Corny Salvaterra was a football standout at G.A.R. High School in Wilkes-Barre, PA. He continued excelling in football at Pittsburgh University. Following graduation, he was drafted in the 17th round in 1957 by the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he starred at quarterback....
Francis A. Lovecchio, M.D. is a 1950 graduate of G.A.R. High School, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. While attending GA.R., Dr. Lovecchio was an outstanding student-athlete. He served as class president for four years and student council president for two years. He was Valedictorian of the Class of...
Daniel F. Donovan graduated from Avoca High School in 1952, where he was captain of the football, basketball and baseball teams. He then moved on to East Stroudsburg State College to further his education and continue his athletic career. There he was a stand-out football,...
WJ. Romanowski, Avoca, was a star football player at Avoca High School from 1932-36, and also played baseball and track. The fullback was all-scholastic honorable mention in 1934, and first-team Pittston area and third-team Wyoming Valley all-scholastic in 1935. From 1936-39, Romanowski played for Villanova...
Tom Morgan, deceased, of Wilkes-Barre played baseball, football and basketball in the late 1920's at Coughlin. He then went to Villanova University on a baseball scholarship. But while at Villanova, Morgan excelled in baseball, football, and basketball - earning three letters in each sport. He...
Stan Ritinisky, a 1938 graduate of Luzerne High School, was an all-scholastic end on the Luzerne Football teams. He also was an outstanding basket-ball player on the 1938 championship basketball team of that era and went on to Fordham where he starred on Jim Crowley's...
Carl "Red" Meinhold, first came to the attention of basketball fans in Hazleton when he started on the 1942-43 Hazleton High team that won the East Penn League championship and five PIAA playoff games before losing to Lower Merion, 35-23, in the Eastern final. That...
Michael F. "Mickey" Noonan, deceased, was a former Wyoming Valley coach and sports official. Born- in Scranton he was a resident of Plymouth most of his life and a graduate of Plymouth High School. Mr. Noonan had been a professional baseball player in the Midwest...
Lou "Sheriff' Zara, just about the greatest basketball player that ever graced the local basketball courts, is the newest member to be admitted to the Banner's "Hall of Fame Honor Roll." Lou attended Old Forge Public Schools, graduating from high school in 1928. He participated...
"Machine Gun" Lou Butera is a legendary figure in the world of billiards. The peerless pool player from Pittston has won the World Championship, All-Japan Championship, World Trick Shot Championship and innumerable tournaments from coast to coast. Butera got the nick-name "Machine Gun" for his...
Ken Smith, deceased, of Scranton was a star in football, baseball and basketball at Scranton Tech. In 1920, his senior year, he was the captain in football and basketball. Smith then went to Bloomsburg, and quarterbacked the team to the State Teachers' College Champion-ship. He...
Jane Dimond, deceased, of Forty Fort, was considered one of the best women golfers ever in the Wyoming Valley and the State from 1933 to 1962. Avid golfers are familiar with the name of Jane Pfifferling Dimond, known as Wyoming Valley's, most successful female golfer....