Columbus High School Football

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Indiana Football Hall of Fame
Columbus High School Head Coach For 20 Years

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MAX D. ANDRESS
Inducted: July 30, 1976

Date of Birth: August 27, 1922

High School Attended: Elkhart HS Graduated: 1939
High School Honors: Honorable Mention All State Quarterback in 1939; United State Army with service in Philippines and Japan in 1940 to 1946.

College Attended: Indiana University Graduated: 1950

Coaching Experience: Assistant Indiana State University 1949-1950; Head Coach at Columbus HS 1951-1971 with a record of 118-79-10 and Conference Champs 6 times.
Coaching Honors: "Coach of the Year Award"- South Central Conference 5 times

Special Recognition: First Chairman of Football Coaches Commissioner for State Playoff in football. Undefeated season in 1959; Outstanding thrill-privilege of coaching three of his sons and seeing each receive All-State Recognition: Dave, All State Quarterback in 1969; Tom, All-State Defensive Back in 1971; and Mike All-State Running Back in 1973.




Bob

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Indiana Football Hall of Fame & Professional NFL Star
Columbus High School 1962 through 1966
MIKE PHIPPS



Mike Phipps is well known for becoming the first quarterback ever to beat Notre Dame three straight years, and he accomplished the feat when the Fighting Irish were ranked No. 1, No. 2 and No. 9 nationally.

Inducted: July 9, 1998

High School Attended: Columbus HS Graduated: 1966

High School Honors: Made Indiana All-American and Indiana All-State football team.

College Attended: Purdue University Graduated: 1971

College Honors: 1969 Heisman Trophy Runner-up, 1969 All-American Quarterback, 2 times All-Big 10 First Quarterback. First Quarterback to beat Norte Dame three times in a row. Set 24 records during Collegiate Career, 1995 Purdue Hall of Fame Inductee. Offered Rhode Scholarship but turned it down to play Professional Football. 2 time All Academic Big 10, Big 10 Metal of Honor.

Professional Athletic Background: Played football for 12 years. 6 years with the Cleveland Browns as Quarterback and 6 year with Chicago Bears as outstanding Quarterback.

Mike and his wife Carole have 5 children, Ryan, Russell, Natalie, Andy, and Casey.

Go here: www.geocities.com/indfoothall/resumep1.htm#PHIPPS


Bob

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College Football Hall of Fame & Professional NFL Football Star



Mike Phipps

Go here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Phipps


Bob

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Coach Max Andress 1958

Coach Max Andress, center explains a play to reserve coach Wally Page and line coach Duane Barrow right.



Bob

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In 1958 Two Future "Indiana Hall Of Fame" Coaches Were Best Friends




Basketball Coach Bill Stearman and Football Coach Max Andress preparing the film projector for game reviewing. Little did the two know that someday they would be in the Indiana Hall of Fame for their respective sports?

It is very easy to say that these two outstanding coaches and citizens were some of the most influential teachers and coaches at Columbus High School for over 20 years. Their "can do" attitudes and magnetic personalities affected not only the athletic programs, but students throughout the school.

Both are deceased now but their memories will long stand in the halls of Columbus sports minds as well as students that grew to know and respect them.


Bob

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1961 Football Coaches Under Leadership of Max Andress




Bob

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Indiana Football Hall of Fame & Professional NFL Star
Columbus East High School Graduate 1980



BLAIR KIEL




Inducted: July 9, 1998
Induction No: 375 Columbus, IN


High School Attended: Columbus East HS Graduated: 1980

High School Honors: 1979 All State- All American

College Attended: University of Notre Dame Graduated: 1984

College Honors: Longest T/D pass in Notre Dame History. Top 5 Most Passing Categories. Top 3 Career Passing

Professional Athletic Background: Drafted by Tampa Bay of the NFL where he played for 2 years. Played for Indianapolis Colts for 2 years. Played for the Green Packers for 4 years. He also played 1 year with Atlanta and 1 year at Toronto. Blair retired after the 1992 season.

Currently Blair is a Real Estate Developer, he and his wife, Melissa are the parents of two children, Brittany and Brandon

Go here: www.geocities.com/indfoothall/resumek2.htm#KIEL

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Indiana Football Hall of Fame & Professional NFL Star
Columbus High School Graduate 1970

TERRY SCHMIDT, DDS


Inducted: July 9, 1998
Induction No: 377 Columbus
High School Attended: Columbus HS Graduated: 1970

High School Honors: Lettered three years in track, two years in football and basketball, Member of the National Honor Society

College Attended: Ball State University Graduated: 1974

Loyola University of Dental Surgury Graduated: 1984

College Honors: Played football for Ball State and played in the East-West Shrine Game, Coaches All-American Games in 1974. Was College Division All-American and Academic All-American. Lettered three years as free safety

Professional Background: Drafted in 1974 by the New Orleans Saint Football Club where he played two years and was selected NFL All Rookie Team. Went to the Chicago Bears in 1976 and played nine years.

