All-State Indiana High School Football Teams

By HEZE CLARK, INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

   

   

 

    

 

SEASON 1940

Position First Team Second Team
ett Wad William Clarkson (Sullivan) .................................-Cornelius Ervin (North Side, Ft. Wayne)
Left Tackle...........Tom Manuszak (Central, South Bend)................ Dmitri Tadich (Washington, East Chicago)
Left Guard............. Bud David (Hammond High) —...................... Joe Diehl (Memorial, Evansville)
Geriter es oa Fos Joe Kodba (Washington, South Bend)..............Bob King (West Lafiayette)
Right Guard........Eugene Hail (Lew Wallace, Gary)........ ...-Bill Kendall (Clinton)
Right Tackle......... Arthur Deig (Reitz, Evansville) ....................... Eugene Kightly (Central, Evansville)
Richt End... =..- John Stribiak (Whiting) Kenneth Geiman (Cathedral, Indianapolis)
Quarter Back......... mopert Cacssr (New Albany)... <2: Bob Dean (Bloomington)
Left Half Back....Ray Overmire (Huntington) .....00220.2000000....2....-..-- Ed McGovern (Wiley, Terre Haute)
Right Half Back.Robert Cowan (North Side, Ft. Wayne).............. Stewart Faught (Sullivan)
Pall Back ...22 - George Gulyanics (Mishawaka).................2.---..--00- Duke Hatfield (Muncie)

Position Third Team Fourth Team
Weft) Pine csccagsise Jim Worman (South Side, Ft. Wayne)................ Ralph Cole (Bosse, Evansville)
Left Tackle...........Bert Turner (Technical, Indianapolis) ............... .Jack Fisher (Sullivan)
Left Guard.:.225::.: George Kraeger (Shortridge, Indianapolis)....... Jack Lehnhard (Bosse, Evansville)
Center ....Roy Watkins (Gerstmeyer, Terre Haute)...........Bob Maehling (Garfield, Terre Haute) Mezve GLARE
Right Guard...:..... Robert Cash (Emerson, Gary)..............---.-0---0--00-2 Kenneth Ramsey (Peru)
Right Tackle......... William Keers (Washington, Indianapolis).......Bronco Tarialo (Emerson, Gary) 7
Right End............ Harold Wolf (Reitz, Evansville) ......................- Julius Siegle (Washington, East Chicago)
Quarter, back... Bill Mardy. Gulkhart) =< Don Savage (Reitz, Evansville)
Left Half Back....George Ellspermann (Memorial, Evansville).....Red Sitko (Central, Ft. Wayne)
Right Half Back.Henry Stram (Lew Wallace, Gary).....................- John Frees (Crawfordsville)
Fall: Back... = PeORs- SSUCS f-W OTB) oon Clyae Rusk (Central, South Bend)

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HONORABLE MENTION
ENDS

Bob Kimble (Sheridan); Tom Broden (Cathedral, Indianapolis) ; Dale Jackson (Gerstmeyer, Terre
Haute) ; George McLennan (Emerson, Gary) ; Joe Dowell (Garfield, Terre Haute) ; Russell Forsyth (Bloom-
ington) ; Dave Strack (Shortridge, Indianapolis) ; Stuart Scheer (Jefferson, Lafayette) ; Ed Ross (Craw-
fordsville).

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TACKLES
Louis Anderson (Brazil) ; Paul Jackson (West Lafayette) ; Eldon Stoops (Wabash) ; Charles Rupchock
(Mishawaka) ; Charles Sanders (Whiting); Ralph Vetter (South Side, Ft. Wayne); Byron Popp (North
Side, Ft Wayne); Raymond Gooch (Reitz, Evansville); Pete Cataldo (Elkhart); Earl Harmas (Wiley,
Terre Haute) ; Frank Woelfie (Garfield, Terre Haute) ; Lloyd Wagnon (Bloomington).

GUARDS
Bob Fortney (Rushville) ; John Guthrie (West Lafayette) ; John Myers (Sheridan) ; Clarence Hough-
ton (Mishawaka); Ernest Vanslager (Central, South Bend); Marlin Adams (Hammond High); Bob
Birkenbeul (South Side, Ft. Wayne); Pat Barley (North Side, Ft. Wayne); Jack Doudna (Huntington) ;
Win Weldy (Elkhart); Marion Turchi (Clinton) ; Robert Lang (New Albany); Stanley Warner (New
Albany) ; Frank Saksa (Washington, East Chicago) ; Dick Wolf (Marion).

CENTERS
Bob Boulden (Sheridan); Pat Cassidy (Emerson, Gary); John Hedges (Crawfordsville) ; Lawrence
Herndon (Horace Mann, Gary); Henry Cleveland (Hammond High); Vin Burosh (Clark, Hammond) ;
Fred Sisk (Warsaw); Bill Miller (Reitz, Evansville); Joe Black (Lew Wallace, Gary); Alan Nolan
(Shortridge, Indianapolis) ; Harry Brown (Washington, Indianapolis) ; Jack Isenbarger (Muncie).

QUARTERBACKS
Junior Gaither (Linton); Bill Dilger (Cathedral, Indianapolis) ; Joe Hedges (Crawfordsville) ; Walter
Michniewiez (Clark, Hammond); George Galbraith (Huntington); William Krall (Lew Wallace, Gary) ;

Robert Agnew (Jefferson, Lafayette).
HALFBACKS

Paul Ash (Shelbyville) ; Max Pearsey (Rushville) ; Bill Redmon (Peru); John Pearson (Sheridan) ;
Charles Benjamin (Shortridge, Indianapolis) ; Lawrence Mansfield (LaPorte) ; Eddie Talboom (Washing-
ton, South Bend); Achille Maggioli, (Mishawaka); Fred Rovai (Hammond High); Steve Baker (West
Lafayette) ; Joe Hawkins (Marion); Chick Shimer (South Side, Ft. Wayne); Bob Young (North Side,
Ft. Wayne); Herman Thresher (Muncie) ; Kenneth Byers (Central, Evansville) ; Kenny Werdine (Michi-
gan City); John Marietta (Clinton); Robert Ulm (Jefferson, Lafayette); Bob Livingstone (Hammond
High) ; Bill Steck (Broad Ripple, Indianapolis) ; Zych (Roosevelt, East Chicago) ; Bob Brown (Wiley, Terre

Haute) ; Matthew Kozar (Emerson, Gary).
FULLBACKS

Rex Grossman (Huntington); Ott Hurrle (Cathedral, Indianapolis); Melvin Sharpe (Rushville) ;
Kenny Luth (Michigan City); Charles Phillips (Princeton); Frank LeBart (West Lafayette); Chuck

Close (South Side, Ft. Wayne); Robert Ritter (Reitz, Evansville); Bob Voges (Wiley, Terre Haute) ;
Clark Deal (Bloomington); Joe Gonzales (Washington, East Chicago); Gene Lecklitener (Jefferson,

~ Lafayette) ; Charles Dethloff (Horace Mann, Gary).
Heze Clark has selected All-State Indiana High School teams since 1904.

All-State Indiana High School Football Teams published in
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