UHS Wrestling Team

The photographs were taken for the 1953 edition of the Uintah High School yearbook. They are on page 80. The photograph at the top of the page is of the members of the wrestling team. Back row, from left to right: Coach Chris T. Axelgard, Kent Davis, Ronald Hatch, Edward Merkley, Bennor Hatch, Gary Knight, and McCoy Kanistanaux. Front row: Harvey Lattner, George Alexander, DeLyle Billings, Jim Knight, Robert Murray, Tom Wardell, and Neldon Slaugh. The photograph in the bottom left corner of the page is of Coach Chris T. Axelgard demonstrating "some of the fine points of an escape" to his students. The photograph in the bottom right corner of the page is of Bob Murray during his match against Rangely.