Outstanding Accomplishments: Graduated magnum cum laude from Loyola University of Chicago Dental Surgery after retiring from Chicago Bears. During tenure was honored as outstanding academic excellence in Gross Anatomy, Dental Surgery, and Oral Pathology. Is Resident Physician at North Chicago VA Medical. In 1994, promoted to Chief of Dental Service. Dr. Schmidt serves o the board at Unlich Children's homes. He, his wife, and several members of the Cornerstone Community Church in Waukegan, IL traveled to Guatemala and performed missionary dentistry on the Tzutujiu Mayan Indians.

Terry and his wife, Nancy has a son Jake and daughter Jennifer.

Go here: www.geocities.com/indfoothall/resumes1.htm#SCHMIDT

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"Max Andress Football Field"
Named after his 21 years of dedication to the sport and school at Columbus North High School
Located at 25th and Maple Streets



Max Andress died last week and his funeral is today. The following partial quote from the Columbus Republic paper March 27, 2007 by Harry McCawley is provided:

Quote:

"Max’s funeral is today. After the 10:30 a.m. funeral mass at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, the procession will make a detour on the way to the cemetery.
It will proceed to the Max Andress football field at North High School, making a lap on the running surface and stopping at the 50-yard line on the home side.
His 21 grandchildren will get out of their vehicles and each will send a balloon into the sky over the field named for their grandfather. "

Harry McCawley

End Quote.

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CHS 1960 Football Team Won All Games & The Conference Crown
Bulldogs Undefeated Season

This team coached by Max Andrews, Duane Barrows, Ted Marston and Walter (Wally) Page went undefeated that year. They won all 10 seasonal games. They didn't have any teams even come close to them during those games. They shut-out 40 percent of the teams played. They beat one team 40 to 13 as their top scoring game.

The teams most valuable player was Bill Spicer. John Gentry was selected to the all-state first team. Other selected conference honors were given to Bill Spicer, Graham Updike, John Moore, John Gentry and Jack Hinkle. Jack was also a good extra point kicker. He was classified as a sure extra point each effort for those points.

The team scored 254 points in ten games with a average of around 25 points a game. Opponents only scored a total of 45 points in the ten games played.

This group had tremendous team and school spirit and the local fans were very supportive.




Source: 1960 Log

[jdhinkle]

THANKS TO RER FOR PUTTING IN THE INFO FOR THE UNDEFEATED TEAM
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THIS TO GIVE THE PUPS THEIR DUE
MOST SPORTS PEOPLE HAVE HEARD THAT YOUR TEAM IS ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR PRACTICES
THE UNDEFEATED TEAM COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE EFFORTS OF THE PUPS.
THEIR CONTRIBUTION PROBABLY WAS OVERLOOKED BUT I WANT ADD MY THANKS TO ALL OF THOSE GUYS



WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU AND THE FANS
THANKS

[jdhinkle]

I HOPE THIS IS NOT INAPPROPRIATE

I WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNDEFEATED COLUMBUS BULLDOGS FOOTBALL TEAM

IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I HAVE BEEN INQUIRING TO SEE IF THERE HAS BEEN A DATE SET ASIDE FOR A LITTLE REUNION FOR THE OCCASION

I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT BY E MAIL AND PERSONALLY TALKED WITH SOME OF THE PLAYERS

I WOULD HOPE THE PLANNERS WOULD LET US KNOW SOON IF THERE WILL BE AN EVENT SO WE CAN GET A GREAT TURN OUT

JACK HINKLE
NUMBER 82

[jdhinkle]

AS A FOLLOW UP TO MY REQUEST

WE ARE TRYING TO CONTACT ALL PLAYERS FROM THE YEAR 1959

WE HAVE TWO THAT WE CAN NOT LOCATE
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFO ON MIKE WILEY OR LARRY WEST

WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO ADVISE EVERYONE SOON!!!!!!

JACK

[jdhinkle]

THE TIME IS GETTING NEAR

--------- A T T E N T I O N ----- A L L -------------------------------

THE DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR CELEBRATING THE 50 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1959 UNDEFEATED FOOTBALL TEAM

MARK YOUR CALENDAR AUGUST 21, 2009 FRIDAY NITE

THIS WILL BE A SEASON OPENER THE OLD GUYS WANT TO GET THERE AND GIVE THE 2009 TEAM A PROPER START

STEPS ARE BEING MADE TO CONTACT ALL THE PLAYERS

PLEASE IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO WAS ON THE TEAM OR IF YOU WERE A MEMBER OF THE TEAM PLEASE CONTACT ME
JACK HINKLE

