TEAM INFORMATION

1945-1946 Wilson High School Presidents ("Prexies") Varsity Football Team, the first in program history.

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1 - 4 - 0 Overall
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1st Season in Program History
​1st Victory in Program History
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Head Coach: Warren Eberly, 1st & Final Season (Record @ Wilson through 1945: 1 - 4 - 0)
Team Captain: Herbert Welder
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1945-1946 Team Captain Herbert Welder

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WEEK-BY-WEEK RESULTS

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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.