212 ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HISTORY
1947 - 1974
DANUBE
Danube High School Football and Basketball Records
Year 1947-48 1948-49 1949-50 1950-51 !951-52 1952-53 1953-54 1954-55 1955-56 1956-57 1957-58 1958-59 1959-60 1960-61 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 |
Football 2-6-0 2-5-0 6-0-1 7-0-0 6-0-0 6-0-0 8-0-0 0-7-0 3-5-0 7-2-0 6-2-0 0-6-3 0-6-2 5-2-1 7-2-0 3-5-0 5-2-1 5-3-0 2-6-0 3-5-0 4-4-1 6-2-1 3-6-0 5-3-1 7-2-0 4-5-0 0-9-0 112-95-11 .551 |
Basketball 8-12 4-13 16- 4 16- 3 CC 13- 5 18- 3 CC 17- 5 10-10 13-11 16- 6 16- 5 12- 7 15- 9 22- 4 CC 23- 4 CC 16- 6 12- 7 13- 7 14- 6 16- 5 14- 6 15- 5 14- 7 12- 8 12- 8 8-12 4-14 329-192 .631 |
Final Conference Placing
Year 1947-48 1948-49 1949-50 1950-51 1951-52 1952-53 1953-54 1954-55 1955-56 1956-57 1957-58 1958-59 1959-60 1960-61 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 |
Football 7th 8th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 8th 6th 1st T 3rd 7th 8th 7th 3rd 6th 2nd T 4th 6th 4th 4th 2nd T 5th 4th 1st T 6th 8th |
Basketball 4th 4th 4th 1st 2nd 1st 1st 5th 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 4th 3rd 4th 6th 8th |
Wrestling 8th-7th 7th-7th 4th-5th 7th-7th 5th-5th 5th-6th 5th-5th 4th-4th |
Track 4th 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 3rd 5th 6th 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd 7th 3rd 6th 2nd 3rd 3rd 7th 5th 7th 6th 8th |
Baseball 3rd West 2nd West 1st 3rd West 3rd West 3rd West 3rd West 3rd West 2nd West 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st T 4th 3rd 1st 4th T 7th 5th 6th 7th 5th |
Football- Four Championships and Two Ties. One Runner Up and two runner-up ties.
Danube High School All Conference Players
Mark Adelman,Bb-74 Rod Black, FBHM-51 Jim Bratsch, FBHM-51 Jack Breitkruetz, FB-73 Roger Brotzman, FB-49 Bob Bruggers,FBHM-58, FB-60,61 BB-60, 61,62 Jim Bruggers, FB-64 Dave Bultuis, FB-71 Gaylon Bulthuis, FB-68 Glen Bulthuis, FB-70 Lynn Caldwell, BB-69 Gale Damhof, FBHM-56 Ben Dykema, FB-68 Dave Dykema, FBHM-57 Dick Filzen, FBHM-50, BB-51 Jim Goetzman, FB-50 Larry Good, FB-52&53, BB-52,53,54 Brian Gort, BB-68 Dave Grund, FBHM-56 Roger Grund, FB-53 Norm Gunderson, FBHM-62, FB-63 Luaren Haug, FBHM-47 Lowell Hoekstra, BBHM-68, BB-69 Gary Hoffman, FB-60&61, BB-62 Dale Hotovec, FB-71&72 Gary Hotovec, FB-60&61 Ken Johnson, BBHM-64, BB-65 Jim Johnson, FBHM-HM Gary Kaiser, FBHM55, FB-56,FB-57 BB-56, 57, 58 James Kirtz, FB-62 Larry Kleinhusen,FBHM-60, BB-61 Jerry Kodet, FB-72, FB-71 Dave Kotz, FB-63 Elroy Kuglin, FBHM-55 Allen Kurtz, FB-68 Mark Kurtz, FB-71, BB-72 Mike Kurtz, FBHM-62, FB-63, BB-64 Donnelly Jahnke, FB-59 |
Daryl Lippert, BB-70 Gary Lueck, FBHM-56 Dave Lundquist, FBHM-59 Gene Lundquist, FBHM-60 Dennis Malachek, BBHM-64 Howard Manthei,FB-64, BBHM 65 Mike Manthei, FB-64, BBHM-65 Russ Manthei, FBHM-58 Sheldon Manthei, FBHM-62 Preston Mattke, FB-64, BB-65 Ross Mattke, FBHM-67 Richard Mattson, FB-65, BBHM-66 Larry Maurice, FB-65, FBHM65, BB-66 Erv Moeller, FBHM-62 Ron Mueller, BB-59 Arvid Reetz, FB-52&53 Arvin Reetz, FB-52&53 Del Roelofs, BBHM-54, BB-55&56 Jerry Roelofs, FB-HM-61, FB-62, BB-63 Jerry Ruter, FB-71 Jim Schafer, FB-56 Bruce Schendel, FBHM-64 Neil Schendel, FB-67, BB-67&68 Al Schochenmaier, FBHM-63 Dick Schroeder, FB-50 Keith Schroeder, FBHM-56, BBHM-57 Roger Schroeder, FB-51&52, BB-52&53 Les Schrupp, FBHM-54&55 Ron Schrupp, FB-63 Clarence Seehusen, FB-50, BB-51 Larry Seehusen, FB-65 Dean Slagter, FB-63 Dennis Slagter, FBHM-66, BB-67 Dave Smedstad, FBHM-56, BBHM-58 John Smedstad, BBHM-57 Bill Standfuss, FB-50 Marv Standfuss, FBHM-49, FBHM-51 Orrel Steinkamp, FBHM-51 |
