Stamford Bulldogs Clinch Second Straight Title In 26-13 Win
In a muddy Fair Park Stadium clash, Stamford Bulldogs rally from behind to edge Brady 26-13 for their 2nd straight Class AA crown, 52nd straight win, 74th victory in six years. Mike McClellan and Kenneth Ivy star as Fletcher Fields throws for 175 yards.
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Dallas Christian
Brady
Dale Robinson
Norris Wright
Mike McClellan
McClellan
Arche Pardué
Stamford
Brady Friday
Kenneth Ivy
Stamford Bulldogs
Brady Bulldogs
Abilene
Fair Park Stadium
Hilleboro
Texas
South
Trady
Fletcher Fields
Ony
Stanley Hill
Terrell
Dwain Lindsey
Brady Boys
Fields
Bulldogs
Brownwood
Blue and White Boys
McCord
Gandy
Bradshaw
Cole
Gandy Grot
Larry Ivy
Christian
Nicky Jackson
Mclellan
Dorman
Stamford Boys
Jackson
MccClell
Breaklan
Ivy
Lindsey
Arcie Pardue
Ae Dows
Stamford Bulldogs Face Rebuilding After Stellar Senior Class
Twenty senior players retire as Stamford closes a dominant four-year run with a 32-game win streak. Led by All-South pick Mike McClellan and standout guards and ends, coach Gordon Wood faces a major rebuilding job, shifting players and developing freshmen for next season while recalling key defensive and offensive figures from the 1956 playoff run.
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Brady
Bulldog
Mike McClellan
Royce West
Dale Robinson
Ardie Pardue
Dallas Christian
Nickie Jackson
Darryl Schoonmaker
Kenneth Ivy
Larry Ivy
Wilbur Cox
Douglas Monzingo
T. C. Rice
Romeo Garcia
Delton Rice
Bobby Nelson
Jack Magness
Gayle Ward
J.B. Tabor
Charles Stenholm
Walter Hood
Purdue
Gordon Wood
O. M. Isbell
Larry Wartes
Bill Anderson
Wood
Victory party honors Stamford Bulldogs state title win
Stamford celebrated the State AA football championship with a Friday victory party at the National Guard armory. Parents led the event with scenes of Go Mighty Bulldogs and Stomp Stamford as crowds, food from the community, a juke box, and a downtown parade followed the game.
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Stamford Bulldogs
National Guard Armory
Bulldogs
Armory
Stomp
Stamford
Bill McClellan
Arche Pardue
Abilene
Jack Tidwell
Three Youths Hurt In Highway Crash Near Lagerton
Three youths T A Park 18 Don Welch 17 and Gene Bounds 19 were injured in a 1:50 am Sunday wreck on Highway 380 twelve miles northwest of Stamford. The 1956 Chevrolet rolled several times. Park sustained a broken rib and concussion, Welch suffered scalp lacerations a broken rib and kidney injury, and Bounds had a broken rib and kidney injury. Oscie Renfrow investigated for the highway patrol.
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T. A. Park
Gene Bounds
Don Welch
Kinney
Stamford Sanitarium
Aspermont
Stamford
Cussion
Park
Sweetwater
Rt. 1
Odessa
Jack Kennedy
Don
Stamford High School
Stamford American
R. E. Bounds
Paint Creek
Oscie Renfrow
March of Dimes Plans Started in Jones County
Early start in Jones County for the annual March of Dimes Infantile Paralysis fund drive. A C Berry county chairman outlined plans after a December 4 meeting at the Anson Hotel Coffee Shop with Jack Dupree state representative. Local chairmen and district directors were named and officers listed.
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Jones County
National Foundation
A. C. Berry
Jack Dupree
Odessa
Anson Hotel
Berry
B. Q. Cooper
Herschel Kelley
Stamford
Donald Sealy
Anson
Darris Egger
Hamlin
Community Fund
Leo Lambert
Hawley
D. C. Moore
Lueders
Helen Haines
Nugent
Hugo B. Haterius
Ericksdahl
C. E. Gregory
Nienda
E. F. Vantrees
Hodges
Novel Baize
Decoration Winners Named in Stamford Contest
The Stamford Garden Club and Chamber of Commerce announced winners in the Christmas decoration contest. Outdoor prizes went to Dewane Elliott and Cecil Eager. door prizes to Brad Rowland and Edgar Filis. window prizes to W A Cierley and Holland Griggs. Each division awarded $6 and $4 respectively. Only entered houses were judged at the Chamber of Commerce office.
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Stamford Garden Club
Chamber of Commercel
Dewane Elliott
Trinity
Cecil Eager
East
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John Bradshaw
Trim Brady
We Take
Crown
Coach Wood
Fino Escobedo
Wyane Lindsey
Tommy Davis
Andy Swenson
Spot
Jimmy Precht
Jimmy Payne
Wendel Robinson Lee
Gordon Woods
Perry Aycock
Wichita Falls Record-News
Lagerton
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