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DeWitt High undefeated 1956 football team highlights
DeWitt's 1956 football team went 8-0, scoring 214 points and allowing 25. Four players earned First Team All-LOW Conference honors: Chuck Runge Ron Neessen Gary Stoefen and Ray Clement with Jay Dockendorf and Mel Boyer on the second team. Season scores included Maquoketa 12-7 Fulton 55-6 Savanna 14-0 Amboy 26-0 Morrison 19-0 Bettendorf 20-6 Newman 34-0 St. Mary's 34-6. likely local high school football's first perfect season. Team photo identification lists players across three rows. Hartmann Photo.
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DeWitt High School
DeHawk
Chuck Runge
Ron Neessen
Gary Stoefen
Ray Clement
Jay Dockendorf
Mel Boyer
Maquoketa
Fulton
Savanna
Amboy
Morrison
Bettendorf
Newman
St. Mary’s
Bob Fletcher
Andy Perry
Bob Seifert
Eugene Otto
Jon Halting
Bob Lee
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