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CECIL DEES FIELD
Celebrating 50 years of
Football
In October of 1951, the lights were turned
on for the first game of the new football field. the game
started...The juggs had to win this one...their record was
2-4...they hadn't had a winning season in ten years. Lloyd got the
ball and drove down the field with some great running from Ken
Burton '52. From the 32 yard line, Gary Jump '54 passed to Dick
Dudgeon '53 for the first touch on the new field. Millersburg came
right back and scored two touchdowns to take a 14-7 lead, but the
Juggs came back to tie the game at 14 by halftime. The game stayed
tied until only five minutes remained as the Juggernauts' Wanye
Duncan '53 scored two touchdowns to send the Juggs on to a 27-14
victory. The next week the team defeated Beechwood 7-0 making their
home record a perfect 2-0 for the field's inaugual season. Seniors
included Bob Green, Chub Brown, Donald Tanner, Lowell Wright,
Chester Dreyer, and Ken Bruton. Years later, the field would be
named after the long time booster Cecil Dees.
(Lloyd Alumni News
"A Sip From The Jugg", Dean Herron).
Mr. Dees was everyone's friend at
Lloyd. Although some of us didn't know him personally,
we know what he did for us. He painted the bleachers
on the football field, directed traffic after games, worked
whenever and wherever he was needed. He was the
backboneof our athletic teams: their number on fan and
supporter. All the boys knew him and appreciated his
interest in them. Because of these and many other
reason, we thought it only fitting and proper to pay tribute
to Mr. Dees in this way.
Friday night, October 19, 1956, the
Lloyd Memorial High School football field was dedicated in
honor of Henry Cecil Dees. Milton McCracken read the
resolution adopted by the Erlanger-Elsmere Board of Education.
Mrs. Dees, Gladys, Glenn, Charlie, and his wife, Janice,
accepted the resolution. After the resolution was
accepted. the Band played "Thy Name We Hail." The
service was closed with a prayer by Reverend Jack P. Lowndes,
pastor of the Erlanger Baptist Church of which Mr. Dees was a
member.
The memory of this service will live forever in the hearts of
all who witnessed it and will serve as an inspiration to
remind us of the ideals and principles of Mr. Dees.
(Lloyd Memorial Yearbook The
Spectator 1956)
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