Ball in flight,
Bernie Brennan in fight!
Playing at home during the Christmas vacation, the Bees outscored the St. Norbert five, 86-69, to
bring their record to two wins and five defeats. The Ambrose five then travelled to the strongest small
college…
DICK BRENNAN
Bill Manley (44) says, "Just a darn minute here!"
BERNIE BRENNAN
The home court proved more conducive to the Ambrose cage delegation as they bounced back from
three consecutive setbacks and completely outplayed Illinois Tech 93-80,…
LEO LEWIS
TOM OTTING
Jim Edgeworth (23), endeavors to block
a Wesleyan shot!
The Bee cagers opened their tough schedule by travelling to North Dakota State and St. Mary's. These
first two games found the Bees having difficulty with effective ball…
MR. BASKETBALL, COACH BOB DUAX
First row; Left to right: Bill Manley, Ray Doran, Dick Dreher, Leo Lewis, Coach Duax, Bob Kennedy,
Dan Garvey, Ed Conroy, Ron Sergeant; Second row: Maynard Luetkehans, Jim Edgeworth, Dave
O'Connell, Fred Boher, Bernie…
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
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…
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. 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…
