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Colfax, Washington's Codger Pole carved by Johnathan LeBenne commemorating the 50th anniversary of a 1938 football game between rival Colfax and St. John High Schools. ..At 65 feet (20 m) tall, it is the largest sculpture of its type in the world, and consists of portraits, carved into five upended red cedar logs, of the 51 players involved. The players are shown in old age but are wearing the football uniforms of the thirties

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Colfax, Washington's Codger Pole carved by Johnathan LeBenne commemorating the 50th anniversary of a 1938 football game between rival Colfax and St. John High Schools. ..At 65 feet (20 m) tall, it is the largest sculpture of its type in the world, and consists of portraits, carved into five upended red cedar logs, of the 51 players involved. The players are shown in old age but are wearing the football uniforms of the thirties