1896 Season
Regular Season
Captain
Head Coach
• In 1896 there were very few high school teams with football squads that it was
necessary to schedule teams that in the present era would be considered too far
strong of competition for high school boys
2-6-1 Record
:: THE VERY FIRST WEBSTER CITY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM
::
TEAM MEMBERS (NOT LISTED IN ORDER
OF APPEARANCE): Bill Houck, Clark Miller, Jim White, Guy Stearns, Lee
Stickney, Art Miller, Jas Kepler, Claude Doak, Doc Reed, Whit Clark, Edwin
Garth, R.E. Towle.
Week #1: (L) Webster City
0, Webster City Athletic Association 8
Week #2:
(L)
Webster City
4, Ellsworth College 6
Week #3:(L)
Webster City
0, Boone 26
Week #4: (W)
Webster City ___, West High of
Des Moines ___
Week #5: (L)
Webster City 0, Fort
Dodge 12
Week #6:
(L)
Webster City 0, Boone 40
Week #7: (W)
Webster City ___, Eagle Grove
Railroad Team ___
Week #8:
(L)
Webster 6, Fort Dodge 16
Week #9: (T)
Webster City 4, Humboldt College
4
Claude Doak
Manager
William Stare
None
Assistant Coach
None
• Players had to furnish their own equipment and managed to get little or no
coaching from instructors as school... however, if the teacher showed a little
stuff, they were allowed to play on the team
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