In the 1930s, Marty Petroskas was a member of the Fordham University front line which was dubbed 'The Seven Blocks of Granite" because of its virtual immovability. Petroskas was All-Scholastic as a lineman at Luzerne High School and Fordham University. Fordham was among the top...
Starting his 33rd in the National Basketball Association and 41st year in professional basketball, Blake has long been regarded as the number one authority on college and professional basketball in this country. He was the General Manager of the St. Louis-Atlanta Hawks for 17 years...
Lou Biacchi was a three-sport athlete at Berwick High School from 1950-53, playing football, basketball. and baseball. In 1953, he obtained a football scholar-ship to Fordham University, where he was a member of their Freshman Team. Then, in 1954, he entered the Cherry Point Marines...
John "Dinty" Waleski, graduated from Avoca High School where he starred as an outstanding football and baseball player. His stellar football performance earned him a football scholarship at St. Thomas College, now the University of Scranton, under the rein of Coach Jack Harding. He played...
Joseph Tereshinski began his impressive football career at Newport Township High School from 1937-41, and was selected captain of the All Anthracite High School Football Squad. After high school, Tereshinski continued his football career at the University of Georgia from 1941-43 and 1945-46. His college...
Jim Miller, Sports Director at WBRE-TV, Channel 28 is a 21 year veteran of broadcasting, with 2 years experience in radio and 22 years experience in television. In radio he has worked in Newport, Rhode Island and Stroudsburg, PA, and in television in Madison, Wisconsin;...
Izzy Weinstock was a dominant figure in The Sportsworld of Pennsylvania during the decade of the 1930's. His career started at Wilkes-Barre Coughlin High School where he played fullback on its football team during the years 1931-34 where he gained all scholastic honors. During the...
Douglas Turley began his outstanding athletic career at Nanticoke High School where he was All-Scholastic in football and basketball. He also played baseball and participated in track. Turley holds the Wyoming Valley Shotput Record of 47 ft. 6 in, (1936); and won the Rogers Memorial...
Bob was in the United States Navy where he obtained the title of "Strongest Man in the U.S. Navy". He has also been involved in powerlifting, bodybuilding and armwrestling. Bob competed in bodybuilding in the 1950's and won various titles. He is the Body Building...
Bob Dipipi is in his third year on the football coaching staff at Princeton University. Dipipi came to Princeton with an extensive college coaching background. He was the co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at the University of California-Berkeley, a team that plays in the...
Andrew Victor began his athletic career at Kingston High School, where he was a four-year participant in football, wrestling and track. He then went to Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School from 1939-1940. During his wrestling and baseball careers at Wyoming Seminary, Victor was the National...
Arthur "Art" O'Malley began his athletic career as a three-sport star in high school and finished it as a distinguished coach. O'Malley attended St. John Evangelist High School where he participated in football, baseball, and basket-ball. Then, in 1921, he was offered an athletic scholarship...