Alpine High Bucks Football Beginnings in 1928
Alpine High School fielded its first public school football team in 1928 under coach W. B. Connell on the Central school campus. The Bucks faced Marfa, Pecos, El Paso High, and Midland, with early players including Allen and T. R. Heney Leas y.
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Alpine
W. B. Connell
Cfo. Ball
Sul Ross College
Marfa
Bucks
Central School
Pecos
el Paso High School
Midland
Odessa
Allen
T. R. Heney
Leasy Young
1952 Buck and Squads in El Paso Football Night
The 1952 Buck squad played a night game in El Paso under 40 500 watt bulbs. El Paso High defeated the Bucks while two Army captains from Fort Bliss supervised the rough spectacle. Players listed include Rob inson Cowell Davis Shepperd Smith Allen Hende Richardson Alvaredo Miller Portillo Owens Hernandez Moreno Galindo Robledo Robledo Salgado Smith Kent Valdes Smith desport.
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Tory
el Paso
Bucks
el Paso High
Army
Fort Bliss
Alpine Bucks Football Through the Decades of the 1940s and 1950s
The Alpine Bucks Rise and Struggle through merger turmoil and war. Players like Bill Allen Rob Burr Raymond Stone Fritz Weyerts Clarence Hord and Red Sparks shine alongside coaches JH Webb Leon Vineyard and Ken McAllister. The team battles rivals Marfa Van Horn Fort Stockton and Iraan, wins the Class B district, endures a 1942 season cut short by war, and reemerge in 1946 to post three wins. Amid feuds over eligibility the Bucks grow into the largest, most physically developed Alpine squad, culminating in 1951 with a three‑way title chase and 1952 fielding the largest team yet.
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Alpine High
Sul Ross
Bucks
Bill Allen
Rob Burr
Raymond Sul Stone
Fritz Weyerts
Clarence Hord
Red Sparks
Truett Johnson
Alpine High School
Kermit Allen
Marfa
van Horn
Fort Stockton
Fort Davis
Tran
Tribute to Alpine Schools Honoring Bucks and Faculty
A tribute page sponsored this week by Mr and Mrs George L Thorne owners of the Rote cafe praises Alpine High school and its Bucks team and faculty. Their daughter Mary Lou a straight A student graduated from Alpine High last May.
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Alpine High School
George L. Thorne
Mary Lou
Alpine business directory list in old newspaper style
A dense, era-style directory listing Alpine area services and businesses. It includes abstract companies, appliance dealers, auto dealers, banks, lumber and building suppliers, gas and plumbing, cafes, drugstores, cleaners, furniture, insurance agencies, apparel, photography, hardware, nurseries, petroleum, service stations, motels, groceries, and more, with addresses and phone numbers. The: entries read like a town catalog of firms active in the period.
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Olt Alpine
The
Alpine High School Bucks
Eack
Des
Isadoro Salgado
Luis
Hunter
JH. Webb
Leon Vineyard
B.D. Rowland
Bob Crawford
Elbert Vanney
Charlie Davis
Randall Fry
Bill Hancock
Jack Will King
Terry
Floyd Dalton
Fred Billy Harrington
Bobby Hamil
Edward King
A. R. Rutherford
Oleman
Jackson Field
Grandfalls Cowboys
Tin
Iraan High
Huck
Woody Robbins
Fabens
Clint
Cathedral of el Paso
Sanderson
Travis Cook
Ken McAllister
Mari Fabens
Forth Clase
Aderruff
del Rio
Big Bend Abstract Co
Insuranc
Trans-Pecos Abstract Co
W. Ave. E
Chambers Appliance Co
Maytag
Kohler
W. Uvalde
Casner Motor Company Chevrolet - Buick
W. Holland
LaBeff Motor Go
DeSoto — Plymouth
E. Holland Ave
Automobil
E Equipment
Western Aul Auto Associate Store
Wolend
First National Bank
Alpine Capital
Surplus
Alpine Lumber Co
Treadwell Lumber Co
Butane Gas & Appliances
Highland
Butane Gene Systems
Texas Cafe
E. Hollan
Dy. Walker
the Rose Cafe
George and Mary Thorne
6Th St
W. Ave
Candy Jobbers
Nelton H. Sanders
Wm. H. Sloan
Scales Brothers Fountain
E. Holland
Brug Stores
Alpine Drug Store
Rexall Store
W. Holland Ave
City Drug Store Drugs
Fountain
Peter-Hil
Dry Cleaners
Hale Cleaners
Feastermaker Feed Store
Alpine Furniture Exchange
Tift
Horta
Bartle
Holland Ave
Adams’ ‘M’ System Grocery Fiennes! A Market
Elliott's
Spegmen
Williams & Vogt Esecaces
Rewtan
Dolland
Jotel
Erank Homues
Phons
Jim Francois
M.L. Hopson
Nsurance and Office
Cross & Cross
Shop
Western Lamp Shop
N. Harrison
Lingerie
Linn’s ‘Lingerie—Hoste
Om St
Motor Inn
Mex’s
Mse
Big Bend Nursery & Floral
John Stovall
Nm St
T. A. Beard
Standard Oil
Hunter's House of Better
Holland Hotel Bldg
Big Bend Photo & Curio Shop
Curl Me
Plumbing Contractors
Big Bend Plumbing Company
J.e.newell
Staham’s
Texaco Station
Texaco Products
Firestone
Tix
Gulf Servicenter
Snapper
Chevron
Atlas
Holland & Sthve
Ward
Mobil
Houghton’s
Noel's Taxi Service
U-Hour
W. Ave. D
White
Highland Village
Grosery
Cate Moir
Bncton
Salons
C.G. Morrison Co
Webster's
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