Lincoln  Football Team  1949

LINCOLN GRADE SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM
 "THE CYCLONES"
Ottawa, Kansas
Early November  1949
           Photograph contributed by Gary Hornbuckle

Take a look at this rough, tough football team,   Ready to play the Eugene Field Team for the Second- Half Championship of the Lions Midget League
Name
Grade
Back Row, Standing-----------------------Left to Right
1
Miguel "Mike" Garcia  
5th
2
 Darwin "Barney" Barnhisel
5th
3
 Leroy Fitzgerald     
6th
4
Marvin Wilson  
6th
5
 John Rupf   
6th
6
Larry Day  
6th
7
Mauarice Mixon  
5th
Middle Row, Kneeling-------------------Left to Right
1
Terry Vogler    
5th
2
Jimmy Corcoran       
5th
3
Larry Elder  
6th
4
 Wayne "Binky" Keim   
6th
5
Jack Porter   
6th
Front Row, Sitting ------------------------- Left to Right
1
Gary Hornbuckle
5th
2
Harley Ainsworth  
6th
3
Joe Sabbala
6th
4
Loren Bolander
6th
5
John Abernathy
5th

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This photograph with a short caption appeared in The Ottawa Herald in early November of 1949. The story with the photograph listed the players in the photo and said: "The Second Half Championship of the Lions Midget League will be decided in a game at 4:30 today on the hockey field at Ottawa U.  The North team, pictured here tied West, first half champs, in the second half and the two teams squared off for the second-half title." (end)

The North team was basically a Lincoln Grade School team and the West team would have been mostly a Eugene Field team.
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