Edcouch-Elsa Football 1959

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                  District       Overall  

School             W   L   T      W   L   T   

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Edcouch-Elsa       6   0         10   0

Donna              5   1          8   2

Raymondville       4   2          -   -

Mercedes           3   3          4   6

La Feria           2   4          5   5

Los Fresnos        1   5          3   6   1

Lyford             0   6          0  10

District Record : 6-0

Season Record : 10-0

Playoff Recrod : 0-1



32-2A Playoffs (Bi-district):           

Sinton 30, E-E 28

1959 Schedule & Results (32-2A)

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	W/L	Record	Overall
0	Sept-04	Hebberonville	42-00	W	0-0	1-0
1	Sept-11	OPEN
2	Sept-18	Mission High	48-08	W	0-0	2-0
3	Sept-25	Rio Grande City	20-07	W	0-0	3-0
4	Oct-02	*La Feria	28-14	W	1-0	4-0
5	Oct-09	Weslaco	44-06	W	1-0	5-0
6	Oct-16	*Lyford	46-06	W	2-0	6-0
7	Oct-23	*Donna	24-12	W	3-0	7-0
8	Oct-30	*Raymondville	48-14	W	4-0	8-0
9	Nov-06	*Los Fresnos	36-00	W	5-0	9-0
10	Nov-13	*Mercedes	36-06	W	6-0	10-0

1959-60 Pre-Season Articles

1959 Team Photo

1959 Team Roster


No.      Name                  Pos.    Wt.

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11   George Salinas            QB      150

14   Robert Capello            QB      160

20   Pete Castillo             RH      130

22   Joe Loya                  RH      125

31   B.E. Fulfer               FB      145

32   Ruben Salinas             OG      160

33   Alvin Harrison            FB      165

40   Leo Gonzalez              LH      140

42   Julio Reyes               LH      140

50   Tim Johnstone             C       145

51   Eddie Gonzalez            C       159

61   Lloyd Hesterly            G       170

62   Javier Gutierrez          G       161

63   Corky Cellum              G       160

64   Frank Medrano             C       150

65   Larry Seal                G       155

71   Jerry Carruth             T       177

72   John Tayloe               T       185

73   Albert Rodriguez          T       170

75   Richard Hinojosa          T       180

80   Randy Fichter             E       147

81   Pat Mckinnis              E       144

82   Red Johnston              E       140

83   Chuck Nattinger           E       152

84   Joe Torres                E       137

85   Greg Carter               E       152



Coaches-Lum Wright, J.C. Wood, James Guess, George Gainley, Andy White

1959-60 Valley Morning Star Newspaper Clips

1959 Team Stats




Scoring  

                   TD   PAT    TOTAL

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Pete Castillo                   150

Robert Capello                   72



Passing

                  Att-Com  Yrds

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Robert Capello    69-148  1284





Rushing

                 No.-Yrds  Avg. 

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Pete Castillo    ??-1077

Alvin Harrison   135-678  5.0

Joe Loya         61-477   8.0





Receiving 

                  Rec.

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Chuck Nattinger    20

Randy Fichter      16



Team Stats

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RUN     3133

PASS    1284

TOTAL   4417

*All stats were compiled from newspaper articles and are not complete

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1959-60 District Honors


32-2A All-District Honors

              

Offensive MVP:  QB  SR.  Robert Capello     

         

   1st Team                        2nd Team 

 E  Randy Fichter                           E  Chuck Nattinger

 T  John Tayloe                             T  Jerry Carruth

 G  Larry Seal                              G  Lloyd Hesterly

RB  Pete Castillo

RB  Alvin Harrison



   Honorable Mention  

 C Tim Johnstone

1959 All-District Article