Saturday, October 21, 2023


 
1944-45' JERSEY TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL SQUAD

(1944 MARKS THE FIRST TIME THAT A JERSEY HEAD COACH HAD 2 SONS ON THE VARSITY SQUAD. HEAD COACH WILLIAM JAMES CREAMER IS PICTURED IN THE WHITE T-SHIRT, WHILE ROBERT "BOB" WHO WAS A SOPHOMORE STANDS JUST TO HIS LEFT. JAMES WHO WAS A SENIOR IS LOCATED IN THE FRONT ROW AND FIFTH FROM THE RIGHT WEARING JERSEY #68)


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1944 FOOTBALL SEASON: GAME BY GAME




A GOPHER'S-EYE VIEW OF A FOOTBALL HUDDLE





1944 JERSEY FOOTBALL LETTERMEN




1944-'45 JERSEY TOWNSHIP 
HIGH SCHOOL BAND



A SALUTE TO OUR BELOVED SCHOOL BUILDING






"HIGHLIGHTS IN SPORTS"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 1944




"PANTHERS SCHEDULE EIGHT FOOTBALL GAMES"
"TWENTY-NINE ATHLETES PRACTICING FOR VARSITY"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 1944





"PANTHERS TO OPEN AGAINST WESTERN"
SOURCE: ALTON TELEGRAPH
DATE: SEPTEMBER 16, 1944




"PANTHERS OPEN SEASON AT ALTON SATURDAY"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: SEPTEMBER 22, 1944





"HIGHLIGHTS IN SPORTS"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: SEPTEMBER 22, 1944





"HIGHLIGHTS IN SPORTS"
SOURCE: ALTON TELEGRAPH
DATE: SEPTEMBER 25, 1944




"RED RAIDERS TAKE OPENING FAME 
FROM JERSEYVILL HIGH BY SCORE OF 35 TO 0 ON EATON FIELD"
SOURCE: WESTERN MILITARY ACADEMY SHRAPNEL
DATE: SEPTEMBER 28, 1944





"HIGHLIGHTS IN SPORTS"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: SEPTEMBER 29, 1944





"PANTHERS BATTLE ROODHOUSE FRIDAY NIGHT"
"WESTERN MILITARY DRUBS JTHS 35-0 SATURDAY"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: SEPTEMBER 29, 1944





"HIGHLIGHTS IN SPORTS"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: OCTOBER 6, 1944




"PANTHERS LAST QUARTER RALLY TIES ROODHOUSE"
"CARROLLTON HAWKS HERE THURSDAY NITE, OCT. 12"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: OCTOBER 6, 1944





"JERSEYVILLE PANTHERS TOP GREENFIELD ELEVEN, 16-6"
SOURCE: ALTON TELEGRAPH
DATE: OCTOBER 6, 1944



"PANTHERS, HAWKS CLASH AT JERSEYVILLE THURSDAY"
SOURCE: ALTON TELEGRAPH
DATE: OCTOBER 10, 1944



"PANTHERS, HAWKS GAME POSTPONED"
SOURCE: ALTON TELEGRAPH
DATE: OCTOBER 12, 1944



"HIGHLIGHTS IN SPORTS"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: OCTOBER 13, 1944




"JERSEYVILLE DEFEATS GREENFIELD"
"CARROLLTON AND WHITE HALL GAMES POSTPONED"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: OCTOBER 13, 1944




"HIGHLIGHTS IN SPORTS"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: OCTOBER 20, 1944




"HIGHLIGHTS IN SPORTS"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: OCTOBER 27, 1944





"HIGHLIGHTS IN SPORTS"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: NOVEMBER 3, 1944




"JERSEY PANTHERS WILL RESUME GRID SCHEDULE"
SOURCE: ALTON TELEGRAPH
DATE: OCTOBER 31, 1944




"PANTHERS IN CRUCIAL CONTEST AT PITTSFIELD"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: NOVEMBER 3, 1944



"JERSEYVILLE TO BATTLE PLEASANT HILL FRIDAY"
SOURCE: ALTON TELEGRAPH
DATE: NOVEMBER 7, 1944



"JERSEY ELEVEN TO PLAY TWO POSTPONED GAMES"
SOURCE: ALTON TELEGRAPH
DATE: NOVEMBER 10, 1944



"JERSEYVILLE PANTHERS TO MEET WHITE HALL MONDAY"
SOURCE: ALTON TELEGRAPH
DATE: NOVEMBER 18, 1944



"HIGHLIGHTS IN SPORTS"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 1944




"PANTHERS SNAG TWO VICTORIES"
"WHITE HALL HERE FOR FINAL GAME MONDAY"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 1944




"HIGHLIGHTS IN SPORTS"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: NOVEMBER 24, 1944





"WHITE HALL UPSETS PANTHERS MONDAY NITE"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: NOVEMBER 24, 1944



"20 BOYS TO RECEIVE LETTERS IN FOOTBAL"
SOURCE: JERSEY COUNTY DEMOCRAT
DATE: DECEMB ER 1, 1944