Mecklem, Millard Filmore

The football team of 1946, the first football team to form after the Second World War, poses for a picture.

First row: Richard H. MacAndrews (Trainer), John S. Steckbeck (Line), G. Leroy Krieger, Paul L. Paxton, John W. Dresch, Robert E. Mills, Colin W. MacInnis, Edward T. Hughes, Ronald E. Knapp (Backs), Ralph R. "Dutch" Ricker

Second row: William J. Cudding, W. Richard Thompson, Harold McCorkle, Russell D. Fettrow, Harold C. Smittinger, Richard C. Kaase, Thomas P. Lacek, William V. Webster (Jr.), Mark M. Grubbs (Jr.), John B. Armstrong (Manager)

Third row: Steve Padjen, Walter V. Kohler, James M. Yingling, Shamos A. O'Shea, Paul Bissey, John N. Hamilton, Samuel McC. Lyon, Walter L. From, Thomas W. McHugh

Fourth row: Roy S. Lutz, Robert B. Lutz, George W. Ahl (Jr.), Walter Stapleton, William Rhodes, James H. Goodwin (Jr.), Jerome B. Lynch, Fred J. Wolfe

Fifth row: Thomas L. Guest, Millard F. Mecklem, Earl H. Biel, Joseph J. Nagy (Captain), Harry B. Towe, Gerald L. Miller, Robert T. Keating, Vincent J. Schafmeister, Douglas C. Rehor, Benjamin G. Helsel

The 1947 football team poses for a picture.

First row: John B. Armstrong (Manager), W. Richard Thompson, Harold C. Smittinger, James K. Abbott, Thomas L. Guest, Francis C. Noonan, Thomas P. Lacek, Millard F. Mecklem, Russell D. Fettrow, Robert M. Obeid, Ralph R. "Dutch" Ricker (Head Coach)

Second row: Alan S. Crawshaw (Manager), Walter L. From, Walter V. Kohler, Donald A. Olewine, Thomas W. McHugh, Robert B. Lutz, Richard F. Staar, Robert T. Keating, Thomas D. Gordon, James C. Pooley, David H. Kirk (Backs)

Third row: Charles H. Grote Jr.  (Manager), Gerald L. Miller, Paul R. Paxton, James M. Hunter, Edward T. Hughes, Robert H. Crow, Paul L. Paxton, Franklin Meck, Robert L. McNeal, Thomas G. Chew, John S. Steckbeck (Line)

Fourth row: Stephen W. Koblish, James W. Croop, G. Leroy Krieger, Harry B. Towe, Earl H. Biel, Robert E. Mills, George W. Ahl Jr., Edward L. Beck, William Christmas, Howard Baum, James M. Kyte, Walter G. Groome

The 1948 football team.

First row: William T. Hostetter, John D. Mathewson, Paul L. Paxton, John W. Lyter III, Stephen W. Koblish, Thomas L. Guest, G. Leroy Krieger, Harry B. Towe, George W. Smith, Earl H. Biel, James W. Evans

Second row: Joseph H. Copeland, Robert H. Crow, Robert M. Obeid, Howard G. Baum, W.J. Gobrecht, Robert T. Keating, Robert H. Marta, Daniel A. Dombrowski, Lawrence G. Stevens, Richard E. Reese

Third row: William E. Davis, Paul R. Paxton, Edward S. Ermak, D. Lester Weidner, Edward B. Jacobs, Richard A. Gette, Carl A. High, William J. Zapsic, James M. Kyte, Ralph R. "Dutch" Ricker (Head Coach)

Fourth row: William R. Falen, Oscar W. Meneses, Charles J. Herber, Franklin Meck, Richard L. Placey, Millard F. Mecklem, Richard J. Relick, Frank A. Scopetti, David H. Kirk (Backs)

Millard Filmore Mecklem, a member of the Class of 1949, in his football uniform.