ECC Begins Grid Drills Monday A.M.
East Carolina College prepares for a 1952 football schedule with 65 players reporting for preseason workouts under Head Coach Jack Boone and Assistant Coach Clyde Biggers in Greenville. The Pirates face Norfolk Naval Air Station Flying Tars on September 15 and train with double daily drills plus skull sessions to build a strong, balanced squad.
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Greenville
East Carolina College
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Boone
Clyde Biggers
East Carolina
Biggers
Bill Dole
Davidson
Fayetteville
Pirates
North State
Newport News Apprentice School
Lenoir-Rhyne College
Hickory
Catawba College
Elon College
Elon
College
Western Carolina Teachers College
Guilford College
Greensboro
Appalachian State Teachers College
Stetson University
Deland
Florida
Cherry Point Flying Marines
WVU welcomes football recruit Van Hough son of wrestling great
Van Hough of Fort Myers Florida, son of famed WVU wrestler Scott Hough 22, will enroll at West Virginia University this fall as a football player. His coach calls him a more natural runner than Trippi or Justice while noting his military family link and baseball connections.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Scott Hough
Mountaineer School
van Hough
Fort Myers
Fla
Trippi
Terps Invite 68-Man Squad For Workouts
Maryland announces an 68 man football squad return for fall practice led by coach James M. Tatum. The group includes 24 lettermen from the Sugar Bowl team and six veterans from 1951, with early workouts, two-a-days, and a Press Day ahead of the Missouri opener.
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Terps
College Park
University of Maryland
James M. Tatum
Davidson Hires Dole Adopts Mental Training Plan
Davidson's new head football coach Bill Dole may employ mental training methods learned in Germany in 1933 to prepare players this fall.
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Davidson
Bill Dole
Germany
Tar Heels Open 1952 Football Practice Soon
About eighty to ninety candidates report Monday to UNC Chapel Hill to begin 1952 football workouts under Carl Snavely. Twenty-nine lettermen headline a veteran group as the Tar Heels prep for a season opener September 27 with Texas in Kenan Stadium.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Freehmen
Carl Snavely
Tar Heels
University of Texas
Kenan Stadium
George Norris
Radford
Benny Walser
Bil Baker
Tom Adler
Chuck Ellenwood
Lou Darnell
Tom Higgins
Ken Yarborough
Yarborough
Paul Hureh
Dick Gruver
Bill Kirkman
Ernie Liberati
Billy Williams
Larry Parker
Dick Lackey
Chalmers Port
Jack Cooke
Bud Wallace
Bob White
John Gaylord
Connie Gravitte
Durham
Chicago Bears
Philadelphia Eagles
McGregor Default Ends Tourney Bid at West Side Tennis Club
Richardson of Baton Rouge defeats Tony Vincent 6-2 7-5 6-0 as Mulloy ousts Reifkohl 6-0 6-2 6-1 before 1200 at the grand stand court. McGregor withdrawals and illness prompt officials to offer postponement. MacCracken urged a rest but McGregor stuck to his schedule. Thelma Long beats Joan Ross Dilley 6-3 6-0 while Althea Gibson defeats Bonnie MacKay 6-0 6-4 in women’s action.
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Richardson
Baton Rouge
Tony Vincent
New York
Gardnar Mulloy
Miami
Fla
Luis Reifkohl
Mexico
Grandstand
West Side Tennis Club
McGregor
MacCracken
Louis Shaw
Bayonne
N. J
Shaw
Princeton
Big Ken
Thelma Long
Australia
Joan Ross Dilley
England
Althea Gibson
Bonnie MacKay
Dayton
Duke Rated Choice In Conference By William A. Shires
Duke is the favored pick to win the Southern Conference this season led by Sunny Jim Tatum’s Maryland and Frank Howard’s Clemson. Virginia and Duke loom as top rivals with balanced offenses and strong backfields. Duke faces rugged tests including SMU and Tennessee, while Wake Forest North Carolina and VMI contend for spots behind the Dukes.
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Raleigh
Maryland
Clemson
Virginia
Duke
Sunny Jim Tatum
Dixie
Tatum
Tigers
Billy Hair
Frank Howard
Art Guepe
Cavaliers
North Carolina
William and Mary
Guepe
Dukes
Blue Devil
Bill Murray
West Virginia
Wake Forest
South Carolina
VMI
Washington
Jack Kistler
Byrd Looper
Jerry Barger
Red
Charlie Smith
Lloyd Caudle
Piney Field
Bill
Murray
SMU
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Navy
W&l
N. C. State
Carl Snavely
George Barclay
Tar Heels
Jack Lewis
Bob Cndilla
Deacons
Sonny George
Joe Koch
Black Bison football drills show strong progress toward Sept. 12 opener
High Point High School's Black Bison, under athletic director Simeon, pace two-a-day workouts ahead of the Sept. 12 season opener at Reidsville. Bailey is pegged as the No. 1 quarterback with Butler as understudy, while Harris Meredith and others compete for backfield and line spots.
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High Point High School
Black Bison
Reidsville High
Tony Simeon
Simeon
Bison
Bill Bailey
Butler
Bailey
High Point High
Reidsville
Ken Frye
Fred Byrd
Tykey Savvas
Howard Haworth
Ray Harris
Darrell Meredith
Tony
Meredith
Harris
Davidson Wildcats Begin Workouts With 55 Hopefuls
Davidson's new head coach Bill Dole will host 55 football hopefuls for three weeks of drills beginning Monday. The squad includes 16 lettermen, 13 veterans with limited experience, and 26 freshmen. Senior QB Jack Ruth leads the attack, with standout runner Jimmy Thacker among the top backs, and safety in the line from players such as tackle Harry Peterson and guard Dickie Davis.
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Boone
Jesse Aldridge
Kinston
Johnnie Robert Brown
Washington
Don Burton
Roanoke Rapids
Archie Congleton
Ahoskie
Willie Earl Holland
Wilson
Dennis R. Smith
Chocowinity
John Swart
Wilmington
Bobby F. Thomas
Henderson
George M. Tucker
Monroe
Thurston Callahan
Whiteville
Nick Kanos
Fayetteville
Bill McDonald
Portsmouth
Virginia
Bobby Hodges
Luke Taylor
Lancaster
South Carolina
James Boyd Webb
Gastonia
Alard Yarborough
Goldsboro
Francis H. Madigan
Portamouth
Ed H. Matthews
Raleigh
Raymond A
Buddy) Bass
Halifax
Charles Batchelor
Rocky Mount
Robert E
Bob) Julian
Norfolk
Kenneth L. Hold
Petersburg
James D. Lassiter
North Carolina
Tidewater Virginia
Pirate Squad
Davidson
Bill Dole
Wildcat
Good Fortune
Quar
Jack Ruth
Jimmy Thacker
Rome
Georgia
Stanley Woodward
South
Thacker
Roy White
Henry Brown
Bob Amos
Leroy Farguson
Clay Evatt
Harry Peterson
Bob Tucker
Roger Wright
Dickie Davis
John Buxton
Arnold Whisnant
Dick Perkins
Dick Keiley
Gene Pierce
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