1958 Season

Record: 5W-3L-0T

Head Coach: Jack Donahue

The football team of 1958 was a good one. Its final record was five wins and three losses.

The team was based upon two three-year men, co-captains Tom Kelly and Tom Flanagan. The two veterans were diligent leaders and creditable players. The whole team worked hard throughout the season so that they might win the enthusiastic support of the school, faculty, and pupils. This year’s team created some of the old school spirit, for which North Quincy High is famous.

The season had its up and downs as far as wins were concerned. Our boys with a case of stage fright went down in defeat to Stoughton. They then went up against Milton. Picked by many to lose the game, North proceeded to annihilate the “Whiz Kids” from Milton. The guardians of North’s gridiron then took a disheartening trip to Natick. After losing to Natick, the team traveled to Hingham. Playing on a muddy field, we came through with a slippery victory against the “Harbormen.”

The Raiders then returned to the comforting walls of their stadium Meeting up with a fair Cambridge Latin team, the Raiders sent the Intown team back to Boston with a sad expression on their faces. Our team then met what was supposed to be a strong New Bedford team. Considered the underdog by many, North went out and soundly defeated the previously-picked winners. Then lowly Dedham came to pay our team a visit, but found that the Raiders were a very rude and selfish host.

Thanksgiving, so it seems, came too quickly for our team. The Raiders, getting a few bad breaks, went down, defeated but still fighting. The score might have been reversed except for those fumbles. The Sports’ Editorial Staff of the Manet congratulates the football team on their winning season. (Reprinted from North Quincy High School Manet 1959)