No names were included in this yearbook photo so I am going to attempt to identify those that I think I can from my memory…
Front row far left: Asst. Coach Warren Dobry; seated behind him Asst. Coach Joe Jack
Front row far right: Head Coach Dale Hackett and “Corkie”
(this might be the only team picture in his lengthy coaching career that Coach Hackett included his friend with paws)
#73 John Burkhiser; #65 Jon Martin; #33 Oran Bonnes; #25 ?; #80 Charles “Chuck” Holman; #70 Stanley Booker; #37 Duane Rowe; #62 ?; #63 John Allen
2nd row next to Coach Joe Jack; Ed Thomas; Larry Gruber; Bill Bickett, Gary Annan; Kenny Kammon; ?; ?; Greg Shearer; Jim Mann, Gary Moody
3rd row behind Coach Jack looks like Denny Hackett; possibly Rusty Scott; possibly Kirk Shearer; ?; ?; ?; ?; Bob Alexander; Bruce Gruber
back row Steve Crowell; Mike Rowen; ?; ?; Greg Beam; possibly Steve Lorimor; Larry Coy; ?; ?
Apologies to those I can’t identify and to those I got wrong…I invite corrections and identities I didn’t name.
As indicated by the team’s record, this was a very successful season. Following the season opening 26-13 loss in Clarinda, (a game this 5th grader attended), it was apparent the Admirals were going to be tough to beat. They finished the season by winning nine consecutive games and claimed the Corner Conference Championship.
After dropping the first game of the season to Clarinda, The Admirals came on very strong to win the next 9 straight games and to win the Corner Conference Crown. The Admirals, led by an all-junior backfield, piled up 312 points compared to their opponent’s 87. There are only seven seniors leaving the squad this year, and the remaining boys should have enough experience to lead the team to another Conference title.
Good luck in ’64-’65 – Yearbook Staff
Clarinda 26 Farragut 13
Farragut 31 Nishna Valley 6
Farragut 12 Fremont Mills 0
Farragut 32 Hamburg 12
Farragut 20 New Market 12
Farragut 34 Malvern 6
Farragut 20 Sidney 0
Farragut 55 Stanton 6
Farragut 39 Essex 6
Farragut 56 South Page 13
Why Clarinda ?
Many times the question was asked: “Why is Farragut playing Clarinda?”
Clarinda is a bigger school and they were a member of the competitive Hawkeye 7 Conference that, at the time, also included Shenandoah, Atlantic, Creston, Glenwood, Red Oak, and Corning. On that August night in 1963, the Clarinda Cardinals entered the game as Hawkeye 7 Conference Champions during the past two seasons.
The question seemed a fair one to ask. Why would Farragut, a small school from a conference of small schools, schedule a bigger and very competitive Clarinda team?
The first answer: Coach Hackett was confident his Admiral team would be competitive and he knew that a season opening game against a quality opponent, regardless of the outcome, would benefit his team.
The second answer: The head coach of the Clarinda Cardinals was Jerry Trullinger. Jerry graduated from Farragut High School in the Class of 1951. He excelled playing 6-man football for Coach Hackett, earning 3rd team All-State honors in 1949 and 2nd Team All-State honors in 1950.
This relationship led to Clarinda vs Farragut season opening games for a few seasons. The game played in 1963 was Jerry’s final game in this competition because in 1964 he relinquished his coaching duties when he became the Clarinda High School Principal. He later moved on to Marshalltown where he completed a lengthy career in Administration of that school district.
... Dwight Durfey - FHS Class of 1971
