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Template:Infobox college sports team season Template:1942 military service football records The 1942 Albuquerque Army Air Base Base Flying Kellys football team, sometimes known as the Flying Colin Kellys,[1] represented Albuquerque Army Air Base (Albuquerque AAB), located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during the 1942 college football season. The Flying Kellys compiled a 5–4 record, not including an October 30 intra-squad game in which the starters defeated the substitutes.[2] Captain Ted Shipkey (head coach at New Mexico before the war) was the head coach, and Ted Wright was the assistant coach.[3] Wright served as acting head coach against Arizona State due to an injury to Shipkey.[4] The team utilized the "accordion shuffle shift" offense that Shipkey had developed during his tenure as head coach with the New Mexico Lobos.[5]

The team was named after Colin Kelly, an Army aviator who was killed when his B-17 Flying Fortress was shot down in combat on December 10, 1941.[6][7] The Air Base also adopted a New Mexico mountain burro as its mascot.[8]

Schedule[]

Template:CFB schedule [9]

Roster[]

The players included the following:

  • Tiny Ahlgren, guard[10]
  • Roy Anderson, back, formerly of Fullerton High[10][11]
  • Ed Beddow, center, formerly of Arizona[12]
  • Red Bennett, end, formerly of Ole Miss[12][10]
  • W.L. "Bobby" Boblett, quarterback, formerly of West Virginia Normal[11][13][14]
  • Paul Bognar, guard[15]
  • Dick Campbell[16]
  • Church, back, formerly of California[10]
  • Jack Dungan, tackle, formerly of Arizona[12]
  • French Faucheau, guard[10]
  • Mike Gahar, tackle[10]
  • Troy "Cotton" Gann[10][17]
  • Gardell, guard[10]
  • Tony Gasparovich, tackle, formerly of Washington[18]
  • Newton Goss, fullback[15]
  • Reece Hill, halfback, formerly of New Mexico[17]
  • Bernie "Lefty" Honan, end, formerly of Wake Forest[13][19]
  • Harvey Johnson, halfback, formerly of Ole Miss[20] or Mississippi State[21]
  • James H. Kent, tackle, formerly of Alabama[18]
  • T.E. "Tommy" Keough, halfback, formerly of Wisconsin State[12][11]
  • Ray Kinslow,[13] fullback, sometimes spelled as "Kenslow"[10]
  • Ed Kintz, tackle, formerly of Puget Sound College[18]
  • Lt. Clee Maddox, back, formerly of Indiana[12][11]
  • Wick Malphurs[16]
  • Eddie Marshall, end, formerly of Georgia[16][10]
  • Charlie Mathis, guard[15]
  • Hank Morris, center[13]
  • J.O. "Bob" Nestra, halfback, formerly of Texas A&M[13]
  • "Two Ton" Polk, center[10]
  • Ralph R. "Robby" Robinette, tackle, formerly of Sul Ross[14]
  • Ted Shipkey, head coach, appeared in one play against Colorado Springs, at age 38, and injured a tendon in the back of his leg and was sent to El Paso for medical treatment[22][23]
  • J.R. Shoupe, end, formerly of SMU[24]
  • Vic Smith, guard,[10]
  • Dick Shoupe, end, formerly of SMU[12]
  • Lt. J.S. "Connie" Sparks, formerly of TCU[12][10]
  • Cecil Szepanski[16]
  • Ted Wright, assistant coach played in the Colorado Springs game on November 15 on his 32nd birthday[22]

References[]

  1. ↑ "Lobos, Air Base Gear Up Practice: Army Squad's First Scrimmage Today". September 9, 1942. p. 6. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83938126/kellys/. 
  2. ↑ "Testimonial Dinner For Kellys Today". December 4, 1942. p. 10. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83933373/testimonial-dinner-for-kellys-today/. 
  3. ↑ "Kellys to Play Each Other After Vain Hunt for Foes". October 28, 1942. p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83931268/kellys/. 
  4. ↑ "Flying Kellys Leave Today For Tempe Homecoming Tilt". November 20, 1942. p. 12. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83967291/kellys/. 
  5. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named shift
  6. ↑ "Mrs. Colin Kelly to Be Invited To Army Benefit Game here Between Air Base, Pen Nine". July 12, 1942. p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83940937/colin-kelly/. 
  7. ↑ "Yip! Yip! It's Still the Army". September 13, 1942. p. 18. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83940557/yip-yip-its-still-the-army/. 
  8. ↑ "Air Base Plans Parade, Rally On Eve of Lobo-Kelly Clash". September 17, 1942. p. 7. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83940209/lobo-kelly-rally/. 
  9. ↑ Daye, John (2014). Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football. Haworth, New Jersey: St. Johann Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-937943-21-9. 
  10. ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 "Air Base Gridmen Have Power Edge". September 11, 1942. p. 8. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83959401/kellys/. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "Army, Lobo Standouts Emerge In Final Week of Training". September 15, 1942. p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83960018/kellys/. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Open
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 "Lookout Kellys! Lubbock Loaded With Tech Stars". September 29, 1942. p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83939823/kellys/. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Kelly Passing Attack Hit As Boblett Injures Hand". October 15, 1942. p. 6. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83965303/boblett/. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Aero
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Temp
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Former Lobo Grid Star Joins Air Base Squad". September 30, 1942. p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83960902/former-lobo-grid-star-joins-air-base/. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "It'll Be Lubbock vs. Tony And 10 Other Kelly Gridders". October 2, 1942. p. 10. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83961866/gasparovich/. 
  19. ↑ "More Tough Luck As Kellys Leave For Commando Tilt: Johnson Ordered To Remain Home; Planes Grounded". October 18, 1942. p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83965760/kellys/. 
  20. ↑ "Big, Bustin' 'Ole Miss' Back Returns to Bolster Kellys: Was Loaned Out To Bob Neyland's Eastern All-Stars". October 6, 1942. p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29881486/j-harvey-johnson-football-player/. 
  21. ↑ "New Kelly Back Whizzes Too Well". October 7, 1942. p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83962595/new-kelly-back-johnson/. 
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Colo
  23. ↑ "Capt. Shipkey Leaves For Medical Attention at El Paso Hospital". November 17, 1942. p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83967073/shipkey/. 
  24. ↑ "Cadets and Band To Cheer Kellys". September 16, 1942. p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83960285/kellys/. 

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