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November 1963 Beaver Island sports injuries are reported

Also November 1963 Beaver Island football and softball injuries · Coast Guard and Island sports injuries

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TypeEvent
Date1963-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1963-11
Kind
Medical
Where
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The November 1963 Beaver Beacon reported ankle injuries to Andy Anderson and Gordon VanderMite and a broken foot bone for Jack Martin during the Island’s transition from softball to football.

Evidence limits

This is a brief newspaper injury account, not a diagnosis, treatment record, or complete sports history.

Sources

  1. Reports Andy Anderson and Gordon VanderMite spraining ankles and Jack Martin breaking a foot bone during football-related activity; it is a brief newspaper account, not a medical record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the sports-injury account.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “November 1963 Beaver Island sports injuries are reported”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sports-injuries-november-1963/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1963, “Sports Afield.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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