Show charlie CEi arlie lee to receive thomas award As toofie s outstanding footballer who was the outstanding player of the tooele thoele football team my pick is lee no 41 1 I think lee is not only a fine football player but a gentleman and a fine sport he ile is tops with me and my boys signed coach B J J bingham high school coming from a coach of an op yaoting ing team the above words are agh praise indeed and echo the opinions of the theother lother coaches in the jordan league As a result of this poll co capt charlie lee will be awarded a beautiful 12 inch gold thursday dec 4 at legion hall the trophy will be presented to tooele thoele s all state halfback by mr paul thomas 52 north pinehurst avenue donor of the trophy the trophy is awarded annually by mr thomas to an outstanding player from tooele thoele high school who Is chosen by taking a count of votes sent in by the coaches of the schools tooele thoele plays in 1942 bill mckendrick won the trophy and in 1943 byron mckend nek rick won it in 1944 keever janko vich placed the statuette on his mantle and 1945 saw two stars deadlocked in the poll so mr tho mas made two to presentations to tooele thoele s grid greats schubert and tooele thoele s all state tackle ray garrard won the gold en prize last year and this year the star studded list grows both in bumbers numbers and brilliance with the 1 addition of charlie lee co capt lee was outstanding in every one of tooele thoele s games and was largely responsible for lead ing the buffaloes through a very successful season coaches of op posing teams in pre game instruct eions always warned their players to stop lee but in every con test lee proved to be unstoppable as he rambled for a total of six touchdowns and 3 points after touchdowns not to mention the many times he personally set up other scores with thrilling long runs or cleared the way for other backs by throwing path clearen clearing g blocks lee s great playing during the course of the season received state wide notice and charlie was pick ed by the salt lake telegram as the best halfback in the state now lee is to receive still more hon ors when he receives mr thomas award next week other players on tooele thoele s great football team to receive the praise and commendation of rival coaches were glen rupp and glen hamil ton ends and chuck gillespie half back 1 |