1930'S & 1940'S

Lamar Girl's Basketball 1944 (From Del Spencer)

First and second team 1943-1944

"Southern Colorado Football Champs" - five out of six games were

"goose eggs" undefeated and scoreless by other teams. One "heart

breaker" loss to Las Animas. (From Del Spenser)

(From Del Spenser)

1944 Lamar Track Team
(From Del Spenser)

LAMAR, COLORADO UNION HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM BUILT IN 1919

WINSLOW C. MORRIS OFFER TO JOIN BASEBALL SCHOOL IN ARKANSAS

ARKANSAS BASEBALL SCHOOL TEAM 1936

WINSLOW C. "HOOK" MORRIS BASEBALL SCHOOL 1936

Early Lamar softball team

WINSLOW C. "HOOK" MORRIS BASEBALL PLAYER

HOOK MORRIS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

                  Vintage leather football helmet used by Lamar Savages in the early early days

Dr. Pepper Junior Softball Team August, 1945

                Old Municipal Swimming Pool which was located by the Ice and Power Plant in North East Lamar

1948 Lamar Savage Football Team

(The caption under the pictures states)

These are members of the Lamar high School football eleven, concluding the 1948 season yesterday.  They faced undefeated La Junta conference winner.  Their record is five victories and five setbacks and they finished in third place.

Coach John Allen, not pictured, has just resigned his position  as head mentor after leading the Savages for two seasons;  bringing a fat increase in victory column each year.

From left to right

Top row--Henry Powell, Wayne Rose, LeRoy Sunday, Ernie Gomez, Barber DeHaven and Shirley Tucker.

Third row--Howard Wagner, Gene Denman, Paul Hildebrandt, Garry page, Bob Rollins and Dick McEuen.

Second row--Herb Coats, Max Venn, J.T. Claybrook, Ralph King, Don Nelson and  Jerry Kilduff.

Bottom row--Bob Driskill, Charles Northrup, Ralph Pivonka and Bill Shackelford.