Milan Big Reds Face 1958 Season Under Wildfong
Sideline Glances previews Milan High School football in the Huron League. New coach Jay Wildfong aims to improve from 1957. key players include Ben Thompson at quarterback Speedy Worm Kiersey at halfback and Dick Schmenk anchoring the line. Co captains Earl Thompson and Joe O'Donnell lead a squad hoping to challenge Flat Rock and Ypsilanti Lincoln in 1958.
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Milan
Big Reds
Wildfong
Flat Rock
Huron League
Larry Thompson
al Hassen
Bill Laskey
Ben Thompson
Worm Kiersey
Big Red
Dick Schmenk
Schmenk
Jerry Lund
Don Finch
Gary Sand
Paul Bramer
David Walters
Bill Burger
Charles Blackmer
Jay
Tim Bartles
Tom Heath
Earl Thompson
Joe O'Donnell
Ypsilanti
Lincoln
Jay Wildfong
Ty Hassen
Saline High School
Wiliam Bailey
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EMC opens football practice under Coach Trosko in 1958
Eastern Michigan College started practice with 50 candidates reporting to head coach Fred Trosko. Upperclassmen line returns with Shonta Day Matthews Elliott Kessler Emington Christinsen Viergever Klukach Batson, while backfield must be rebuilt with Longridge Wedge Kubiak Malone Dunn Schultz Thompson Holloway and possibly Viergever.
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Eastern Michigan College
Fred Trosko
Pam
Trosko
James Fox
Charles Shonta
Albert Day
Don Mathews
Carl Elliott
Fred Kessler
Jim Emington
Jim Christinsen
Dan Viergever
Alex Klukach
John Batson
Viergever
Klukach
Kerry Keating
T.d.s
Dave Longridge
Gerald Wedge
Letterman
John Kubiak
Longridge
Eastern Michigan
Russ Bush
John Malone
Brian Dunn
Jim Schultz
George Thompson
Sam Holloway
Dave
Bob Price
Bill Yanis
Jim Shaw
Bennie Oosterbaan Michigan Coach Biography Summary
Bennie G Oosterbaan Michigan head football coach in 11th season since 1948 after taking over for Fritz Crisler. Career record 45 18 3 in 66 games plus national Rose Bowl title and three Big Ten titles. Born Muskegon 1906 he starred in football basketball baseball and track and joined Michigan staff in 1928. Married with one daughter Anna.
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Bennie G. Oosterbaan
University of Michigan
Michigan
Fritz Crisler
Oosterbaan
Wolverines
Crisler
Ray Fisher
Jack Blott
Muskegon
Mich
Maize
Blue
Steve Farrell
Mnor
Bennier
Addai
Fielding Yost
Anna
Eastern Michigan Football Schedule Listing
The schedule lists games at Ypsilanti with opponents Hope Illinois State Normal Youngstown Central Michigan Eastern Illinois Southern Illinois Northern Illinois Western Illinois and St Josephs College. Locations include Nor mal Mt Pleasant Carbon dale and Ypsilanti with dates in September October and November.
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Hope
Ypsilanti
Ilinois State Normal
Normal
Ilinois
Youngstown
Central Michigan
Mt. Pleasant
Eastern Illinois
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Northern Illinois
Western Illinois
St. Joseph’s College
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