Butterfield High School
Southwestern Minnesota on Highway #60; 40 miles west of Mankato
Years Represented: 1929-1932
The information was provided by Glendoris Dueffert Offerman Sizer.
Glendoris was born in 1913. She played on the Butterfield girls basketball team for at least three years, from 1929-1932. Her older sister, Coletta Dueffert Neuman also played.
Glendoris was captain of the team in 1931-32. Her brother, Duane "Doof" Dueffert gave the team the nickname, "The Dribbling Darlings."
The newspaper caption under the 1930 photo wrote, "They were called 'Cowgirls,' 'Amazons,' and 'The Pride of Butterfield,' according to the 1929-30 Advocate and they had no pier (peer) on the hardwood. The Butterfield high school girls basketball team made their male counterparts look silly, as they won eight of 10 games while the boys could manage but two victories all season. Among the girls' feats in 1929-30 was to stop Ceylon's 49-game-in-streak, snap Jeffers' three year win streak and defeated such teams as Bingham Lake, Wilder and Lake Crystal. Unfortunately, there was no girls' state tournament."
The 1930 photo identifies the players: (left to right), top row: Coletta (Dueffert) Neuman, coach Helen Luft, Lynda Enns. Second row: Marjorie (Bever) Mathistad, Viola (Slaalien) Jacobs, Ruth (Casey) Lloyd, Glendora (Dueffert) Sizer. Bottom row: Elean (Schultz) Wolff, Evelyn (Slaalien) Sands, Josephine Bever.
The 1932 photo identifies Glendoris, team captain, as the sixth player from the left end, holding the ball.
Glendoris said that the Butterfield Advocate wrote lots of stories about them. She recalls that a magazine did a cover story some years ago on them and thought it was called "Old Reminiscing," though she was not sure. (Editor's note: it may be the magazine, "Reminisce.")
In the summer of 2009, Glendoris spoke with a hospice volunteer in Rochester about her basketball playing days. She noted how talking about it brightened Glendoris' face.
The volunteer contacted us and wrote, "I checked "Daughters of the Game" out of the Rochester library and read parts of it to her. She could make out a few of the uniforms. I tell you, she lit up when she talked about playing basketball, I learned so much. I had no idea what women had and lost. She so wanted a copy of the book and wanted to make sure Butterfield got 'on the map.'"
Editor's note: we sent a book by urgent Express Mail to Glendoris. She was given the book about two hours before she died.
Our thanks for Brenda Gimpl, hospice volunteer, for her timely actions that allowed Glendoris to know that her Butterfield team will be on our website and their history preserved.
Glendoris was born in 1913. She played on the Butterfield girls basketball team for at least three years, from 1929-1932. Her older sister, Coletta Dueffert Neuman also played.
Glendoris was captain of the team in 1931-32. Her brother, Duane "Doof" Dueffert gave the team the nickname, "The Dribbling Darlings."
The newspaper caption under the 1930 photo wrote, "They were called 'Cowgirls,' 'Amazons,' and 'The Pride of Butterfield,' according to the 1929-30 Advocate and they had no pier (peer) on the hardwood. The Butterfield high school girls basketball team made their male counterparts look silly, as they won eight of 10 games while the boys could manage but two victories all season. Among the girls' feats in 1929-30 was to stop Ceylon's 49-game-in-streak, snap Jeffers' three year win streak and defeated such teams as Bingham Lake, Wilder and Lake Crystal. Unfortunately, there was no girls' state tournament."
The 1930 photo identifies the players: (left to right), top row: Coletta (Dueffert) Neuman, coach Helen Luft, Lynda Enns. Second row: Marjorie (Bever) Mathistad, Viola (Slaalien) Jacobs, Ruth (Casey) Lloyd, Glendora (Dueffert) Sizer. Bottom row: Elean (Schultz) Wolff, Evelyn (Slaalien) Sands, Josephine Bever.
The 1932 photo identifies Glendoris, team captain, as the sixth player from the left end, holding the ball.
Glendoris said that the Butterfield Advocate wrote lots of stories about them. She recalls that a magazine did a cover story some years ago on them and thought it was called "Old Reminiscing," though she was not sure. (Editor's note: it may be the magazine, "Reminisce.")
In the summer of 2009, Glendoris spoke with a hospice volunteer in Rochester about her basketball playing days. She noted how talking about it brightened Glendoris' face.
The volunteer contacted us and wrote, "I checked "Daughters of the Game" out of the Rochester library and read parts of it to her. She could make out a few of the uniforms. I tell you, she lit up when she talked about playing basketball, I learned so much. I had no idea what women had and lost. She so wanted a copy of the book and wanted to make sure Butterfield got 'on the map.'"
Editor's note: we sent a book by urgent Express Mail to Glendoris. She was given the book about two hours before she died.
Our thanks for Brenda Gimpl, hospice volunteer, for her timely actions that allowed Glendoris to know that her Butterfield team will be on our website and their history preserved.
Butterfield 1930
Butterfield 1932