Halstrom of St. Francis Among Top Gridders Chosen for All-Star Game

Many of the top graduating seniors have been selected to the East and West team rosters for the sixth annual National Football Foundation Hall of Fame All-Star Football Game on Aug. 2 at Arroyo High in El Monte.

“The 1985 assemblage of talent represents one of the most gifted crops of athletes we’ve had for this game,� said Muir Coach Jim Brownfield, who has been game director since its inception in 1980.

Leading the way for a strong West squad are quarterback/linebacker Richard Bell of Muir, running back Cleo Bates of Pasadena and lineman Dave Hallstrom of St. Francis. Bell, an all-state player who rushed for 1,341 yards and 14 touchdowns and passed for 1,560 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior, will attend Nebraska, Bates is headed for Colorado and Hallstrom will play for UCLA next season.