Depicted here are the members of the 1947 Esko boys basketball team. In the front row, from left to right, are manager Gerald Reponen, Stanley Gustafson, Curtis Guss, John Manisto, Dick Lovestrand, Armand Johnson, and Coach Les Knuti. In the back row are Merton Pykkonen, Leo Seikkula, Ray Barney, Roy Joki, Ernest McKibbon, and Bob Bergstedt.
West Duluth; Denfeld High school; Head of the Lakes Basketball Champs; team includes; Reubucks Anderson, Leo Gayau, Len Lawson, Chet Freeman, Frank Puglisi, Coach Becker, Wally Nygard, Carl Peterson, Ticky Thompson, Dopey Bernard, Freddie Boer, Luck manager; uniforms; basketball
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This photograph shows the Polar League Sub-District Boys' Basketball Champion team and their coach. Standing, from left to right, are Dale Luokkala; Jim Manisto; Harold Hultberg; Coach Les Knuti; Richard Richardson; Allan Lennartson; and Duane Davidson. Seated are Marv Heikkinen; Denny Juntunen; Don Pykkonen; Calvin Bohren; Darrell Lassila and Jim Juntunen.
This is a photograph of the 1902 School of Commerce basketball team at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. The names of the players are on the reverse side of the photograph.