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Wisconsin High School Football Players
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Wisconsin High School football players and their coach admiring the Gene Wheeler Memorial Trophy they received at a football banquet at the East Side Business Men's Clubhouse. Left to right: Coach Hal Metzen, John Coombs, Bob Patterson and Bill Thomas. Toastmaster Jack Sprague and Chuck Thompson are standing. John Coombs and Chuck Thompson shared honors as most valuable players.
November 8, 1955
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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