1943_Camp_Lejeune_Marines_football_team

1943 Camp Lejeune Marines football team

1943 Camp Lejeune Marines football team

American college football season

The 1943 Camp Lejeune Marines football team represented the United States Marine Corps's Camp Lejeune, located in New River, North Carolina, during the 1943 college football season. The Marines compiled a record of 6–2–1. Second Lieutenant Marvin Bell was named head coach of the team on September 9. Bell had graduated from Marquette University in 1936 and served as ends coach for the Marquette football team under head coaches Frank Murray, Paddy Driscoll, and Thomas E. Stidham.[1] On September 30, after the first two games of the season, Jack Chevigny was appointed the team's head coach. Bell remained an assistant coach for the team along with Jack Thurner, who had played college football as a tackle at North Carolina State University and coached at Memphis Catholic High School in 1942.[2] The team's roster included Chuck Drulis and Bob Fitch.

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In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Camp Lejeune ranked 38th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 86.5.[3]

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    "Camp Lejeune Defeats Carolina Whites, 26-0". Greensboro Daily News. Greensboro, North Carolina. Associated Press. October 10, 1943. p. 3, section 4. Retrieved April 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Camp Lejeune Plays Camp Davis Soldiers". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. October 30, 1943. p. 7. Retrieved April 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Camp Lejeune Marines Defeat Camp Davis, 14 To 0". The Sunday Star-News. Wilmington, North Carolina. Associated Press. October 31, 1943. p. 8. Retrieved April 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Lejeune To Play". Greensboro Daily News. Greensboro, North Carolina. Associated Press. November 5, 1943. p. 8, section 2. Retrieved April 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Camp Lejeune Meets Cloudbusters Today". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. Associated Press. November 13, 1943. p. 7. Retrieved April 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Lejeune Balked By Pre-Flight With 14-14 Tie". The Durham Herald-Sun. Durham, North Carolina. Associated Press. November 14, 1943. p. 2, section IV. Retrieved April 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Camp Lejeune Marines Edge Raiders". The Sunday Star-News. Wilmington, North Carolina. Associated Press. November 28, 1943. p. 8. Retrieved April 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    Daye, John (2014). Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football. Haworth, New Jersey: St. Johann Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-937943-21-9.
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