Robert (Bob) Granko, Sr., graduated from Old Forge High School in 1964. It was there he charted his course to power lifting. Bob competed in his first power lifting meet in 1963 at the Wilkes-Barre YMCA and found, not much to his surprise, that he...
James Fennell was born in 1929 in Philadelphia, Pa. After moving to the Kingston area, he attended and graduated from Kingston High School in 1947, where he participated in football, wrestling and track. Jim then went on to Wyoming Seminary Business School for one year...
Bob Powell, who recently retired from a New Jersey public school system as a physical education teacher of little tots to high school seniors, has been blessed his entire life with an intense desire and dedication to develop his physical skills and his mental ability....
Bernie graduated from Ashley High School in 1948, where he captained the football and basketball teams. Mickey Gorham, previous Northeastern PA Sports Hall of Fame inductee, states Bernie "was the best athlete ever to come out of Ashley. That's what they've always said about Bernie."...
Merl graduated from Kingston High School in 1945, where he earned 2 letters in football, 2 in basketball, and 3 in track. Merl was undefeated in 1943-44-45 in the 200- yard low hurdles, and was also the District II PIAA champion in the low hurdles...
John's awards just keep coming: Teacher of the Year in 1957 and 1963; the Schoolman of the Year in 1968; Pa. Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame in 1975; District XI Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame in 1978; the Lehigh-Northampton Counties Association for Health, Physical Education...
The year was 1949, and 18-year-old Daniel Kravitz, son of Russian immigrant parents, a native of Lopez, and a graduate of Dushore High School, boarded a bus that was taking him out of Pennsylvania to begin a new era in his education. The bus he...
Dennis's athlete career got off to a great start when in 1963, he was selected to the Biddy All-Star team while playing for the West Hazleton Biddy Basketball League. In 1964-1965, Dennis was an All-Star selection in basketball and baseball at West Hazleton Junior High....
A 1946 graduate of Luzerne High School, a 1948 graduate of Wyoming Seminary, and a standout football player and wrestler at Michigan State from 1948 to 1952, Kapral would eventually go on to a 26-year career as instructor, coach, and ultimately business manager of athletics...
James Hudock graduated form Tunkhannock High School in 1958 where he earned 15 letters. Jim starred in football, basketball, volleyball, baseball and track. He was involved in just one loss in his high school football career. He was MVP his senior year in football, basketball,...
John Donmoyer is a graduate of Allentown High School, Class of '57, of which he was class president. After attending Raub Jr. High School, John matriculated to Allentown High and participated in football, bas-ketball and track. The eldest son of John R. (Homer Schneck) and...
Joe DeAntona completed his career as a health and physical education instructor at West Scranton High School at the end of the 1997 school year. DeAntona had served as head football coach at West for the past twenty-five years, and was also head varsity track...