Hartford High School Football Team 1935

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Hartford High School Football Team - 1935
Hartford, Michigan

1st and 2nd Team

Hartford High School Football Team 1935 - Hartford Michigan

L-R	Jersey Number	Name	Year	Position	Stats	Class Of
Row 1 (Front Row)
1	-	Arthur Olds		Manager		1936
2	-	Paul Richter		Manager		1936
Row 2
1	19	Harrie Shafer	Sr			1935
2	14	Duane Root	Soph			1937
3	97	Kenneth Robinson	Jr			1936
4	91	Merritt Seale	Sr		5 TD - 30 pts	1935
5	90	Bob Conolly	Sr		2 TD - 13 pts	1935
6	100	Curtis Drake	Sr			1935
Row 3
1	93	John Olds	Sr			1935
2	12	Earl Dyer	Soph			1937
3	98	Charlie Kime	Sr		1 TD, 3 EP - 9 pts	1935
4	95	Gregory Cummings	Jr		3 TD - 18 pts 487 yards in 98 tries, lost 114 yds.	1936
5	92	Harlan Gifford	Sr			1935
6	36	Roy Hogue	Soph			1937
7	-	Ralph Hubbard, Jr.	Jr	St. Manager		1936
Row 4 (Back Row)
1.	88	Maurice Unrath	Sr			1935
2	0	Jay Jordan	Jr		2 TD, 1 EP - 13 pts 362 yards in 97 tries, lost 7 yds.	1935
3	99	Bob Olds	Sr			1935
4	94	Dick Farrell		Captain		1935
5	77	Claude Unrath	Jr			1936
-	-	Ward M. Estes	-	Coach		-

Results of the 1935 Season			"Little 8" Conference Standings
Hartford	Opponent	Opponents	Team	W	L	T	Pct.
0	South Haven	6	Hartford	3	1	0	.750
19	Decatur	0	Coloma	3	1	0	.750
26	St. Joe Par.	0	Bangor	2	1	1	.666
13	Watervliet	0	Decatur	1	3	0	.250
0	Coloma	6	Watervliet	0	3	1	.000
0	Dowagiac	6	Although playing a very hard schedule of two Class B schools, four conference games, a Class D school and two Class schools, they won 5 and lost 4 games. They tied with Coloma for the Conference championship and held both Class B schools to six points.
6	Bangor	0
13	Plainwell	0
12	Paw Paw	13

Information is from the 1935 Shadow, which was the first Hartford High School yearbook.

Thanks to Curtis Drake (#100 above) for contributing this team photo in April, 2005

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