Football Hall of Fame

1946 Farmington Football Team

Front Row: (from left) Gene Rose, Don Schoonover, Lyle Morgan, Gene Clayton, Pat Threw, Leslie Marlette, Harry Holmes, Fred Molchin, Bill Stewart, Norman Blackmer, Dick Lint.

Second Row: (from left) Assistant coach Don Hartley, manager Warren Deyoe, Billie Muzzarelli, Merle Gayman, Dick Barley, Jon Clayton, Sam Yancick, Frank Stear, Bob Gucene, Jerry Hill, Joe Almasi Carroll Taylor, Dick Muzzarelli, Bob Youngblood, manager Gene Stear, head coach Walter Grebe.

Third Row: (from left) Gary TurI, Larry Bengston, Frank Cernich, Bill Tuttle, Fred Balagna, Don Doubet, Roger Hughbanks, Dan Cox, Paul Hewitt, Dick Gayman, Jim Morton.

Back Row: (from left) Bill Youngblood, George Lacey, Bob Farmer, Danny Kepple, Dean Riccioni, Gene Guidotti, Jack Shuler, Bob Antle, Harry Weis, Tom Snodgrass, Bill Greenfield, Dannie Franklin, Richard Wasson.

Farmington High School and football coach Walter Grebe produced a second straight unbeaten season in 1946 when the Farmers raced through a 10-game schedule unstopped.

With Bill Tuttle, later to be a major league baseball standout for 11 years with three American League teams, at quarterback, Farmington used a torrid attack and a rugged defense to produce a truly momentous season.

A 13-0 win over Chillicothe was the closest game of the season and long-time rival Canton was blitzed 26-0 in the annual season-ending game between these two old rivals.

For the season Farmington scored 295 points, allowed just 19 and produced an amazing eight shutouts.