Pringle In his career, Eddie O'Leary was called "The Pride of Pringle", one of five fighting O'Learys. He made his ring debut while still a high school student at age 15. By World War II, Eddie had 239 amateur and professional fights, winning 226 of them....
Forty Fort Eddie Brominski was an outstanding perform-er at Swoyersville High School, starring in foot-ball, baseball and basketball from 1926-29. After graduation he entered Wyoming Seminary, where he became captain of the football and basketball teams. He also was the recipient of the presti-gious Laning Harvey...
Old Forge Dan Semenza was a football, basketball and baseball coach at Old Forge for 11 years. While there, he garnered a number of honors. In football, he won the county championship three times — 1931, 1932 and 1934. In basketball, he won the state Class...
West Wyoming Cas Ostrowski, a 1941 graduate of West Wyom-ing High School, averaged 18 points a game over his three years of varsity basketball. He helped West Wyoming to the Valley League title his' se-nior year. His coach, Frank Zawacki called him one of the greatest...
Plymouth High School-football and basketball Notre Dame quarterback 1949-1951 Led Irish to National Championship in 1949 Assistant coach at Tulane 1955-1959, Marquette and Boston College 1962 joined Buffalo Bills as assistant coach As offensive coordinator helped Bills win 3 Division and 2 AFL championships ...
Wyoming Valley native 1890 with Baltimore Orioles, won 3 straight pennants Also played with Louisville, Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Detroit 1896 was top season, hitting .398, stealing 73 Played in 1,285 games with 259 stolen bases, .314 career batting average Managed Detroit Tigers to 3...
The Boy Wonder” Hit .300 as rookie second baseman for Washington 1920 As player/manager, won 2 flags in a row and World Series 1924 Won 2,159 games in 29 years as manager-Tigers, Red Sox, Phillies, Yankees Led Yankees to World Championship 1947 1975 inducted...
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania native Career spanned 1949-1962, with 313 homers and .312 batting average Called the “Babe Ruth of the Pacific Coast League” 1953 with St. Louis Cardinals, led National League in putouts 1956 LA Angel’s MVP, batted .350, 55 homers and 164 RBIs 1957...