Thanksgiving Football in Pennsylvania: Slatington v. Palmerton (1935-1974)

The players and coaches

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Edgar Morgan Acker (1910-1974), Slatington H.S. Band Director

Bill Braucher (1894-1941), Palmerton coach

Michael "Mike" Burcin Jr (1920-1998), Slatington football coach and teacher

Louis DeRosa (1915-2007), Slatington football coach and teacher

Joseph "Joe" Foran (1910-1974), Palmerton football coach and teacher

Raymond "Buddy" Ibbotson (1918-1974), Slatington football player

Donald "Don" Kern (1920-2002), Slatington football player and teacher

Edward "Eddie" Kuhla (1928-2009), Palmerton football player, U.S. Marines veteran and policeman

Frederick Theodore Maass (1910-1994), Slatington football coach

Norwood "Chukker" Mack (1920-1967), Slatington football and baseball player

Joseph "Joe" Matuska (1910-1985), Palmerton football player and coach

Dale Meagher (1925-2009), Slatington football player and mechanical engineer

Alfred Dewey “Sonny” Neff (1922-2020), Slatington football player and teacher

William "Bill" Reese (1910-1971), Slatington football and baseball coach and teacher

Robert "Bob" Romig (1930-1996), Palmerton football and basketball player, New Jersey Zinc Company worker

Anthony Rovinski (1908-1973), Palmerton football coach and teacher

Herman P. Snyder (1912-2009), Slatington High School principal

Frank Tergo (1919-2005), Palmerton football player

Willard Wilhelm (1906-1981), Palmerton football, basketball and track coach

Lloyd George Williams (1907-1992), Slatington football and basketball coach

Joe "Chick" Wisocky (1920-1984), Palmerton football player

John C. Young (1913-1975), Palmerton football coach and teacher