teamsweighing over 200 pounds. Only one player weighs less than 155 pounds, most ofthem tipping the scales around la5 pounds. Largest back on either team is HamiltonHigh School's quarterback Val Keckin, who stands 6f 2 ft in height and weighs 200pounds. University's Joel vJoolf, at 220 pounds, is the heaviest.

This marks the nineteenth year that Paul H. Helms has sponsored All-SouthernCalifornia Board. of Athletics. Each player named to the All-Hestern League teamswill receive scroll awards from All-Southern California Board of Football. ClarkHolden will receive his player of the year medal award at Helms Hall on January 14.

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HELMS HALL. 8760 VENICE BOULEVARD • LOS ANGELES 34, CALIFORNIA~---------_._-

MARVIN LUSTER 9 BELMONT HALFBACK? NfuV~D TOPNORTI-fSRN LEAGUE GRIDDER FOR 1955 SEASQ_I.~__.__ .

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ALL-NORTHE.1i.N LEAGUE TElUJ1 FOR 1955

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POSITION

End•••••End•••••Tackle ••Tackle ••.Guard•••Guard•••Center ••Back••••Back••••Back••••Back•• ••Back••••

PLAYER

HENRY RIVERACLAUDE ELLIOTTRAY ODEl'\JHARRY AHLSTRANDLOUIS BUFFALORICHARD PULClFERRICHARD RIDINGLOUIE TORRESHARVIN LUSTERLARRY McCREANORlvIAN FREESTONEirIILLIAl4 BARTLEY

SCHOOL

BelmontFranklinEagle RockBelmontLincoln~iilson

\l\lilsonBelmontBelmontFranklinEagle RockBelmont

JuniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSenior

HEIGHT

6'6'6' 26' 15' 95'105'115'106'6' 15'106'

WEIGHT

160160218180182180165150170180157170

* * * SECOND TEAM

End•••••End•••••Tackle ••Tackle ••

. Guard•••Guard•••Center••Back••••Back••••Back••••Back••••Back••••

FRANK V.tACIASRON JORGEi\JSONTO~·1 ROGERSBLAYNE FERGUSONMIKE SCURTOTOMIO IWAlJiOTOTO:r.1 NAPIERJOE PO~IO

BOBBY RAYMONDGEORGE FONTESDANNY 0'MULLENBOB McGUIRE

LincolnEagle RockVerdugo HillsWilsonlrlilsonBelmontEagle RockLincolnWilsonLincolnEagle RockFranklin

SeniorJuniorSeniorSeniorJuniorSeniorJuniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSeniorSenior

5' 115'115' 96'5 f 75 f 85'115' 65' 95' 45'105'11

172185165210150160160145146119150170

Belmont High School, undefeated in Northern League play for the 1955 footballseason, placed five players on the All-Northern League team when members of Al1­Southern California Board of Football met at Helms Hall to make their annual gridselections. One additional Belmont player was named to the league second team.

Belmont High, which scored 117 points in five games, placed Henry Rivera, end;Harry Ahlstrand, tackle; and Louie Torres, Marvin Luster and \li11iam Bartley inthe backfield on the first team. Runner-up Eagle Rock placed two players on thefirst squad, Ray Oden, tackle, and Norm Freestone, left halfback.

Named player of the year in the Northern League was Marvin Luster, 4th highscorer in the City for 1955. Luster scored 67 points on 10 touchdowns and 7 extrapoints, from his halfback position. Luster, described by his coach Felix Penninoas Uoutstanding", is a senior.

Only one player repeated from last year's Northern League team. Last yearWilson 1 s Richard Pulcifer was named as a first-team tackle. This year the Boardnamed him at guard, although he played both guard and tackle positions. He isnamed by his coach Bill Samarin as tops on both offense and defense.

Four juniors were named to the two honor teams. One on the first team - HenryRivera, Belmont end -- and three on the second team - Ron Jorgenson, Eagle Rockend, ~tike Scurto, ~vilson guard and Tom Napier, Eagle Rock center.

Nonnan Freestone, Eagle Rock left halfback, wound up the season as the 9thhigh scorer in City ranks. He scored 48 points and averaged 5 yards per carry.

All players named for Northern League honors in 1955, both first and secondteams, will receive scroll awards from All-Southern California Board of Football,sponsored by the Helms Athletic Foundation. This marks the nineteenth year thatPaul H. Helms, founder of Helms Athletic Foundation, has recognized the outstand­ing football players in Los Angeles City prep ranks.

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