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1ST M'WS-IIKhVVI I) -DKIvVMj .KM'mmmmCa I rlsmRan«•//Doniinah•»yy66illliy Lett or irom I iet StunCoachNTOX, Tox. Apt - It rioa^i . liming Day at North State Univeraty today — t me for !ea\ -taking byNiilcheH, veteran football .1 at the big, sprawling irie schoi»l.lit a letU r, a blood itained essagc of praise and apprecia-t'an to Mitchell from a wounded Niarine Cori» captain, high-, lighted and saddened the dav.iMiUl: 'II. excited ovri ending 42 yeai. of coaching, barely no t*c^ the browTiish-red stain on the li tter from Capt Gt^orge Hrrring. oocaptain of the North 't'exas Slat. Eagle- in 1959.“I under tand thi;i homecoming all of your ex-athkHes aretrxing to make this game inyour honor,” said Herring's letter‘if it were any way po^Mble,I vould attend the ball game, just to let you know how much Ithink of you and what vou con*« *tributed to making me buome a manWr ve been in the field for 45da\s and casualties have been«pretty bad In thii; constant rain and terrible terrain, leaden hip i.s sometimes criticalGraying Odus Mitchell smiled and recalled ihe writer as helead the letter M North Texas ’ ■;.; d ?h; eld coach, * ihxirKe w.is ; ideal gin. Hr was one ofmost p«*pu!.Hr and r—p'Ttfdwhom I aver -.marhed 'He read on ' M\ comfiany’.-pirit^ alwav- remain high and aMain our mission of destroying the enemy I was taught theiraits of leadership by thi- fines;man and Ic.rder of men that I have ever known, you. Miichellis*- -%■1 onh HI h I nuld expressto vou what an honor it was and to have been one of vour hoys I only hope that I can . -ave a small fraction ot your n-p* influence on my men. h them all Iheir life. 'I t 1)f , \*1 read the letter with mvJ. sf »« thev do'nmated the action on the gridinn this con. MerUor and North hne earned the luxi’s shaiT of .pot, on the News Herald s first dream team — KtxH-All - Stars m The team was selected by the News - Herald sfxnis 'iiaif aft; r soi'ktng out tl-f adviee of many of the area's'oarht-sI'he Rangers and the Cardinals each placed a do en plpver.s on the 44 - man .squad Cnfdly enmigh, each team placed six on the ottensixe unit and six on defenseBoth Mentor ( o.c.'h Dick Crum and North (oach Vie M*int tff have {fisisted all season long that their sufx-ess wasdue to a team effort, and the all star selections bear this out.The Cardinals finished the season with a perfect 19-flmark and captured their .second straight Freeway Conference crown, while the Rangers wound up with a 7-2-1 rec ord and finished second in the Greater Cleveland Confet'cnceRiverside (9-1 overall) the Fr€*eway runnerup, landed six spot? on the team, while third place South nailed down five Oddities included Riverside placing three fourths of its offensive backfiold on the .squad, and Mentor three men from its defensive vr-i ondar%•Ii*iI'* ♦* •PoNitionOFFENSEriaeiSchiNtlPositionDEFENSEPlayerSi’hoolEndMike NelsonHarvey•IWenslve EndJohn MHllewNorthh.ndBob HamborI airportIMenslve End(iene PetrowskiHiversideEndTom ChapmanMentorDefensive EndMark ZorichSouthEnd.letf BarbieNorth!efcnsive EndKen WilliamsNorthTacklelennis MaekeyMentorDefensive TackleMike HutchinMH)MentorTackleIVoug NelsonSiMithDefensive Tai kleDale SlakiehNivrthTackleBruee YeeNiwlhfVfenslve TackleGary Glassem kKirtlandTackle.lames RennieNorthDefen.sive Tackle.li»hn lairreiiRiversidettuardTom Maher•MentorI jnebnrkerTom IVvton•iMentortiiiardl.en PelllgrrwRixersideTlnebaeker.lim PrureMentor(iuardBob BrandtNorthLinehaekerWavne Kbv• •North. I11A 4
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Willoughby News Herald
Willoughby, Ohio, US
Thu, Nov 24, 1966
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