Regina Regal Eleven Back for 1959 Football Season
Regina High School returns 11 lettermen including nine starters from a 3-5 club as coach Bernie Wyatt aims for a balanced attack and a nine game schedule facing Cedar Rapids Regis Rock Island Alleman Dubuque Wahlert and Waterloo Columbus. Key players include Pat Hanrahan Marty Lantz Tom Hunzinger Harry Frantz Jim Brown and linemen Steve Shay Jim Miller Larry Donohoe and Dick Donohoe.
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Jim Brown
Steve Shay
Jim Miller
Dick Donohoe
Dennis Harper
Larry Donohoe
Tim Huber
Wyatt
Cedar Rapids Regis
Rock Island Alleman
Dubuque Wahlert
Tama-Toledo
Alleman
Regis
Regina
Camanche
Dyersville
Beckman
Regal
Pat Langenberg
Steve Soukup
Chuck Eckermann
Ray Meyer
Nick Kempf
Tom Yeggy
Gene Tang
Pat Hanrahan
Marty Lantz
Ted Kron
Tom Hunzinger
Harry Frantz
Henry Rios
Dave Wombacher
Joe Buntrock
Benny Milder
Gare
Tang
Tom Veggy
Steve Og Brown
Mike Dreckman
Jerry Grady
Dick McNam
Rod “Shatter
Oally Ward
Jim Daly
Joe Lalla
Phil Union
Mike Werle
Joe Welsh
Ieee Langenberg
Steve Lacina
Jack Dy
Iowa City
Bernie Wyatt
Tramp Great Schmitz Dies in Plane Crash
Frank Schmitz of Lafayette internationally known trampoline champion was killed in a plane crash near Morgan City Louisiana on the eve of his 21st birthday. Witnesses reported a sharp turn and spin before the craft fell in a field. He would have been a senior at Southern Illinois University this month.
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Morgan City
Frank Schmitz
Lafayette
Here
Southern Illinois University
Few League Changes For 1966 Grid Season
The 1966 Eastern Iowa football picture shows few changes with major shifts expected in 1967 as two leagues the Upper Mississippi and Pinicon are dropped or altered. Some Upper Mississippi members seek to join Upper Iowa while Pinicon members may enter a new Tri Rivers league. A new league will include LaSalle Prairie Cedar Rapids Linn Mar Regina Iowa City Benton Community.
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Eastern Iowa
Upper Mississippi Conference
Pinicon
Upper Iowa Conference
Tri-Rivers
LaSalle
Prairie
Cedar Rapids
Linn-Mar
Regina
Iowa City
Benton Community
Drag Race Driver Killed at National Championship
New Jersey racer James Riley, 30, of Garwood, NJ, died after his car crashed into a guardrail during the national drag championships at Indianapolis Raceway Park. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Methodist Hospital.
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National
Indianapolis
Ind
New Jersey
Indianapolis Raceway Park
James Riley
Garwood
N. J
Methodist Hospital
Joliet Triumphs Over Des Moines in PFL Clash
Joliet rush ace Jeff Williams led a 149 yard, 20 carry effort powering a 10 2 victory over Des Moines in a Professional Football League of America game. Williams scored the only touchdown on a 16 yard dash as Des Moines failed to cross Joliet’s 35 yard line beyond two advances.
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Joliet, Ill
Jeff Williams
Joliet
Des Moines
Football League of America
Williams
Tuscaloosa Captures American Legion Title
Oakland right-hander Joaquin Vargas limited Tuscaloosa to four hits in a 4-1 victory to capture the American Legion Junior baseball championship in Orangeburg South Carolina. Vargas earned his ninth win with no defeats this season as Tuscaloosa's offense touched three Alabama pitchers for four runs.
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Orangeburg
S.C
Oakland
Calif
Joaquin Vargas
Tuscaloosa
Ala
American Legion
Giants Lose Key Players To Knee Surgery
New York Giants fullback Tucker Frederickson and linebacker Bill Swain required knee surgery after Saturday’s 37 10 exhibition loss to the Green Bay Packers in Milwaukee. Each torn ligament in the left knee could sideline them for most of the NFL season. Giants coach Allie Sherman unavailable for comment. Both were starters.
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NEW York
Tucker Frederickson
Bill Swain
New York Giants
Green Bay Packers
Milwaukee
Wis
Giant
Allie Sherman
Giants
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George Rampling
Hanrahan
Regals
Doug Smig
Waterloo
Columbus
Cedar Rapids Prairie
Ken Kephart
Mike Wright
Schmitz
Tom Riley
ST. Louis
Ozark
Pension
R. K
Dick” Bauder
2Nd Ave
America
Riverside” Supreme
Riverside Supreme
Riverside
al Area Ee Construction
Warde
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