Sports

Orleans Trojans
Athletics

The best source for information on Trojan Athletics appears to be yearbooks, so content for this page has been gleaned from those 14 publications. Not only has the information been collected here for easy viewing, but links to the actual yearbooks are provided for those who want to see the team photos and source info. Interestingly, the quality of information varies widely from year to year. Some sports are represented by photos with little or no concrete information about team records. Other yearbooks have considerably more data, for example, scores with narratives about the games. Information is most sketchy on the spring sports because the yearbook had to go to press before the season was completed. From 1954-1960, OHS did not have a separate yearbook, but was instead part of the Erinnerungen (Memories) yearbooks, which included all high schools in Germany and France.

Below you will also find links to to Pdfs of the OHS section of the Erinnerungen yearbooks, and the subsequent stand-alone OHS yearbooks from 1961
to 1967. Links to the complete Erinnerungen yearbooks can be found at orleansamericanhighschool.com

If you have additional information about OHS athletics, or see any mistakes in the content below, please
let me know.

1953-54

In the 1954 yearbook, there is no mention of athletics at Orleans. I'm guessing the student body was too small to field a team of any sort. If you have information to the contrary, please let me know.

1954-55

From the yearbook: "Any newly established institution has difficulty in proving itself in sports. The Orleans student body however, showed remarkable enthusiasm and seemed convinced that it would field fine teams. Our sports really got underway with basketball, and after some sobering experiences early in the season with Paris and Rochefort, the lessons began to pay off. The last two games with Paris were lost by only one and two points. Mr. Childress, athletic coach, co-ordinated the Trojans into a smooth-working team although he was handicapped by the almost complete inexperience of the members. When the season drew to a close, they seemed ready and able to go a long
way in the USAREUR tournaments. Baseball and track, while lacking the proper facilities, produced some excellent results. The teams journeyed to meet their competition with dependable individuals who often proved that a team is as good as its best performers and its desire to win as a group."

No information on Basketball, Track and Baseball. No mention of Football, Werstling or Soccer.

1955-56

Basketball

2-2 (+ 8 other games w/no info)

Orleans 44, Paris 32
Orleans 42, Paris 25

Orleans 46, Rochefort 53

Orleans 54, Rochefort 61

Orleans ?, Paris ?

Orleans ?, Rochefort ?

Orleans ?, Chateauroux ?

USAREUR Tournament, Frankfurt

Football (6-man)
0-2

Orleans 7, Chateauroux 37
Orleans 31, Paris 61

Soccer

0-1

Orleans 0, Rochefort 1

No Wrestling or Track teams.

1956-57

Basketball

3-1 (only 4 games
mentioned)

Orleans, 46, Rochefort 55

Orleans 49, Rochefort 40

Orleans 50, Paris 40

Orleans 48, Paris 46

Football (6-man)

Record unknown

Orleans 7, Paris 24

Orleans ?, Rochefort ?

lost by 2 touchdowns

Orleans ?, Chateauroux ?

lost to Chateauroux

Soccer

No information

No track or wrestling teams.

1957-58

No Basketball, Football or Soccer scores mentioned. No Track or Wrestling teams mentioned.

1958-59

Basketball

8-4 (2nd in ComZ behind Verdun)

No scores mentioned

Football ( 1st year of 11-man)

2-2

Orleans 33, Poitiers 7

Orleans 6, Verdun 12

Orleans 7, Paris 13

Orleans 14, Chateauroux 6

Soccer

0-3

Orleans 0, Poitiers 3

Orleans 0, Paris 2

Orleans 1, Paris 4

1959-60

Basketball

7-5 (3rd place ComZ)
No infomation on
scores or opponents

Football

No information

Wrestling

Not mentioned

Soccer

Not mentioned

Track

No information

Golf (First year)

USAREUR
Golf Championship

1960-61

Basketball

Orleans 69. Chateauroux 33

Orleans 46, Chateauroux 45

Orleans 53, Paris 36

Orleans 51, Paris 24

Orleans 42, Dreux 24

Orleans 51, Verdun 40

Orleans 45, Verdun 43

Orleans 59, Poitiers 64

Orleans 42,Poitiers 49

Orleans 68, Dreux 51

Orleans 71, Dreux 52

Orleans ?, Chateauroux ?

Orleans 59, Paris 58

Football

Orleans ?, Paris 19

Orleans ?, Verdun 0

Orleans ?, Poitiers 0

Orleans ?, Chateauroux 45

If you have a 60-61 yearbook, please send me the Orleans scores.

Track

ComZ Champs

Orleans ?, Paris ?

