Go to main contentsGo to search barGo to main menu
Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Leaderboard (below main menu) securechecking
Leaderboard (below main menu) bankofhartington

1955: Specht’s football performance is one for the record books

Oct. 27, 1955

COLERIDGE - I. W. Cady, owner of the Cady Implement business here, announced this week that he has purchased the Beuck Implement at Hartington from John Beuck.

The sale includes the building housing the business and the inventory on hand.

Both businesses handle International Harvester farm equipment and Mr. Cady’s inventory here will be moved to Hartington and his business here will be discontinued.

Mr. Cady has been in business in Coleridge since 1946, first operating a restaurant and later going into the implement business. The Cadys will continue to reside here for the present time.

Oct. 27, 1955

COLERIDGE - Dean Specht, a Coleridge junior, and the offensive spark on the Coleridge football team, completed the season with an amazing scoring record.

While the number of touchdowns he scored was not fantastic, he scored 11, the distance he ran to score them was.

All told his touchdown runs totalled an amazing 489 yards, and that means each touchdown run averaged 44½ yards. His shortest attempt was from three yards out, while only one other for 12 yards, was under 35 yards.

He scored only two times in the first four games, then added nine touchdowns in the last four.

Dean was named one of the stars of the week in the Omaha World-Herald. The newspaper stated he “rambled 221 yards against Wausa, 212 against Osmond, 150 against Wayne Hahn. Three touchdowns against Hahn included a 68 yard kickoff return.”


Share
Rate

Leaderboard (footer) donmiller
Leaderboard (footer) bankofhartington
Download our app!
App Download Buttons
Google Play StoreApple App Store
Read Cedar County News e-Edition
Cedar County News
Read Laurel Advocate e-Edition
Laurel Advocate
Read The Randolph times e-Edition
The Randolph Times