My football zenith was 1962 in Anaheim. I remember our coach, Clare Van Hornbeck, was always with his famous cigar, and "punishment" consisted of running laps round the track field or running "stadiums" up and down the grandstand near the practice field. Such memories are special for the members of the Anaheim Colonists football team.

Nothing says "High School Football Coach" quite so unequivocally as a short-sleeved white shirt and a necktie. Well, it did anyway -- until coaches became models for sportswear companies with team logos plastered all over themselves.

I played high school football about 10 years after this photo was taken. For the past several years, off and on, I've been going through and purging boxes of stuff that have followed me around for way too long. One thing I found from my football team days was a list of personal infractions and the corresponding punishment (e.g., run laps, do push-ups). I smiled when I noticed the punishment for cursing was far, far worse than the punishment for smoking.

And you can have a smoke afterwards!

… up and down these sidelines for a Camel.”

First thing I noticed. That and the ties on all the coaches. This is my era. I was a sophomore in '62 and this easily could have been my high school in Fayetteville, NC.