1940 ALBION HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM

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This week we present another sports photograph, courtesy of the estate of Victor Buinowski. It features the 1939-1940 Albion High School basketball team. That was the year after the 1939 state championship team, and the pressure was on to repeat it. Despite falling short of that goal, this 1940 team did pretty good, earning a Twin Valley Co-championship with Coldwater.

Front row: Russell Elushik, Victor Buinowski, Gordon Ketchum, Lewis Moon with mascot dog in front, Lawrence Kabel, Alex Egnatuk, Joseph Veremay.

2nd row: Coach Floyd Dorland, Wayne Sharrar, Dale Bartell, Leo DeMetrick, Danial Wiener, Kenneth Wolfe, Darwin Mason, Ray Burns, Eugene Wilkinson, Coach Ernest Gray.

Top row: Oliver Burns, Walter Nester, Andrew Maksimchuk, Rufus Foster, Claud Davidson, Junior Morgan, Richard Lambrecht, Harold Wakelin, John Ivanski.

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