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Eager Beaver basketball game at Charlevoix (1972)

Also 1972 Eager Beavers–Charlevoix game · first Eager Beaver away game

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
ErasModern era

Summary

On February 29, 1972, ten Eager Beaver high-school players traveled from Beaver Island to play Charlevoix Varsity. The Beaver Beacon reports a 53–27 loss, Father Herbert Graf as coach and escort, and new green-and-white uniforms with a beaver design by Bill Gillespie.

Evidence and limits

The issue names the ten players but does not provide a score sheet, season record, school roster, or independent travel and uniform records. The game’s location is identified as Charlevoix in the source but is not linked to an unrepresented place article here.

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, March 1972, “Eager Beavers.”
    Reports ten named Eager Beaver players traveling to Charlevoix on February 29 for a game against the Charlevoix Varsity team, losing 53–27; Father Herbert Graf coached and accompanied the team, and the report notes that new green-and-white uniforms designed by Bill Gillespie were collected at the Charlevoix airport.