City Football, 1956

Philadelphia

Scholastic Football, 1956

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City Players on

All-Scholastic Team

FIRST TEAM |

C | Tony Radano | Bonner

G | Frank Temme | Gtn. Academy

T | Dick Geist | Lincoln

E | Hugh McGough | Roman

B | Herb Adderley | Northeast

B | Marty Qualtieri | North Cath.

SECOND TEAM |

C | Ed Belzer | Roxborough

G | Clark Hodgson | La Salle

G | Bob Koreck | North Cath.

E | Mickey Heinecken | Central

B | Lee Jackson | Penn Charter

B | Ted Mordecai | West Phila.

B | Chick Downham | Gtn. Academy

B | Ron Greene | Overbrook

City Title

At Franklin Field North Catholic 12, Lincoln 0 The blocking of guard Bob Koreck enabled North to grind out 190 rushing yards in the tightly-played game. Andy Lavin (15-68) led the Falcons in rushing, but the TDs went to Walt Sroka and Don Rankin on 1-yard efforts. Jerry Wenclawiak knocked down a fourth-down pass in the end zone to terminate Lincoln's most serious scoring opportunity. For Lincoln, stifled by an eight-man defensive line (and sometimes nine), Dick Constable gained 57 yards on 12 carries.

Public League

Decided in Regular Season Lincoln (7-0-0) Before 9,000 on Thanksgiving, the host Railsplitters held off Olney, 6-0, to improve to 7-0-0 as Dave Wilson ran 3 yards on a second-quarter sweep. Wilson twice ran for 18 yards during the 67-yard drive and Dick Constable sneaked for a yard on fourth-and-1 at the 5. Northeast went 6-1-0 for second.

Standings

Lincoln | 7 0 0

Northeast | 6 1 0

Central | 5 2 0

West Phila. | 5 2 0

Bok | 4 2 1

Dobbins | 4 2 1

Frankford | 4 2 1

Germantown | 4 3 0

Roxborough | 3 2 2

Gratz | 3 3 1

Overbrook | 3 4 0

Southern | 2 5 0

Bartram | 1 6 0

Mastbaum | 1 6 0

Olney | 1 6 0

Franklin | 0 7 0

Coaches' All-Public

FIRST TEAM |

C | Ed Belzer | Rox

G | Joe Corbi | Oln

G | Rodger Barr | Sou

T | Bob Casey | Fkd

T | Ray Sherrod | Gtn

E | Mickey Heinecken | Cent

E | Bill Hirst | Oln

B | Karl Schmalz | Cent

B | Herb Adderley | NE

B | Jack Bottinger | Rox

B | Ron Greene | Ovb

SECOND TEAM |

C | Ray Green | NE

G | Tony Groch | NE

G | Reese Brown | Ovb

T | Bob Kearsey | Bok

T | Howard Roberts | NE

E | Lou Arcangelo | Linc

E | Robert Adams | Gtz

B | Herb Vargas | Linc

B | Ted Mordecai | West

B | Jack Newbert | Dobb

B | Tom Dixon | Gtn

Champs' Thumbnail Sketch

Lincoln Coach Moe Weinstein Record 7-0-0, 8-1-0 All-Stars Dick Geist, T Lou Arcangelo, E Herb Vargas, B

Catholic League

Decided in Regular Season North (7-1-0) Marty Qualtieri rushed for two scores and Don Rankin ran for one and passed for two more as the Falcons took to the road in their finale and licked La Salle, 34-12, to go to 7-1-0. La Salle's highlight was an 86-yard TD return for a score by Scott Maxwell.

Standings

North | 7 1 0

La Salle | 5 2 1

Neumann | 5 2 1

Roman | 5 2 1

St. James | 5 2 1

Bonner | 3 3 2

Judge | 2 6 0

West | 1 7 0

ST More | 0 8 0

Coaches' All-Catholic

FIRST TEAM |

C | Joe Mehlmann | Roman

G | Bob Koreck | North

G | Tom Tarpey | Roman

T | Joe Doyle | North

T | Tom Connelly | Bonn

E | Mike Greenday | St. J

E | Hugh McGough | Roman

B | Don Rankin | North

B | Nick DeAngelis | Bonn

B | John Herrera | La S

B | Marty Qualtieri | North

SECOND TEAM |

C | Harry Broomall | St. J

G | Tony Radano | Bonn

G | Ed Nedziejko | St. J

G | Clark Hodgson | La S

T | Mike Anderson | North

T | Hugh McGuigan | West

E | Dave Truitt | Bonn

E | Joe Golden | North

B | Paul Aita | La S

B | Lou Greco | La S

B | Jim Belfie | Bonn

B | Art Williams | Roman

B | Bob Capone | Neum

Champs' Thumbnail Sketch

North Coach Jack Gillespie Record 7-1-0, 9-1-0 All-Stars Bob Koreck, G Joe Doyle, T Mike Anderson, T Joe Golden, E Don Rankin, B Marty Qualtieri, B

Inter-Ac League

Season's Recap Gtn. Academy (3-0-1)

The season's final day produced two ties. Host GA battled Penn

Charter

to a 21-21 deadlock to earn the title while host Haverford and Episcopal

finished 13-13 for the first tie in the series' 58 meetings. For GA, Chick

Downham scored two TDs and made three interceptions. Bob Sloan

notched the other TD. PC placed second at 2-1-1.

Standings

Gtn.

Academy | 3 0 1

Penn

Charter | 2 1 1

Episcopal | 1 2 1

Haverford School | 1 2 1

Malvern | 1 3 0

Coaches' All-Inter-Ac

FIRST TEAM |

C | John Gillin | MP

G | Frank Temme | GA

G | Jim Masella | PC

T | Phil Cohan | PC

T | Dick Ledwith | HS

E | Matthew Black | EA

E | Walt Mayer | GA

B | Lee Jackson | PC

B | Olin West | HS

B | Chick Downham | GA

B | Sandy McCurdy | EA

B | Ken Twiford | GA

SECOND TEAM |

C | Steve Austin | GA

G | Ray Munder | EA

G | Connie DeSantis | GA

T | Tom Budd | PC

T | Bill Germain | GA

E | Jim Anderson | PC

E | Joe Scattergood | HS

E | Ed McCarron | MP

B | Don O'Neil | MP

B | Ken Jones | EA

B | Tom Webster | HS

B | Bob McGuckin | PC

Champs' Thumbnail Sketch

Coach Ed Lawless Record 3-0-1, 7-0-1 All-Stars Steve Austin, C Frank Temme, G Connie DeSantis, G Bill Germain, T Walt Mayer, E Chick Downham, B Ken Twiford, B