Aggressiveness, such as this, exemplified the efforts of the freshman football team. Although they did not have a winning season, the freshmen exhibited many of the attributes which form winning varsity seasons.
On September 28th when a group of shy freshmen assembled for their first high school football practice, many of them did not know each other nor had many of them ever played football before. At the season's close, however, something had happened to them. Under the guidance of former La Salle players Tim Erb and Kevin Flynn, they were no longer a group of individuals playing for themselves, but rather a team playing for La Salle. Such team spirit will be of tremendous value for them in the three brief football years ahead of them.
FRESHMAN FOOTBALL TEAM FIRST ROW: Gerald Burke, John Deeney, Tom Brett, Steve Wiley, Ray Bain, Mike Houle, Frank Slavick, Rick Ford, Curt Vassallo. SECOND ROW: Bill Donohue, Lou Pollock, Joe Bryers, John Dugan, Paul Mercurio, Jim McNama ra, John Gallaghe r, Greg
Markle, Bill Halberstadt, Bob Abbott. THIRD ROW: Mr. Kevin Flynn {coach), Tom Cunningham, Dave Nelson, Rich Gaeto, John Cush, Frank Orkwis:z:ewski, Tom O'Neill, John Maher, Vince Vitolo, Joe Sokiliski, Jim Tatlow, Jerry Carangia, Jerry Ragan (manager).
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