First row, Left to right: Don Allison, Tom Nestor, Bob Jones, Joe DeSoto, Clint Westemeyer, Gene Walton, Wayne
Talcott, Dick Wood, Jerry Gerhart, Bob Varley. Second row: Head Coach L. G. Friedrichs, Jack Laughlin, Dan
Peterson, Harry Vollmer, Roy…
That's using your head
Oh! For goodness sakes . . . move over!
GENE WALTON
JACK LAUGHLIN
NATE WALTON
BERT WESTEMEYER
ST. AMBROSE 40
LORAS 14
In the Homecoming game, playing our
traditional foe, Loras, the St. Ambrose
College Bees displayed their…
ST. AMBROSE 19
OMAHA 27
Even though St. Ambrose clicked on
a vicious passing attack against Omaha,
it was not enough to turn the tide of the
Omaha 27-19 effort. With Omaha taking
an early lead, the Bees rolled back to
hold the Indians scoreless…
ST. AMBROSE 19
GREAT LAKES 33
Led by an array of All-
Americans such as Dick Fitzgerald, Notre Dame; Bob Gon-
gola, Illinois; Ron Drzewiecki,
Marquette, and Dick Brubaker,
Ohio State, the Sailors proved
the value of their experience.
Great Lakes,…
ST. BENEDICT 6
The Bees of St. Ambrose College opened their 1956 football
season with a thrilling 14-6 victory over the Ravens of St.
Benedict's. It was a game highlighted by tight defensive play
on the part of both teams. St.
Ambrose used two…
ST. AMBROSE 40
MINNESOTA STATE 0
St. Ambrose closed out its football season with a six touchdown barrage which buried
Minnesota State, winners of the Minnesota State Teacher's College Conference for six
straight years. Led by Joe DeSoto and Clint…
ST. AMBROSE 47
LEWIS 6
The St. Ambrose College Bees, playing
before the largest crowd in recent years,
turned what experts predicted as a close
game into a rout, and soundly trounced
the Flyers, 47-6. In the first half, a stubborn Bee defensive unit…
Little All Americans
BOB WEBB
Quarterback
JOHN MICHALSKI
End
CLINT WESTEMEYER
End
Players named to All-Opponent teams were:
Dave Westemeyer, Tom Kenney, Greg Sharko, Dick Allison