Kingston, PA Andrews had an outstanding athletic career in baseball, football, track and basketball at Shickshinny and Kingston High Schools during the mid 1920's. After transferring to Kingston following his freshman year, he earned 13 athletic letters. During his high school baseball career, Andrews threw seven...
Old Forge, PA Tomasetti gained his first football fame as a member of the Old Forge High School team in the 1930's. In 1939, he earned All-American Honorable Mention as the Co-Captain of the Bucknell University football team. He played in the Blue-Gray game and with...
Swoyersville, PA One of the famous "Four Horsemen" of the Wyoming Seminary football teams of the late 1920's Brominski was known as a triple treat on offense and a hard hitter on defense. He also showed his athletic versatility in basketball, base-ball and track. During his...
Wilkes-Barre, PA Martin, an eighth-degree black belt, made his mark in the world of karate. He was named Mid-Atlantic Region 10 fighter of the year as a semi-pro in 1980 and 1981, an amateur in 1982 and a senior in '81, '82 and '83. He was...
Hanover Township, PA Mellus began his football career as a tackle for Hanover High School. He went on to play for Villanova University from 1934 to 1937. In 1938, John signed with the New York Giants with the NFL and played on their championship team that...
Pittston, PA Hopkins graduated from St. John's High School where he was Captain of the football team and All-Scholastic in 1932. He graduated from St. Thomas College (now University of Scranton) in 1937. Hopkins started his coaching career at Pittston Township High School as the football,...
Dallas, PA A graduate of Hanover High School and Wilkes College, Gries began his radio and television broad-casting career after serving in the Army from '44 to '46. He has broadcasted hundreds of high school, college and professional base-ball, basketball and football games, including the Sugar...
Wilkes-Barre, PA Shaskas played basketball for GAR High School and King's College but made his mark as the "Boy Wonder" of bowling. He was known as Gene Shaker or The Shaker because of what his bowling ball did to the pins. He was one of the...
Pittston, PA Nowakowski began his high school pitching career at Pittston High School in 1952 and finished with a record of 25-2. He pitched seven no-hitters and ten one-hitters while averaging 18 strikeouts per game. In his senior year his one no-hitter was a ten inning...
Wilkes-Barre, PA "Red" was educated in the Harrisburg schools and was Captain of the baseball & football teams at Villanova College, where he was an honorable mention fullback. Pendergast began his coaching career at Coughlin in 1922 as the head coach of baseball, basketball, track, swimming...
Duryea, PA Hushelpeck was a three-year captain for the Duryea High School girls' basket-ball team from '22 to '24 during which the team won the league championship all three years. Although she averaged 25 points per game, Hushelpeck was also known as an outstanding ball handler...
Plymouth, PA Noonan lettered four years in foot-ball and track but he made his mark in athletics as a sports official. He began track, basketball and football officiating in 1937. For 37 straight years, he was the head starter and only starter for the District 2,...