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Saturday, September 25, 1943 CLOUDBUSTER Page Three Meet The Head Football Coach doudbuster football Mentor ''Just One Of The Kimbrough Boys" The new head coach of the U. S. Navy Pre-Flight Cloudbusters is “just one of the Kimbrough boys.” At least that is what he told a CLOUDBUSTER reporter shortly be fore the football team left yester day morning for the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. But the reporter had been read ing about the exploits of the Kim brough boys for years, and more recently he had read of the success of Frank as a coach. Only now the name is Lieut. Frank Kim brough, USNR, and football fans will get their first glimpse of his 1943 team this afternoon at An- i:apolis. Being the oldest of six boys Coach Frank started the football reputation of the Kimbroughs shortly after the last war. A grad uate of Haskel high school, Haskel, Texas, back in 1922, he partici pated in football, basketball, track, and baseball while a student there. Moreover he captained all the teams but track. Continuing at Simmons Univer sity in Abilene, Texas he won four letters in football and baseball, and was named all-conference quarterback his last two years. Just as the Cloudbuster mentor was finishing up his college career another Kimbrough was coming along. The name was Bill, and he was a star halfback at Texas A & M in 1929-30-31. Then came Jack and John, both at Texas A & M from 1937 to 1941. Jack won his letter three years at an end position, and John became the biggest name in football as a full back for the Texas institution. He was named to practically every All-American team in the coun try in 1939 and 1940 and was con sidered by many “the player of the year.” “Ernest was probably the best football prospect in the lot,” be lieves Kimbrough. “Dad wanted him to be a doctor, though, and told him that he would send him through school only on condition that he not play football.” The other brother, Wallace, was the brains of the family. He didn’t play football, but he kept Jack and John and other members of Texas football squad eligible by tutoring them. After Coach Frank was grad uated from Simmons in 1926 he decided to become a doctor. A half year at medical school and a lovely lady (now Mrs. Kimbrough) changed his mind. He quit school, got married, and accepted the job of athletic director at Wayland Junior College. “It was a small school,” says Kimbrough, “so small that I coached all the teams, look ed after the equipment, and was a jack of all trades.” Success at Wayland paved the v/ay for a step to Amarillo Junior College the following year. It was a larger school and Coach Kim brough’s football team won the junior college championship of Texas two years in a row. That was enough to prove his ability as a coach, and he moved up to Hardin-Simmons as head coach. During his six years stay there he had one team undefeated and untied, and another undefeat ed but tied. Also coach of basket ball his teams were known as “giant killers” because they al ways upset the cream of the crop in Texas basketball. Another step up the ladder came in 1941 when he went to Baylor University in the same capacity he had at Hardin-Simmoris. His first year there he had mediocre success, but last year came into his own when Baylor defeated Arkansas, Texas A <6; M, and Texas Christian University on successive Saturdays. Chapel Hill is his present home. He has two children, Mary Beth, 15, and William Frank, 6. Coach Kimbrough stated that he was anxious to get in the Pre- Flight program from the time it was originated by Comdr. Thomas J. Hamilton, USN, who is now at sea. “Football training will help the cadets as they continue their flight training,” Kimbrough states. “It will make them aggressive, alert, tough. Their coordination, discipline, physical fitness, team work, and ability to react quickly will improve.” The Pre-Flight team is using a modification of the “T” and single wingback formation. Coach Kim brough won’t predict what success they will have this fall. Still he never mentions his men unless he says, “they’re the finest bunch of fellows I’ve ever coached. Most of them have seen little previous experience, but they make up for it with plenty of spirit and fight. That’s what’s going to win this war.” New Cadet Regimental Officers THE NEW CADET regimental officers selected from members of the senior 30th Battalion are (left to right) George A. Yertson, Hoboken. N. J., regimental commissary officer; John W. Storer, Jr., Washing ton, D. C., regimental adjutant; S. P. Madden, Lynn, Mass., regi mental sub-commander, and Dyer J. Taylor, Washington, D. C., regimental commander. Average age of the foursome is 20.5 years. FOOTBALL (Continued from page one) a fairly big line with Jack Martin at center, Channell at end and the other positions being fought for by a number of men. Gillooly, Sch wartz, and Gillchrist at tackles. Brown, and Chase at guards are looking good at present. The team has been working out almost a month now and will be in top shape to give your boys a real workout on the 25th.” Starting for the Cloudbusters will be Raymond Norman and A. G. Kleiber at the ends, Vincent Calo and William Suydam at the tackles, William Long and Donald Jones at the guards, and R. W. Stehlin at center. Charles Beattie will be at the wingback, Paul Hart at quarterback, Albert Norris at full, and Vernon Bennett at the tailback spot, Norman hails from Wheeling, W. Va., and attended Washington & Lee. Considered one of the bet ter linemen he did not play foot ball in college. Kleiber, from Val ley Cottage, N. Y., attended Cort land State Teachers College win- See FOOTBALL, page 4 Soccer Game with Duke The Cloudbuster soccer team will play Duke here Wednesday, 1 Sept. 29, starting at 1600. Band Concert Tomorrow The Pre-Flight band will give its final concert of summer season at 1630 tomorrow in *Memorial Hall. Lieut Speiiel Names Outstanding Cadets In Wrestling Meet “Most of the 192 cadets who have been participating in the an nual fall Regimental Wrestling Tournament have shown unusual wrestling ability,” Lieut. Charles Speidel, USNR, head wrestling coach, stated yesterday. “There have been very few falls,” said Speidel, “and the par ticipants have been very evenly matched.” Most of the quarter final bouts have been completed, and the finals are scheduled for next Tues day and Thursday afternoon. Looking over the list of sur vivors of the tournament Coach Speidel named several men who stood out in the various weights. “But,” he stated, “I may have missed several good boys who will reach the finals.” In the 132 pound class Cadets W. Crotty, Coronado, R. Hearn, Buccaneers, C. Mansair, Devasta tors, and R. Hume, Catalinas, look best while M. Button of the Vin- See WRESTLING, page If.
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