THE VILLAGE OF JEFFERSON has been in the good hands of Police Chief Steve Febel — as was this football during his senior season of 1975 as a Falcon — for almost two decades. File / Star Beacon
STEVE FEBEL shows off his hops as a senior for coach Al Graper’s 1975-76 Jefferson Falcons. File / Star Beacon
Published November 09, 2009 12:06 am - Jefferson police chief Steve Febel played under some great coaches while a student at Jefferson High School. And he learned a lesson that still holds value today in his current position.
This former Falcon has always been part of successful teams... and nothing’s changed
BOB ETTINGER Star Beacon
Jefferson police chief Steve Febel played under some great coaches while a student at Jefferson High School. And he learned a lesson that still holds value today in his current position.
Febel played football for coaches such as Glenn Sutherin and Bob Ashba, basketball for Al Graper and Larry Daniels and ran track for Jim Richards.
He learned that teamwork is the key to success.
“I had some really good coaches,” Febel, the son of Pete and JoAnn Febel, said. “I learned a lot from them. They taught me a lot about teamwork. They taught me that with teamwork, anything is possible no matter how good your opponent is.”
As proof of that, Febel offers up the 1974 Jefferson football team. The Falcons claimed a share of the Grand River Conference championship that season with just 21 players.
“The best part was all of our teammates helping each other,” Febel said. “Again, it was teamwork. It wasn’t one guy. It was the whole team. Glenn Sutherin and Bob Ashba taught us to win as a team and lose as a team.”
And that team had some great players.
“I played with a lot of good players,” Febel said. “I played with Ed Howley, Regis Burns, Randy Park and Jim Baker, among others.”
Febel was a tight end on offense and a defensive end on the other side of the ball. His role as a tight end was vastly different than that of the players that inhabit the position today.
“Our offense was five yards and a cloud of dust,” Febel said. “We had two passes. We called them fire pass right and fire pass left. The ball would be snapped, I’d take two steps off the line, get the ball and fight for yardage.
“With running backs the caliber of Randy Park, you don’t (throw the football). You just let Randy do his thing.
“We ran the wedge offense — wedge right and wedge left. Teams didn’t have to scout us. They knew what we ran.”
Febel and his teammates back each other up so well that even the kicker knew when he was needed. And he knew exactly what he was to do when called upon.
“Regis Burns, who is no longer with us, used to be our kicker,” Febel said. “If we were tired, we’d tell him we didn’t feel like running and he’d kick the ball out of the end zone.”
Having siblings, Febel knew there were eyes and ears soaking up everything he did.
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