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10 Military Football Programs, Primarily WWII Era, with Hirsch, Young, Others.
Lot 270. 10 Military Football Programs, Primarily WWII Era, with Hirsch, Young, Others. Whole books have been written about professional baseball players who served in World War II. Many played military baseball. World War II era football pros have received much less attention. Nine of these programs are from WWII or shortly after the war ended. Almost all contain at least one NFL player. Elroy “Crazylegs” Hirsch and Kenny Washington are on the cover of a Feb. 10, 1946 program for a game played in Los Angeles to benefit the Veteran’s Housing Fund of the American Veteran’s Committee. Washington’s All Stars faced the All Service All Stars led by Hirsch, whose teammates included Buddy Young, Paul Governali and Charley O’Rourke. The eight-page program is f with the pages separated. Hirsch is pictured in a Dec. 9, 1945 program as a member of the El Toro Flying Marines, who faced the Fleet City Blue Jackets in the LA Coliseum. Besides Hirsch, Governali, Frank Quillen and Walt Clay were on the team. The Blue Jackets, a top service team, had at least 11 NFLers, including Young, O’Rourke, Val Jasante, Aldo Forte, Harry Hopp, Ed Kolman and Paul Patterson. All are pictured in the 18-page program, which is ex with “’45” on the cover. On Dec. 16, 1945, the Blue Jackets faced the Army’s Fort Warren Broncos in the “Season’s Finale,” at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. Among the Broncos players were Mac Speedie and Mitch Olenski. Other programs and key players: Oct. 4, 1941, Moffett Field (Ray Morse) vs. St. Mary’s College, 14-page program with a small edge tear; otherwise, ex-m. Oct. 3, 1943, U. of San Francisco vs. Nevada, and Del Monte Pre-Flight (Cifers, Eshmont) vs. St. Mary’s (Jim Phelan as coach, Herman Wedemeyer at halfback). Vg 24-page program with covers detached. Oct. 14, 1945, St. Mary’s Navy Pre-Flight (Bernie Masterson and Gomer Jones as coaches) vs. U.S. Army Fourth Air Force Flyers (Johnny Baker of USC and John Meek of Cal as coaches, Paul Stenn, Ed Ulinski and Dick Renfro as players). Vg+ to ex. Nov. 11, 1945, El Toro Flying Marines vs. U.S. Naval Training Center at San Diego, game at Hull Field with Hirsch playing for the Marines. Four-page flyer, g-vg. Dec. 1, 1945, St. Mary’s Pre-Flight (Emil Sitko, Eshmont) vs. the U. of California coached by Buck Shaw. The 18-page program is vg++ to ex. Oct. 6, 1946, Saint Mary’s College vs. Alameda Naval Air Station, 14 pages, ex. Also, a 1962 program for the Missile Bowl between Ft. Campbell and Lackland Air Force Base at Orlando Municipal Stadium. The 34-page program, which is vg-ex, pictures Ernie Wheelwright and Bill Carpenter for Ft. Campbell. Carpenter was the U.S. Military Academy’s famous “Lonesome End” in 1958 and 1959. He is in the College Hall of Fame.
Winning Bid $102.
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