Yeah, but can he jump?

This is Gerald and Barbara Kloehn Pyle, now of Redmond, Washington. Gerald was definitely not a member of our class (Barb definitely was) because no member of our class ever came close to attaining his height, not even Lonnie Thornton. Barb's cousin Charles Stark, who served as the diminutive center of the Cardinal basketball team, estimated Gerald's height at 6 foot, 8 inches. Can you imagine the late Coach Tom Connor's reaction to such a gift? Tom stood about 5' 5" in his Friday night cowboy boots. One thing is certain, if Gerald had been in our class, somebody else would have been riding Tom's bench.

(Anybody remember the Friday night game when Connor apparently forgot that he was wearing soft brown oxfords before kicking the wooden team bench so hard he broke his toe? He coached the next night in Detroit Lakes with a cane, a bedroom slipper, and a subdued attitude.)