10/19/1930 The Decatur, IL newspaper carried at least one story of aM attoon High School game, including the following:
Headline "Purvis Scores All Touchdowns and Points"
"Captain Duane Purvis accounted for all three touchdowns and placekick ed two goals...."
Mattoon won the game, 20-0.
Duane, as All-American, played football during college with brother,Ji m, as his coach.
His photo appeared in the newspaper with the caption: "Lt. DuanePurvi s, now physical training director of the army air forcesnavigation sch ool at San Marcos, Tex., went through officers'candidate school with a b roken neck. He formerly was a gridirongreat at Purdue...AP Wirephoto. "