Galen Swoboda, FB-72 Bob Tepfer, FB-70 Bruce Tepfer, FB-70 Ron Van Buren, FBHM-54 Dennis Van Den Einde, BBHM-55 Julian Wigen, FBHM-56 Don “Red”Zaske, BB-61-62 Wrestling Champions Ben Dykema, C&D, Hwt.-69 Dale Hotovec, 72-C, 73-C&D, Hwt. Marv Poortvielt, 103-70 Track Champions Howard Bredeson, 880-56 Bob Bruggers,SP-60,61 &62-C&D&R Dis&LJ-62 Gale Damhof, LJ-56&57, LH-55 Ben Dykema,Dis, SP,PV. 68&69 Larry Good,SP&Dis.-52 SP, Disc., 440, C&D&R-53 Gary Kaiser,56,57,58-SP&Dis.C&D Jerry Knapper, PV-64 Ken Lingenfelter, Mile-57 Keith Lueck,HL-67&68 Bill Manthei,C&D-PV-62&63, HH-63 Howard Manthei, 220&100-C&D65 Larry Maurice, 440-67 Richard Molenaar, SP&Dis-59 Del Roelofs, Disc.-55 Neil Schendel,C&D PV, 66,67,68 Larry Seehusen, SP-55&56 Dennis Slagter, LJ-67
HM = Honorable Mention C = Conference D = District R = Region |
DHS Top Career Basketball Scorers Bob Bruggers, 1962 Gary Kaiser, 1958 Neil Schendel, 1967 Larry Good , 1954 Lowell Hoekstra, 1969 Red Zaske, 1961 Del Roelof, 1956 Larry Maurice, 1966 Daryl Lippert, 1971 Mark Kurtz, 1972 Jack Breitkruetz, 1974 Mike Kurtz, 1964 DHS Top Season Basketball Scorers Bob Bruggers, 1962 Bob Bruggers, 1961 Bob Bruggers, 1960 Mark Kurtz, 1972 Gary Kaiser, 1958 Daryl Lippert, 1970 Lowell Hoekstra, 1969 Larry Maurice, 1966 Red Zaske, 1961 Gary Kaiser, 1957 |
2364 1433 877 837 823 751 735 706 700 696 659 608 793 625 580 502 491 487 487 474 474 422 |
DHS Top Career Touchdowns Bob Bruggers, 1962 Galen Swoboda, 1972 Larry Good, 1954 George Reetz, 1954 Bruce Tepfer, 1973 Howard Manthei, 1964 DHS Top Season Touchdowns Bob Bruggers, 1961 Marv Standfuss, 1951 Larry Good, 1952 Shorty Schroeder, 1952 Galen Swoboda, 1971 Bob Bruggers, 1960 Larry Good, 1952 Galen Swoboda, 1972 George Reetz, 1952 George Reetz, 1953 Howard Manthei, 1964 Julian Wigen, 1957 |
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The Early Years
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1950 Danube High School Cheerleaders. Middle Front: Margie Zaske. Middle Back: Gloria Good. Left: Annabelle Yock. Right:Patty Zaske. |
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Gary Hoffman (62) was a two time All Conference football and basketball player in the early 60’s. He played a major role in DHS’s two state tournaments in 1961 and 1962. |
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1961
District Champions after the Championship game at
Willmar High School.
Front Row: Gary Hoffman,
Red Zaske, Bob Bruggers, Larry Kleinhuizen, Tom
Svobodney, Woody Schemmel. Back Row: Lowell Lueck,
Bob VanDenEinde, Gary Hotovec, Jerome Roelofs, Sheldon
Manthei.
1960 Homecoming game versus Stewart. The Hawks and Gophers tied, 0-0, on a cold, rainy night.
Bob Bruggers scores the first two points of the 1962 State Tournament. Number 42 is Jerome Roelofs, number 20 is Mike Gort. Bruggers was one of the most productive athletes in Minnesota State High School History.
Bob Bruggers shoots from the top of the key against St. Louis Park in the semi-finals of the 1962 State Basketball Tournament. Bruggers scored 36 points in the narrow loss.
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