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508TH FOOTBALL TEAM - NOVEMBER 1945
Pre-Thanksgiving Football Kickoff was scheduled for 1400 hours, Sunday Nov 11, 1945 in the Victory Stadium, Frankfurt. The 'Cockades' of the 3rd Infantry Regt. was slated to face off against the 508th Red Devils the Fighting 508th					Each team boasted a 42-man lineup and the program included not only the player's name and position but also their body weight and home state.				The Cockades, although an opposing team, may well have had men from home towns of the 508th. There may well have been some interesting reunions as this team, and others, played against the Red Devils.
Winning Season the Red Devils proved just as tough on the grid iron as the battlefield. Undefeated in the preceding 6 games, the devils virtually routed some of their opponents. They had one game left, to be played in Nice, France against the Bremen Post Command								Nice, Fall, 1945 wrote Joel Lander, "The 508th formed a football team after the war and before we went home. Garcia and I were on the team. We went to Nice. We lost!! [courtesy of Joel Lander]
Red Devils			Position	Cockades						Victory Stadium
No.	Name	Wt	Pos.	Wt			Name	No.
6	Holbrook	187	LE	185			Anderson	41
2	Drager	194	LT	196			Utz	12
3	Burnstein	192	LG	194			Donohue	6
9	Baker	190	C	184			Backman	10		OFFICIALS
										REFEREE Brig. Gen Davidson (West Point)	FIELD JUDGE Lt. W. A. Ferguson (Clemson Univ)
1	Davidson	175	RG	200		Wilkins		71
12	Sakeswki	215	RT	205		Webb		31
17	Loveday	178	RE	200		Taylor		20
										UMPIRE Lt. A. J. Cawse (Fol. Univ)	HEAD LINESMAN Lt. L. Esehen (St. Lawrence Univ.)
4	Kocharski	180	QB	195		Moel		32
7	Long, Wm.	195	LH	193		Cotthin		52
11	Dawson	195	RH	180		Mitchell		14		Note that while the team line-ups do not mention the players military rank, the ranks of the officials are prominent. Significant is the fact that the Referee is a Brigadier general who undoubtedly could pull rank on players if necessary to quell any disputes.
10	Grigonis	194	FB	190 195		Johnson		61
Coach	Armour (Notre Dame, Iowa, Columbia)			Head Coach, Assts.		Reed - William & Mary Most - Maryland U Hall - Indiana U Stevens - Temple U.