1945 Season |
TEAM INFORMATION
1 - 4 - 0 Overall
1st Season in Program History
1st Victory in Program History
1st Victory in Program History
Head Coach: Warren Eberly, 1st & Final Season (Record @ Wilson through 1945: 1 - 4 - 0)
Team Captain: Herbert Welder
Team Captain: Herbert Welder
WEEK-BY-WEEK RESULTS
GAME-BY-GAME NEWS ARTICLES
via The Reading Eagle / Google Newspaper Archive
Preseason
First Organized Practice
(cow pasture, west of High School campus)
Game 1
Wilson 7, Reading JVs 0
Played at George Field | Reading, PA
A pass thrown by Jim Lippincott to Robert Welder recorded the first touchdown (and first points) in Wilson Football history.
Original "motion pictures" by Arlan Moyer. First video conversion by Bill Haas, to VHS. Modernized digital conversion by Joe Mays.
Game 2
Manheim Township 19, Wilson 0
Played in Neffsville on Saturday, October 13th
Game 3
Wyomissing 20, Wilson 6
Played in Wyomissing on Saturday, October 27th
Game 4
Coplay 26, Wilson 7
Played in Lehigh County on Saturday, November 10th
Game 5
Muhlenberg 27, Wilson 6
Played in West Reading on Saturday, November 17th
Misc. First Season Info.
After Season's Conclusion
Banquet held in Shartlesville on November 19th, 1945, with Gordon Williams (Reading Times sports editor) as the keynote speaker and Eugene Stoudt (Wilson High School principal) as the M.C.