updated 02/19/2014

1916 - New Albin High School basketball team

New Albin High School Baseball Team
ca1916

Back row: 2nd from left is Victor Reburn
Back row: 1st on left may be one Victor's brothers

If you can ID any of the others in this photo, please email the Allamakee co. coordinator.

~photo was contributed by Paul A. Williams, grandson of Victor Reburn. Paul's email contact can be found in the Surname Registry for Reburn.
~note: the photo was dated by Paul's mother (Victor's daughter), who thinks Victor was 16 when the photo was taken

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1923 - 1924 New Albin H.S. basketball team
Allamakee county Champs!

New Albin High School Cage Team is Undefeated

Above is the crack New Albin high school basketball five which has battled through eleven stiff encounters this season undefeated. The team is coached by Lloyd L. Copeland, principal of the high school.

The team will compete in the Iowa tournaments for the championship of the state. The team’s record follows:
New Albin: 25 … Town Team: 16
New Albin: 22 … Lansing: 8
New Albin: 23 … Waukon: 12
New Albin: 39 … Spring Grove, Minn.: 2
New Albin: 19 … Spring Grove, Minn.: 12
New Albin: 25 … Waterville: 7
New Albin: 26 … Lansing: 6
New Albin: 25 … Waterville: 2
New Albin: 28 … Guttenberg: 3
New Albin: 19 … St. Peters: 18
New Albin: 30 … St. Peters: 14

The following data on the men:
Alvin Kuehn, right forward, captain, weighs 135 lbs., a good floor man, pivots well, good consistent goal shooter, third year on team.

Rolley Gantenbein, forward, weighs 165 lbs., a good consistent forward, second year on team.

Joe Crowley, center, weighs 150 lbs., fourth year on team. A man that is naturally fitted for center position. Good on offense but still better on the defense.

Gail Gantenbein, right forward, weighs 145 lbs. Plays running guard. A good dribbler. Wherever the ball is this fellow is usually after it. One of the best guards in high school basketball in this part of the state.

Chester Randall, stationary guard, weighs 145 lbs. A good dribbler and passer. His fourth year on the team.

~unknown newspaper clipping, hand-dated 1924, the photo is a scan of the original photo, the news article also included the picture.
~contributed by Errin Wilker

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New Albin High School Basketball Teams, 1928-29

New Albin High School girls basketball team, 1928-29

BACK L-R: Helen Jordan, Coach Humphrey, Gladys McCormick, Louise Weymiller
FRONT L-R: Sara Smerud, Doris May, Lillian Welper, Ina Gantenbein, Belva Higgins, Marie Kelly, Elizabeth Rouster
~contributed by Errin Wilker

New Albin High School boys basketball team, 1928-29

Back row L-R: Herbert "Hub" Zarwell, teacher/coach Mr. Bogen, Gus Irons, and Burnell "Buzz" Steele
Front row L-R: Harold Bellows, Milton "Chink" Zelinski, Harold "Hooky" Jordan, Art "Swede" Stevens, Alfred "Al" Kelly, and Merlin "Snooky" Higgins
~contributed by Errin Wilker

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New Albin Girls Basketball Team, 1930

New Albin Girls Basketball Team, 1930

BACK L-R: Helen Jordan, Bernice Meyer, Mabel Pottratz, Gladys McCormick, Marie Kelly & Coach Humphrey
FRONT L-R: Doris Spinner, Katherine Kelly, Sara Smerud & Lillian Welper

~contributed by Errin Wilker

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1940's - New Albin High School Teams



New Albin High School Basketball Team, 1946

Front L-R: Elton Darling, Alfred Smerud, Melvin Meyer, Glenn Buege and Ralph Meyer
Back L-R: James Moore, James Imhoff, Donald Sires, Donald Hammer, Thomas Darling and Gerald Donovan

~photo contributed by Susan Meyer Goldstein: "My dad, Melvin Meyer, is holding the basketball, and my cousin, Ralph Meyer, is the little guy on the right.  Both of them have died in the past few years."

New Albin High School Basketball Team, 1946

Front L-R: Elton Darling, Alfred Smerud, Melvin Meyer, Glenn Buege and Ralph Meyer
Back L-R: James Moore, James Imhoff, Donald Sires, Donald Hammer, Thomas Darling and Gerald Donovan
~contributed by Errin Wilker - this is the same team in a different pose, as the photo above

New Albin High School Baseball Team, ca1949

BACK L-R: Franklin "Doc" Weymiller, Donald Sires, Carl Colsch, Louis "Digger" Weymiller, Richard Franzmeier, Cecil Colsch and Carl Dresselhaus (the coach)
FRONT L-R: Jack Darling, Leo Whalen, Frank Meade, William Lager, Gerald Donovan, Jack Metzdorf and Wayne Buege
~photo contributed by Errin Wilker

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1953 - New Albin High School Baseball Team

Fall Sub-State Champs

The New Albin High School baseball team completed its most successful season in the school's history in the fall of 1953, when it advanced to the state tournament semi-finals. it supported an 11 to 1 record and was undefeated until bowing to Auburn 7-3 in the semi-final game.

Front L-R: Duane Bakewell, Ralph Nelson, Bob Richards and Gerald Bellon
Middle L-R: Dean Reed, assistant coach; Virgil Richards, Ray Whalen, Joe Nelson, Larry Lager and Ralph Meyer
Back L-R: Jim Noel, Gerald Mitchell, Jim Dollar, Dave Steele, Paul Kreiner, Bruce Ferguson, and Coach Carl Dresselhaus

~contributed by Errin Wilker

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