1930 Football Team

Nancy (Herrington) Mathias has provided us with this photo of the 1930 Arcola High School Football team. The picture was taken to the left (south) of the east entrance of the high school building.  Martha (Pullen) Herrington, Dr. Robert Arrol, Bob Coombe, Sr. & Randy Rothrock collectively identified the people.

First Row, L-R: Clarence ("Blimp") Miller, James Daugherty, Floyd Stump, Berkley ("Turkey") Ray, Willard Ginder (Captain, holding football), Ed Speelman, James Bilbrey, Bill Herrington
Second Row, L-R: Vernon Pullen, Phillip Wells, Lowell Thompson, Cecil Edgar (father of Gov. Jim Edgar), Robert Gamble, Lawrence Cox, Harry Lamb, Robert Ginder, Morris Edgar
Third Row, L-R: Ed Bryant, Kenneth Garver, Roger Rogers, Bill Biggs, Danny Mayo, James Rollings, Kenneth Harsbarger, Joe Bilbrey, William Poynter
Fourth Row, L-R: Orville Hubbart, Coach Harold Johnson, "Jelly" Jiles, John McLane, Bob Coombe, Sr., Harvey Pullen, Fred Shrader, James Weddle, Ed Poynter
Fifth Row, L-R: Emerson Gamble, John Gleason, Carl Henby, Leonard Duncan, Glenn Porter, James Edgar