Junior High boys basketball team, 1955

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The junior high boy's basketball ball team line up for a photograph in their team uniforms. The boys in the front row kneel, basketballs under their hands, while the back row stands.

Front row, left to right: Ron Horrell (#5), Jim Cannon, Jr. (#7), Bill Fairchild (#6), LaVerne Forbes (#9).

Back row, left to right: Bob Clark (#10), unknown (#12), and Coach Gene Viet (Brandstatter).

This basketball team, along with other sports programs, was organized by the Coralville Recreation Commission, which was first appointed by Mayor Merritt Ewalt in 1951. The team played in Coralville Central School gymnasium (Lovetinsky et al., p. 57; Walch, p. 89; Brandstatter).

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Coralville Public Library. Coralville Digital History Library.

Date

1955

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Coralville, Iowa

Citation

“Junior High boys basketball team, 1955,” Coralville Digital History Library, accessed April 27, 2024, https://coralvilledigitalhistory.omeka.net/items/show/251.

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