George Shendock graduated from Swoyersville High School in 1937 where he earned his letters in three sports, excelling in baseball as a catcher, football as center, and basketball as a guard. He also played many years in semi-pro in baseball for many teams. He attended...
George Curry grew up in the coal-mining town of Larksville, Pennsylvania. He attended St. John’s Parochial Elementary School and then Larksville High School. George Curry received a football scholarship to Temple University, where he earned his B.S. Degree in Social Sciences. He attended the University...
Francis A. "Red" Garrity graduated from Hanover Township High School in 1925 where he earned four varsity letters in baseball and three varsity letters in basketball. He then enrolled at Bloomsburg College and earned three varsity letters in baseball and three varsity letters in basketball....
From the halcyon years of great football and basketball at Hazleton High during the late 1930's to acting head football coach at Indiana University of the Big Ten is the story in a nutshell of Robert M. "Bob" Hicks. But there was a lot in...
Alphonsus "Al" Wywiorski, deceased, for-merly of Duryea and Avoca, was an outstanding coach and teacher at Duryea High School and player during his college days at St. Thomas' College, now the University of Scranton. One of the greatest college and professional players developed in Wyoming...
Graduate of East Stroudsburg State Teachers College, 1947 (B.S. degree) and Bucknell University, 1950 (Masters degree). Began teaching and coaching career at Lehman Twp., fall of 1947. Coached football, basketball, and baseball. Evolution of the Lehman Twp. School District via jointures provided opportunities to coach...
Old Forge High School's Outstanding Football & Baseball Athlete Tony Giglio '74 (1952- ): Tony Giglio burst into the forefront of the Lafayette football scene in the first game of his junior year when he came off the bench to rush for 183 yards to help...
Al Brogna has and continues to have an ath-letic career encompassing a variety of fields. Al has always been a team player from his first football game at Pittston High School to his now current positions as an influential member of State Senator Robert Mellow's...
Although Steve Hudacek died over 30 years ago in a tragic plane crash, he is still remembered today as one of the best football players from this area. Hudacek was an outstanding lineman for Plymouth High School in the mid-1930s before moving on to Ford...
Simon Bernosky was one of the most successful high school coaches in the area for 26 years. He made his coaching debut in 1949 at Hughestown High School, which is now a part of Pittston Area. Bernosky enjoyed a very successful stint as a basket-ball...
Patsy Gall, a 135 pound lightweight, was one of the most talented World's Boxing Contenders. He had a string of 50 pro wins and fought some of the best scrappers on the East Coast. He was only five foot seven and his weight ranged between...
Owen J. Costello is a graduate of the Masonic Homes and Elizabethtown Area High School. He received his BA in Education from Wilkes College and holds a special post graduate degree in Revenue Development from North Carolina State University. Mr. Costello participated in football and...