The 1953 Eastern Savages had a number of new players shown in uniform in the photo below. A number roster is provided to help identify each player.
29-Bud Wright 26-Bill Grahlman
24-Don Minnich 27-Dean Roffler
21-Earl Enos 28-Bernie Hancock
35-Ed Hill 25-Dick Edwards
22-Bob Eller
The basketball team lost no players to the draft, so Red had the full team he had planning on. The team played well. We had some accurate shooters out front. The result was a conference record of 10 wins and only 1 loss. I played as reserve center, accumulating sufficient time to earn my letter. Players that graduated at the end of the year were Bud Wright, Dean Roffler and Don Minnich. Others left for various reasons, so the following year’s team was quite different. Roffler and Minnich were certainly missed.
*Taken from "Which Road Should I Follow?, Volume 1, Growing up in the country", an autobiography by Edwin K. Hill.
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