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PUNT, PASS AND KICK CONTEST. National contest sponsored by the National Football League. In 1976 Jason Bonneville, then a sixth grade student at [[BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL]], became the first Dubuque entry to become an area winner. Bonneville became one of 168 to advance from a beginning field of over 3,800,000 contestants across the United States. He competed in the 11-year-old division in Milwaukee before 51,000 fans attending a Green Bay Packers-Minnesota Vikings game. Advertising posters for the contest bore a sketch (drawn by Norman Rockwell) of [[MERCER, Michael|Michael MERCER]] and a boy. | PUNT, PASS AND KICK CONTEST. National contest sponsored by the National Football League. In 1976 Jason Bonneville, then a sixth grade student at [[BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL]], became the first Dubuque entry to become an area winner. Bonneville became one of 168 to advance from a beginning field of over 3,800,000 contestants across the United States. He competed in the 11-year-old division in Milwaukee before 51,000 fans attending a Green Bay Packers-Minnesota Vikings game. Advertising posters for the contest bore a sketch (drawn by Norman Rockwell) of [[MERCER, Michael|Michael MERCER]] and a boy. | ||
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PUNT, PASS AND KICK CONTEST. National contest sponsored by the National Football League. In 1976 Jason Bonneville, then a sixth grade student at BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, became the first Dubuque entry to become an area winner. Bonneville became one of 168 to advance from a beginning field of over 3,800,000 contestants across the United States. He competed in the 11-year-old division in Milwaukee before 51,000 fans attending a Green Bay Packers-Minnesota Vikings game. Advertising posters for the contest bore a sketch (drawn by Norman Rockwell) of Michael MERCER and a boy.