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1966 Season

 Little 6 Champions — 8-0 Record — #4 Final Ranking by Des Moines Register


ROW 1:  Charlie Sheeder, Chuck Legler, Jim Butler, Scott Stuart, Jim Smith, Mike Meador, George Bedian, K.C. McCoy , Bart Schaeffer, Pat Hoagland, Michael Ladd.  ROW 2: ?, Ron Presson, Phil Hoffman, Gary Snyder, Steve Junge, Ken Danielson, Larry Rotenberg, Billy Sheeder, Rick Plumb, ?, ?,  73 Tommy Thompson, Brian Carroll, Assistant Coach Bill Jensen.  ROW 3:  Head Coach Merritt Parsons, Danny Martin, #78 = ?, Steve Wulf, #62 = ?, Tom Cook, Matt Hutchings, ?, ?, John Howe, ?, ?, ?, Assistant Trainer Greg Garvin, Assistant Coach Wayne Cheramy .  ROW 4:  Trainer Dan Meador, Student Trainer Jeff Bullington, Student Trainer Doug Owen, D. Glyn, #32 = ?, Chris Jasper, Jeff Melcher, Pat Ryan, Danny Sheeder, Rick Van Wetzinga, #41 = ?, Evan Page, ?, Roger Biehl, Assistant Coach Merv Habenicht.  NOT PICTURED.  Chuck Castro, Bob Fulmer.

Game Scores/Results

Regular Season
Week #1: (W) Bettendorf 34, Cedar Rapids Regis 14
Week #2: (W) Bettendorf 41, North Scott 12
Week #3: (W) Bettendorf 48, Ottumwa 21
Week #4: (W) Bettendorf 46, Keokuk 0
Week #5: (W) Bettendorf 35, Burlington 6
Week #6: (W) Bettendorf 13, Clinton 0
Week #7: (W) Bettendorf 41, Davenport Assumption 12
Week #8: (W) Bettendorf 21, Muscatine 0
Little 6 Conference
Team Standings

Bettendorf... 5-0 / 8-0
Keokuk... 4-1
Davenport Assumption... 3-2
Muscatine... 2-3
Burlington... 1-4
Ottumwa... 0-5

All-Conference Players
:: Offense [or] Defense ::

1st Team: Bill Sheeder - Halfback
1st Team: Charles Sheeder - Halfback
1st Team: Charles Legler - Offensive Guard
1st Team: Steve Junge - Offensive End
1st Team: Jeff Ryan - Offensive Tackle
1st Team: Scott Stuart - Fullback
1st Team: Steve Wulf - Offensive Lineman
1st Team: Bob Fullmer - Offensive Guard
1st Team: Jim Smith - Linebacker

1st Team???: Dan Sheeder - End


Little Six All-Star Football Team
:: Offense [or] Defense ::

All-Star Selectee:  Jeff Ryan - Offensive Guard
All-Star Selectee:  Steve Wulf - Offensive  Lineman


All-Metro Players
:: Offense [or] Defense ::

1st Team: Bill Sheeder - Halfback
1st Team: Charles Legler - Offensive Guard
1st Team: Scott Stuart - Fullback
1st Team: Steve Wulf - Offensive Lineman

2nd Team: Steve Junge - Offensive End
2nd Team: Charles Sheeder - Halfback



All-Quad City Players
:: Offense [or] Defense ::

Unknown???



All-State Players

Charles Legler - Offensive Guard
1st Team - Des Moines Register & Iowa Daily Press Association

Bill Sheeder - Halfback
1st Team - Des Moines Register
2nd Team - Iowa Daily Press Association

Steve Junge - Offensive End
6th Team - Des Moines Register




Captains, M.V.P., Managers

Captains
Charles Legler, Scott Stuart

M.V.P.
Bill Sheeder - Halfback

Student Trainers
 Jeff Bullington, Doug Owen
Coaches & Trainers

Head Coach
Merrit Parsons (12)

Assistant Coaches
Wayne Cheramy, Merv Habenicht, Bill Jensen

Trainer
Dan "Doc" Meador



Miscellaneous Information

• The Dawgs were the Little 6 Champs
• Bettendorf earned a final ranking of #4 in the state by Des Moines Register
• Jim Smith was also earned Times-Democrat "Prep Player of the Week" during the season
• Bill Sheeder was the leading conference scorer with 17 TD (102 points)




Category Player Stats 1 Stats 2
Rushing Bill Sheeder
Charles Sheeder		 150 carries for 1082 yards
79 carries for 563 yards		 17 TD; 7.2 average
11 TD; 7.1 average
Punting Charles Sheeder 24 punts for 923 yards 38.4 average