The Codger's Wooden "Heisman?"
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Atop the 65-foot tall sculpture sits a small, 3-foot tall football player, dressed in the uniform that the 1988 codgers would have worn in the original 1938 game (including the thin leather helmet and very little padding). The figure stands in an almost Heisman trophy-like stance as he looks over downtown Colfax. reminding the town of the Bulldog Codger's victory over one time rivals St. John.
Photo by author, 2014.
This file appears in: The Codger Pole
The Codger Pole
Old grudges die hard. In 1938, cross-county archrivals the Colfax Bulldogs and the St. John Eagles met in a bitterly contested football matchup. St. John emerged the victors with a score of 14 - 0, but the defeated Colfax Bulldogs did not forget. …
