Label
Council Member Webb
Title
Honoring the 50th Annual Kielbasa Bowl 2017.
Summary
WHEREAS, the Kielbasa Bowl began in 1967 by Coach Bobby Recker and Coach Bernie Dziengelewski as a tackle pick-up football game. It was sponsored by Stanley's Market, first by Gene Zychowicz, and continued by his son, Joe Zychowicz; and
WHEREAS, it is believed that the Kielbasa Bowl, happened after the Shoe Bowl, as an outlet for Point Place football talent. The Old Newsboys' Shoe Bowl was played on Thanksgiving morning from 1966 through 1990 at The Glass Bowl; and
WHEREAS, the game has become a Point Place tradition, and has been played rain or shine, sleet or snow, at 10:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning at Harry Kessler (Ottawa River) Park in Point Place; and
WHEREAS, Coach Recker's sons, Gary and Rob Recker and Coach Recker's son-in-law Tom Barriger have kept the Kielbasa Bowl tradition and the love of rec league sports alive. Rob Recker is a Washington Junior Football League Commissioner and Tom Barriger runs the Washington Local Soccer Club; and
WHEREAS, also continuing the tradition are Coach Dziengelewski's son, Billy, and nine daughters, as well as their spouses and families. Former St. Francis Football Coach, and current Cardinal Stritch Athletic Director Dick Cromwell certainly played a few downs, as did Coach Tom Inman from Woodward High School, and Coach Ken Rossler from Waite High School; and
WHEREAS, Point Place neighborhood kids, friends and families have joined in the tradition, as have some great athletes along the way such as: Don and Tyler Begley, brothers John and Jeff Chapman, John Kantner, Mike Durfey, brothers Tony and Matt Brock, Danny Woods, Todd and Tim Hafner, Gary Recker and his sons Chris and Kevin, Rob Recker and his son Sam, Don Weiher, and his sons Don Jr. and Mike, Bill Schuck and his son Joe, Michael Wohl, Mark Kane and his son Patrick, Joe Durbin, Ron and Nate Ellis, Tony Kaminski, Scott Jagielsk...
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