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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated September 18, 1956 reads "Jerry Mollett, Van Nuys High's all-city backfield star, was weighed in yesterday by coach Winston Tucker, left, and his new assistant Jack McCaffery. McCaffery looks amazed when scale showed that Mollett only weighed a 'mere' 195 pounds. Regular practice will get under way tomorrow at all Valley League schools."
Mollett, Jerry Van Nuys High School (Los Angeles, Calif.) Football coaches Football players High school students Men Young men Football Scales (Weighing instruments) Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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