Elder Panther Football -
1957
REGULAR SEASON RECORD:
6-4
|
Game
#
|
Date
|
Opponent
|
Site
|
Score
|
W/L
|
Record
|
|
1
|
9/14/57
|
Withrow
|
Trechter
|
26-6
|
L*
|
0-1
|
|
2
|
9/21/57
|
Hamilton Public
|
A
|
20-14
|
L
|
0-2
|
|
3
|
9/27/57
|
Woodward
|
H
|
32-0
|
W
|
1-2
|
|
4
|
10/11/57
|
Dayton Dunbar
|
H
|
34-13
|
W
|
2-2
|
|
5
|
10/18/57
|
Portsmouth Public
|
H
|
20-6
|
W
|
3-2
|
|
6
|
10/25/57
|
Ironton
|
H
|
32-6
|
W
|
4-2
|
|
7
|
11/3/57
|
St. Xavier
|
XU
|
7-6
|
L
|
4-3
|
|
8
|
11/10/57
|
Purcell
|
H
|
7-6
|
L
|
4-4
|
|
9
|
11/17/57
|
Roger Bacon
|
A
|
6-0
|
W
|
5-4
|
|
10
|
11/28/57
|
Western Hills
|
H
|
25-0
|
W
|
6-4
|
*Forfeit; used ineligible player
Head Coach: Virgil J. Scardina (Career Record: 30-17-3)
Captain: Paul
Umberg
Final GCL
Standings
|
|
Overall
|
League
|
|
1. St.
Xavier
|
9-1
|
2-1
|
|
2.
Purcell
|
8-1-1
|
1-1-1
|
|
2. Roger
Bacon
|
7-2-1
|
1-1-1
|
|
4.
ELDER
|
6-4
|
1-2
|
Season Highlights: A win over
Withrow opened the 1957 season, but during the season it was
discovered that Elder had used an ineligible player who was living
outside their district at the time, and was forced to forfeit the
victory. The ruling affected the first two games, but Elder dropped
the second contest to Hamilton, 20-14. Four straight wins followed,
but one-point losses to St. Xavier and Purcell, both by 7-6 scores,
coupled with a tie between the Spartans and Cavaliers, relegated the
Panthers to last place in the GCL for the first time in 10 years.
Season-ending wins over Roger Bacon and Western Hills brought the
team's final record to 6-4. In the 6-0 win over Roger Bacon, Jack
Ohmer provided the margin of victory with a 35-yard fumble recovery
for a touchdown. Captain Paul Umberg scored two TDs in the win over
the Mustangs. Bob Leuenberger also scored a TD against Western Hills,
and took the team's scoring title with 11 TDs and 1 conversion for 67
points, just topping Umberg's 66 points on 10 TDs and 6 extra points.
Umberg finished his Elder career with 110 points to finish as the
team's leading scorer in the decade. He also received the team's Most
Valuable Player award at season's end. Jerry Ludwig, Tom Reinstatler,
and Bob Leuenberger received first-team All-GCL honors, and Ludwig
and Reinstatler were named first-team All-Stars by the Enquirer and
Post.
Team Roster
|
Number
|
Name
|
Position
|
Class
|
|
36
|
Aug, Edward
|
E
|
Sr.
|
|
29
|
Bedinghaus, Harold
|
|
Soph.
|
|
53
|
Belbot, William
|
|
Jr.
|
|
38
|
Bucher, Barry
|
|
Jr.
|
|
27
|
Cummings, Thomas
|
|
Jr.
|
|
21
|
Dell, Claude
|
HB
|
Sr.
|
|
63
|
Diers, Robert
|
LB
|
Sr.
|
|
28
|
Doll, Eugene
|
|
Jr.
|
|
23
|
Eisele, Richard
|
HB
|
Sr.
|
|
41
|
Farrell, Robert
|
T/LB
|
Sr.
|
|
44
|
Fay, George
|
|
Jr.
|
|
24
|
Fiorino, Frank
|
|
Jr.
|
|
40
|
Flanigan, Thomas
|
E/HB/LB
|
Sr.
|
|
39
|
Harper, Thomas
|
|
Jr.
|
|
45
|
Hilvert, James
|
LB
|
Jr.
|
|
57
|
James, Robert
|
|
Soph.
|
|
47
|
Jostworth, E. James
|
G
|
Sr.
|
|
56
|
Kerley, Frank
|
|
Jr.
|
|
37
|
Klusman, Thomas
|
E
|
Sr.
|
|
68
|
Krummen, J. Gary
|
|
Jr.
|
|
35
|
Lagaly, Thomas
|
|
Jr.
|
|
22
|
Leuenberger, Robert
|
HB
|
Sr.
|
|
30
|
Link, George
|
|
Soph.
|
|
59
|
Luckey, Eugene
|
|
Jr.
|
|
50
|
Ludwig, Jerome
|
E
|
Sr.
|
|
54
|
Maegley, Wendel
|
C
|
Sr.
|
|
60
|
McCoy, John
|
|
Jr.
|
|
61
|
McElroy, Donald
|
|
Jr.
|
|
31
|
Nemann, Frederick
|
FB
|
Sr.
|
|
48
|
Niehaus, James
|
G
|
Sr,
|
|
55
|
Ohmer, John
|
LB
|
Sr.
|
|
62
|
Ottaway, Carl
|
T
|
Sr.
|
|
49
|
Peters, Gerald
|
|
Jr.
|
|
51
|
Reinstatler, Thomas
|
E/G/LB
|
Sr.
|
|
46
|
Schulte, John
|
|
Jr.
|
|
32
|
Specht, David
|
|
Sr.
|
|
33
|
Turner, Daryll
|
FB
|
Sr.
|
|
26
|
Umberg, Paul
|
QB
|
Sr.
|
|
20
|
Ventre, Gerald
|
HB
|
Sr.
|
|
25
|
Wainscott, Terry
|
|
Jr.
|
|
42
|
Walter, George
|
T
|
Sr.
|
|
43
|
Weron, Peter
|
T
|
Sr.
|
|
34
|
Zloba, Paul
|
|
Jr.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No. of Players
|
44
|