WE WANT TO GET AS MANY AS POSSIBLE TO THIS GATHERING

I'M PLANNING ON BEING THERE HOPE YOU ALL WILL BE THERE TOO




THE TOE AND THE FINGER
JACK HINKLE 82
DAN FITZGIBBON 43

Mar 5, 2009 14:08:28 GMT -5 jdhinkle said:

I HOPE THIS IS NOT INAPPROPRIATE

I WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNDEFEATED COLUMBUS BULLDOGS FOOTBALL TEAM

IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I HAVE BEEN INQUIRING TO SEE IF THERE HAS BEEN A DATE SET ASIDE FOR A LITTLE REUNION FOR THE OCCASION

I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT BY E MAIL AND PERSONALLY TALKED WITH SOME OF THE PLAYERS

I WOULD HOPE THE PLANNERS WOULD LET US KNOW SOON IF THERE WILL BE AN EVENT SO WE CAN GET A GREAT TURN OUT

JACK HINKLE
NUMBER 82

[jdhinkle]

I DECIDED TO PUT THIS POST HERE THE ADMIN GUYS MAY THINK IT SHOULD GO IN THE DECADES OF THE FIFTY BUT...

I WAS GOING THROUGH AN OLD SCRAPBOOK OF MY BEST FRIEND

THIS A PHOTO OF THE TOUCH FOOTBALL TEAM FROM ABOUT THE 1954 ERA
ONE REASON FOR PUTTING IT HERE WAS THAT THIS PICTURE CONTAINS AT LEAST THREE OF THE GUYS WHO A FEW YEARS LATER WERE MEMBERS OF THE UNDEFEATED FOOTBALL TEAM OF THE 1959 SEASON. THEY ARE PREPARING TO CELEBRATE THE 50 YEAR REUNION OF THAT SEASON ON AUGUST 21, 2009







FRONT ROW; WAYNE THOMPSON,PHIL CAMPBELL,UNKNOWN,BILLY WISSMAN,REEL TALBOTT

SECOND ROW; JOHN MILLER, MERRILL MCMAHAN, GRAHAM UPDIKE, DAVE ORTEL

BACK ROW; COACH BILL SOLOMON, JACK HINKLE, CAL BRAND, DICK BONEBRAKE, COACH JERRY GATTEN

I THINK

HELP HELP HELP
CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHO THE BOY WITH THE FOOTBALL IS

PLEEEAAASSE!!!!!!!!!!!

WHATS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS PICTURE IS THAT JACK HINKLE IN THE BACK ROW WAS THE QUARTERBACK AND GRAHAM UPDIKE IN THE MIDDLE ROW WAS THE CENTER. GO FIGURE

MR UPDIKE WAS THE TOP RUNNING BACK ON THE UNDEFEATED TEAM AND JACK WAS THE CENTER.

[jdhinkle]

I DISCOVERED A RARE DOCUMENT THAT THOSE OF YOU CAN REMEMBER BACK TO 1959

THIS IS A PICTURE THAT GRAHAM UPDIKE SAVED IN HIS SCRAPBOOK OVER THE YEARS
I TOOK A PICTURE OF IT AND THEN ADDED THE NUMBERS AND LETTERS IT IS QUITE A MEMORABLE DOCUMENT

THERE ARE THE SIGNATURES OF THE MAJORITY OF THE UNDEFEATED FOOTBALL TEAM THE COACHES MANAGERSAS WELL AS SUPERINTENDENT ROBBINS ATHELETIC DIRECTER COACH STEARMAN AND TRAINER MEL BLICKENSTAFF

TO ADD TO THE MEMORY IT ALSO HAS THE CROSS COUNTRY TEAM MEMBERS AND COACH ORLOSKY



HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THIS

I PUT THE JERSEY NUMBERS UNDER EACH PLAYER, CC UNDER THE CROSS COUNTRY GUYS AND ABBREVIATIONS ON THE OTHERS

[jdhinkle]

------------- A T T E N T I O N ----------------------------------------------------

THE 1959 UNDEFEATED FOOTBALL TEAM WILL BE HONORED AT THE AUG 21 FRIDAY NITE
FOOTBALL GAME THE BULLDOGS FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON

SEVERAL OF THE PLAYERS ARE GOING TO BE THERE

THERE ARE A FEW WE ARE TRYING TO LOCATE

IF YOU KNOW ANY OF THESE GUYS P L E A S E NOTIFY ME JACK HINKLE
OR HAVE THEM CONTACT ME
ITS 50 YEARS SO THERE MAY NOT BE ANOTHER TIME



Unknowns:

Jerry Beaman
Bob Brown
Jim Everroad
Ron Manley Ron Pelfrey
Steve Rees
Bob Snively
Dean Stepp
Jim Stulzts
Charlie Wells


MY E MAIL IS [e-mail]

[Margo CHS Class of 55]

Dear Jack and others,
I have sent this message about the 1959 Footlball Team out to all of my CHS Contacts. They are always a fountain of information.
I understand Carole Burton has already sent you info on two of them already.
Charlie Snyder sent me a message that Charlie Wells is an attorney here in Columbus. He seems to think Stepp is in Oregon ?
Will continue to await news for you. The internet is a marvelous place for info from so many contacts you don't have the time or money, to call.
I just don't have the energy anymore to post on this web site,as much as I did. However, I try to scan it at least once a week.
Will get back with you again, if I hear any more. Some people only check their messages once or twice a week, so it may be a few days.

