1950s-era Bluffton merchant basketball squad
You'll recognize several athletes in this team photo. It's a Bluffton merchant's team that could have been sponsored by Triplett or Bluffton Stone Quarry taken in the mid-1950s.
Standing from left, Harry Klay, Keith Kirtland, Romanus Zuercher, Ken Moser and Lynn Schfkee.
Front from left, Don Oates, Don Schmidt, Morris Groman, Art Hilty and Dick Rocky.
Thes players were Bluffton High School graduates between the years 1944 and 1951. The photo was taken in the old BHS gym, where the team played.
(Don Schmidt photo collection)
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