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Johnny Roepke
John Peter Roepke (December 28, 1905 – February 26, 1962) was an American football running back, halfback who played one season in the National Football League (NFL) for the Frankford Yellow Jackets as well as four seasons in minor leagues with the Atlantic City Tornadoes, Clifton Heights Orange & Black, Upper Darby Greenbacks, and Paterson Night Hawks. A native of New Jersey, he attended Penn State University, playing football, baseball, and basketball before graduating in 1928. He was selected to the College Football All-America Team following his senior season of 1927. Roepke also briefly played professional baseball for the Scranton Miners (baseball), Scranton Miners in 1928. Early life and high school career Roepke was born on December 28, 1905, in Jersey City, New Jersey. He attended William L. Dickinson High School there, playing American football, football, baseball, and basketball. Following his third season of high school, where he was named all state as a Running ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News Journal (Ohio)
The ''News Journal'' is an American newspaper and multimedia site (wnewsj.com) published in print two days per week (Wednesday and Saturday) in Wilmington, Ohio, covering Clinton County. It is owned by AIM Media, based in McAllen, Texas. The newspaper traces its history back to two weeklies, the ''Clinton Republican'' (begun in 1838 as the ''Western Whig'', the name changed the next year), and ''The Wilmington Journal'' (founded 1868), that merged into ''The Journal-Republican'' in 1912. The ''Wilmington News Journal'' was founded by W. J. Galvin on Oct. 15, 1915, originally called the ''Wilmington Daily News''. In 1916, it merged with the semi-weekly ''Journal Republican'' and became known as the ''Wilmington Daily News Journal''. It was owned by the Galvin family until it was sold to the Brown Publishing Company in 1986. In 2010, Brown declared bankruptcy and was reconstituted as Ohio Community Media, which later became part of Civitas/Versa. The company, including the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |