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Dover High School 1947 County Basketball Championship Team

Description: Dover High School basketball team, 1947 county champions. Caption on back: Curly Bill Carol Jack Jim Dick / Chirley Leaion[?] Yege Virgle Lentered / Ball / the troffie we won at the countyAccompanying caption: Dover School--1947 County Champions / Back Ros / Richard Dick Park--33 (47) Jim Copeland--88 (49) Jack Wills--99 Carl Shockley--22 (48) Bill Harlos--77 Merritt Curley Gregg--55 (47) / Front Row / Leonard Watson--11 (50) Virgil Threlkeld--44 (47) Coach Floyd Yegerlehner Leon Harlos--00 (47) Charlie Noland--66 (47) / Submitted by Vernon Threlkeld of Ben, Oregon, 2024, brother of Virgil, and brother-in-law of Leon Harlos. This copy was given to me this year by a first cousin who lives in Indiana. We are not certain, but the handrwriting on the back of the photo may have been done by Virgil Threlkelds grandmother, Stella (Cogle) Threlkeld. / Notes: / 1. The year that each player graduated from Dover School (if applicable) is based on the Dover High School Alumni Banquet booklets published by the Alumni Association, and is shown following the names as (47) for 1947. / 2. <s>At this writing, the spelling of the coachs last name is not known. Verify if found in 1947 Dover year books</s> done / 3. Bill Harlos was a younger brother to Leon Harlos; he graduated from another school. / 4. The starters known to this writer were Leon Harlos, Dick Parks, Carl Shockley, Virgil Threlkeld. The fifth starter is not known at this time.
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll4/id/9833
Collection: Boone County Heritage
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Subjects: Basketball

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