In 1977, Rob Roy Trophy Was Symbolic of Recreation Football Supremacy

Elbow Room Outmans Boys Club with 26-7 Win To Claim Rob Roy Title

December 5, 2002
By: O. J. Cunningham

November 7, 1977
After leading only 2-0 at intermission on a Butch Wegener safety, Elbow Room finally got untracked in the second half and went on to a 26-7 win over Boys' Club to claim the 1977 Rob Roy Trophy at Vet's Park.

The Rob Roy trophy has come to symbolize touch football supremacy in Bay County. The three league winners in county touch football play off at the end of the season. The winner of the single elimination tournament is City Champion and keeps the Rob Roy trophy untilthe following season.

Previous Winners were:
1972 - Sandy's Pizza
1973 - Silver Palace
1974 - Silver Palace
1975 - My Brother's Bar
1976 - Fortress North

Elbow Room had gone into the game favored by as many as 4 touchdowns by most "in the know" insiders but failed to score a touchdown in the first half due to splendid defensive secondary work by Boys' Club defenders John Covieo and Hector Velasquez.

Elbow Room quarterback Ben Haller came out throwing in the second half and connected on TD passes to Tom Murray (32 yards), Jim Skrocki (66 yards) and Bob Wuepper (2 yards) to lead "The Room" to the Rob Roy Title.

Boy's Club countered with a Jim Velasquez pass to Al Rapelje to pull within 20-7 but "quick-stepping" Tim Levassuer took the ensuing kick-off and scampered 78 yards down the sideline to put the gane away and hoist the Rob Roy tropy onto the Elbow Room trophy shelf.

Pictured above are the 1977 Rob Roy Bay County Touch Football Champions from Elbow Room. Elbow Room finished the season with a 7-0-1 mark with only a tie against Broadway Richie's as a blemish on their schedule. Pictured are: (Front Row, left to right) Bob Wuepper, Joe Gledhill, Harry Girvin and Rick Depp. (Middle Row)Tim LeVassuer, Ron Morse, Wayne Smith, Bill Braman, Ben Haller, Tom Baird, Jim Skrocki, Terry Westphal and Dick Horning. (Back Row) Jim Hack, Dave Middleton, Sponsor Les Jacobs, Tom Murray, Butch Wegener, J.D. Westphal, Tim Trepkowski, and Brian Compau.

NOTE: This is one of a continuing series of flashback article to be taken from the archives of the Bay County Sports Page & Bay City Enterprise newspapers published from 1976 through 1984 by O.J. Advertising, Inc. This Publisher hopes you enjoy the time travel as much as he does! If Sports Page and Enterprise are the grandparents of our newest arrival - mybaycity.com - then they are (as expected) very proud granparents, indeed.