Looking Back 60 Years – Slauson 1959 Football

Looking back 60 years, this is the team photo of the Slauson Junior High School 1959 football team. Three years later, the 1962 Ann Arbor High team was awarded the State Champion Trophy by Detroit Free Press sports writer Hal Schram. Five players from the 1959 Slauson team were members of the ’62 state champion team.

Photo Names:

Row 1 – Left to Right
Walter Macintire
Karl Weber
16 – Dennis Jones
35 – ______ Clevland
6 – John Leave
29 – Dan Karcher
28 – Rick Weid
8 – George “Dee” Gray
10 – ?
33 – Burton Celbulski
Don Jedele

Row 2
20 – Chuck Birth
26 – Dennis Crawford
18 – Bill Zhan
24 George Napier
30 – Chuck Hulce
1 – Gary Ulmer
12 – Bobby Murray
19 – Don Davis
7 – ?
4 – ?
32 – Keith Merrill
Mr. Dyer

Row 3
22 Mike Thomas
21 ?
23 – David Kennedy
36 – Ray Gilbert
34 – John Albrecth
11 – Paul Fuester
13 – Leroy Williams
3 – Richard Otto
17 – Forest “Frosty” Graves
31 – Larry Nielsen
25 – Jim Gould

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