Your CHS Classmate from '55 Margo McCalip Hughey

[jdhinkle]

I WANT TO THANK MARGO AND THE OTHERS WE HAVE DONE AS MUCH AS WE COULD TO GET AS MANY OF THE 1959 FOOTBALL TEAM TOGETHER ON FRIDAY AUGUST 21,2009

WE HOPE EVERYONE WHO CAN WILL ATTEND THE FOOTBALL GAME AND SUPPORT THE BULLDOGS

ALTHOUGH COACH ANDRESS WONT BE THERE HIS FAMILY AND PLAYERS WILL BE THERE TO HONOR HIM AND THE CITY OF COLUMBUS

LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 29 OF THE GUYS ARE GOING TO BE THERE

HOPE EVERYONE CAN HELP IN THE CELEBRATION

Aug 6, 2009 18:20:32 GMT -5 Margo CHS Class of 55 said:

Dear Jack and others,
I have sent this message about the 1959 Footlball Team out to all of my CHS Contacts. They are always a fountain of information.
I understand Carole Burton has already sent you info on two of them already.
Charlie Snyder sent me a message that Charlie Wells is an attorney here in Columbus. He seems to think Stepp is in Oregon ?
Will continue to await news for you. The internet is a marvelous place for info from so many contacts you don't have the time or money, to call.
I just don't have the energy anymore to post on this web site,as much as I did. However, I try to scan it at least once a week.
Will get back with you again, if I hear any more. Some people only check their messages once or twice a week, so it may be a few days.

Your CHS Classmate from '55 Margo McCalip Hughey

[jdhinkle]

THE TIME IS FAST APPROACHING

THIS FRIDAY THERE WILL BE SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR COLUMBUS

THE COLUMBUS EAST FOOTBALL TEAM IS GOING TO PLAY THEIR GAME IN THE LUCAS OIL STADIUM IN INDIANAPOLIS

THAT SAME NITE THE COLUMBUS NORTH BULLDOGS ARE PLAYING AT ANDRESS FIELD AND WILL BE HONORING THE 1959 UNDEFEATED FOOTBALL TEAM AT HALF TIME

WE EXPECT ABOUT 30 OF THE FORMER PLAYERS AND THE ANDRESS FAMILY WILL BE WELL REPRESENTED

HOPE ALL COLUMBUS FOLKS WILL ENJOY THESE EVENTS THIS WEEK

May 14, 2009 12:51:44 GMT -5 jdhinkle said:

THE TIME IS GETTING NEAR

--------- A T T E N T I O N ----- A L L -------------------------------

THE DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR CELEBRATING THE 50 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1959 UNDEFEATED FOOTBALL TEAM

MARK YOUR CALENDAR AUGUST 21, 2009 FRIDAY NITE

THIS WILL BE A SEASON OPENER THE OLD GUYS WANT TO GET THERE AND GIVE THE 2009 TEAM A PROPER START

STEPS ARE BEING MADE TO CONTACT ALL THE PLAYERS

PLEASE IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO WAS ON THE TEAM OR IF YOU WERE A MEMBER OF THE TEAM PLEASE CONTACT ME
JACK HINKLE

WE WANT TO GET AS MANY AS POSSIBLE TO THIS GATHERING

I'M PLANNING ON BEING THERE HOPE YOU ALL WILL BE THERE TOO




THE TOE AND THE FINGER
JACK HINKLE 82
DAN FITZGIBBON 43

Mar 5, 2009 14:08:28 GMT -5 jdhinkle said:

I HOPE THIS IS NOT INAPPROPRIATE

I WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNDEFEATED COLUMBUS BULLDOGS FOOTBALL TEAM

IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I HAVE BEEN INQUIRING TO SEE IF THERE HAS BEEN A DATE SET ASIDE FOR A LITTLE REUNION FOR THE OCCASION

I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT BY E MAIL AND PERSONALLY TALKED WITH SOME OF THE PLAYERS

I WOULD HOPE THE PLANNERS WOULD LET US KNOW SOON IF THERE WILL BE AN EVENT SO WE CAN GET A GREAT TURN OUT

JACK HINKLE
NUMBER 82