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In Remembrance

For the Legends Who Came Before Us.

Their names belong in the record, and so they remain here, honored across the decades they shaped.

18

Honored

4

Decades Represented

'34–'67

Era

✦ ✦ ✦

We remember the players who shaped this game in the Twin Cities long before anyone was keeping the kind of record they deserved. Their names live here now.

Chapter One

The 1930's

The earliest era: Minneapolis Central, South, and North.

6 Honored

DU

✦

Class of 1934

Don Underwood

Minneapolis Central High School

RB

✦

Class of 1934

Robert (Bob) Bannarm

Minneapolis South High School

BL

✦

Class of 1935

Bert Lewis

Minneapolis South High School

BB

✦

Class of 1936

Barnell & Cozelle Breedlove

Minneapolis North High School

DS

✦

Class of 1936

Donald Strawder

Minneapolis North High School

JH

✦

Class of 1939

John Harper

Minneapolis North High School

Chapter Two

The 1940's

A wartime decade and the players who carried the game forward.

3 Honored

CT

✦

Class of 1940

Clarence Turman

Minneapolis Central High School

CA

✦

Class of 1946

Conard Austin

Minneapolis North High School

JP

✦

Class of 1946

Joe Patterson

Minneapolis North High School

Chapter Three

The 1950's

The Twin Cities game widens: North, South, and Hopkins.

5 Honored

JJ

✦

Class of 1951

John Jenkins

Minneapolis North High School

RW

✦

Class of 1951

Robert (Bob) Wagner

Hopkins High School

WR

✦

Class of 1954

Wilson Richards

Minneapolis South High School

LP

✦

Class of 1959

Leonard Porter

Minneapolis North High School

WB

✦

Class of 1959

Ward Bell

Minneapolis North High School

Chapter Four

The 1960's

Roosevelt, Henry, and the player who took his game to Marshall.

4 Honored

FW

✦

Class of 1961

Fred Warn

Minneapolis Roosevelt High School

DW

✦

Class of 1962

David Warn

Minneapolis Roosevelt High School

RK

✦

Class of 1963

Richard (Dickie) Kelly

Marshall University

GJ

✦

Class of 1967

George Jackson

Minneapolis Henry High School

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