Photo of the day From the Stripes archives
June
26, 2004
Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes
Augsburg, Germany,
October 20, 1956: As the 511th Airborne Regiment Falcons
prepared for the quarterfinals of the eight-team USAREUR football playoffs,
their running game was led by Al "Yogi" Ybarra. The Falcons were
among the surprises of the 1956 season, with five wins and a tie in their first
six games in a league that featured talent from some of the nation's top
collegiate programs. Service football in Europe in the the 1950s was intensely
competitive, but it was fun for the fans, too; Lt. Milt Borman, the 511th's
public information officer, was known for such stunts as having the game ball
parachuted onto the field.