Soccer

No soccer program this year

Golf

ComZ Champs

USAREUR Champs

1961-62

Basketball
9-1 ComZ Champs

Orleans 50, Verdun 36

Orleans 52, Verdun 38

Orleans 50, Poitiers 40
Orleans 58, Poitiers 38

Orleans 61, Dreux 28

Orleans 59, Dreux 37

Orleans 58, Chateauroux 35

Orleans 51, Chateauroux 28

Orleans 54, Paris 60

Football
6-0 ComZ Champs

Orleans 19, Poitiers 13

Orleans 13, Dreux 6

Orleans 21, Chateauroux 0
Orleans 12, Paris 0

Orleans 28, Verdun 13

Orleans 39, Chateauroux 0

Soccer
2-7-1

Wrestling

No information

Track

ComZ Champs

4th Place out of 15 in the USAFE-USAREUR finals in Nurnberg1962-63

Basketball

8-4

Orleans 41, Chateauroux 38

Orleans 37, Chateauroux 40

Orleans 49, Toul* 46

Orleans 46, Toul 48

Orleans 40, Dreux 51

Orleans 39, Dreux 48

Orleans 49, Poitiers 31

Orleans 59, Poitiers 49

Orleans 68, Verdun 40

Orleans 47, Verdun 39

Orleans 53, Paris 36
Orleans 47, Paris 34

Football

6-0 ComZ Champs

Orleans 7, Dreux 6

Orleans 21, Poitiers 0

Orleans 35, Paris 17

Orleans 40, Verdun 20

Orleans 72, Chateauroux 7

Orleans 13, Dreux 6

Wrestling

No team results

Name

M, Feliciotti

D. Terry

C. Wise

P. McKeever

L. Bean

G. Stouffer

T. Byrne

J. Crail

M. Spicer

J. Coleman

B. Whitehead

T. Baranouskas

J. Spence

L. Remy

L. Gedgoudas

S. Allen

T. Bull

L. Magnan

H. Westerholm

J. Perlmutter

J. Walnes

T. Hodge

M. McKeever

As of Feb 15, 1963

Track

No information,
except Dreux was defeated once.

Soccer

2-0 (+ 4 other games)

Orleans 4, Chateauroux 3

Orleans 2, Toul 0

Orleans, Dreux

Orleans, Poitiers

Orleans, Verdun

Orleans, Paris

Cross Country

1-2 (1st year at Orleans)

Orleans 27, Paris 29

Orleans 15, Verdun 44

Orleans 29, Paris 26

Golf

Orleans ?, Paris ?

Orleans ?, Poitiers ?

Finished 4th in All-European Competition

1963-64

Basketball

8-4

Orleans 36, Dreux 41

Orleans 52, Dreux 54

Orleans 68, Toul* 45

Orleans 59, Toul 43

Orleans 42, Chateauroux 63

Orleans 42, Chateauroux 51

Orleans 65, Poitiers 45

Orleans 88, Poitiers 37

Orleans 55, Verdun 54

Orleans 65, Verdun 45

Orleans 58, Paris 52
Orleans 60, Paris 52

Football

1-4-1

Orleans 0, Dreux 7

Orleans14, Poitiers 12

Orleans 12, Paris 26

Orleans 27, Verdun 40

Orleans 12, Chateauroux 12

Orleans 0, Dreux 28

Soccer

3-3

Orleans 4, Chateauroux 3

Orleans 2, Toul 0

Orleans 0, Dreux 3

Orleans 2, Poitiers 0

Orleans 2, Verdun 3

Orleans 0, Paris 1

Track

ComZ Champs

Wrestling

Third place
in ComZ Tournament

Golf

11th Place, USAREUR Tournament

An article from the Dec 1963 issue of the school newspaper Organon contradicts 11th place.

"Coach Walker and the team hit the road for Garmisch accompanied by Mrs. Walker, girls' team sponsor. The team returned from Garmisch with the trophy for best girls' team in all USAREUR. Sharon Atkinson was 1st place girl medalist with a 57-54 score for 2 rounds of 9 holes, and Dana Angluin took 2nd place girl medalist with a 63-58.

The combined team score (both boys and girls) was second in USAREUR, having missed first by only 14 strokes."

Can anyone explain this discrepancy? Sharon Atkinson and Dana Angluin are not in the OHS alumni directory.

Cross Country

No results

1964-65

Football

2-5

Orleans 27, Poitiers 0

Orleans 6, Dreux 61

Orleans 6, Paris 39

Orleans 6, Chateauroux 18

Orleans 19, Verdun 6

Orleans 6, Madrid 24

Orleans 6, London 13

Basketball

Cross Country

ComZ Champs

8th in USAREUR

Track, Wrestling, Soccer, Golf, Tennis

No information

1965-66

Football

4-1-1, ComZ Champs

Orleans 21, Dreux 0

Orleans 14, Madrid 14

Orleans 26, Chateauroux 6

Orleans 14, Verdun 0

Orleans 0, London 30

Orleans 18, Paris 8

Wrestling

ComZ Champs?

Cross Country

Undefeated in ComZ

Basketball, Track, Soccer, Golf

No information

1966-67

Football

2-3-1, 2nd Place ComZ

Orleans 12, Madrid 12

Orleans 12, Paris 40

Orleans 18, London 24

Orleans 32, Verdun 2

Orleans 40, Dreux 0

Orleans 6, Paris 16

Cross Country

ComZ Champs

Basketball, Track, Wrestling, Soccer,
Golf, Tennis

No information

*Toul American High School was a
late comer to the ComZ League

TAHS History

In the summer of 1962, in response to the Berlin
Wall crisis, there was a significant increase in the number of American troops stationed throughout Europe in general, and in northeastern France in particular. Along with the large influx of military personnel, there was a corresponding bulge in the number of dependents.

Faced with the overcrowding of the only American high school in the region, Verdun, it was decided to open a new high school in the Toul/Nancy area. Thus was born, Toul American High School. Space was made available in the Jeanne d'Arc hospital/elementary/middle school complex just east of the city of Toul, and exactly one month after the decision was made, TAHS opened for classes on September 5, 1962.

The student body was a mix of kids from three basic
categories. One group, the locals, were already living in the area and had previously attended Verdun or one of the feeder junior high or middle schools. Another, the Lakenheath crowd, had transferred in from England where they had attended either Lakenheath American High School or one of its feeders. The third group, the newcomers, were
newly arrived from various stateside locations.

Toul High existed for only four years. It was closed at the end of the 1965-66 school year as a result of the French withdrawal from NATO, and the relatively few remaining students once again went to Verdun, which remained open for another two years.

Michael Pence, TAHS Class of 1963