West Pittston, PA. An Outstanding golfer in Pennsylvania for over forty years. A nine time club champ at the Fox Hill Country Club. The first man to win the Ponce De Leon winter amateur championship at Florida. He won the Bahama Island championship and has qualified...
Ed graduated from Newport High School in 1936, and was a member of both state and regional basketball teams. Ed became the head coach of Northwest High School in Shickshinny. Over three decades, he carved his place into state basketball history finishing as one of...
Duryea, PA. Eugene (Big Gene) Guarilia was born and raised in Duryea, Pennsylvania. Following graduation from Duryea High School, Guarilia attended Potomac State College, in West Virginia where he, as a freshman, established a state conference scoring record by totaling 595 points in his first year....
Plymouth, PA Ben Johnson was once labeled "the world's fastest human." Introduced to track and field at Plymouth High School, Johnson went on to shatter the Pennsylvania state scholastic dash records by winning state titles in the 100 yards (9.8) and 220 yards (21.4) dashes. He...
Wilkes-Barre, PA Al was a boxer turned boxing promoter. He started an amateur boxing career in 1936. He participated in 100 bouts. His record was 90 wins and 10 losses. By 1937, Al was boxing as a professional welterweight. He fought a total of 35 bouts,...
Pittston High School-All-State in football University of Georgia-halfback 1943 Rose Bowl National Championship and MVP 1944 Associated Press' 1944 Service All American Team 1946 Heisman Trophy Runner up 1946 Southeastern Conference Champion and Conference Player of the Year 1946 Sugar Bowl National Championship 1946...
Coughlin High School-football 1980 Wyoming Valley Conference champs All-Scholastic, All-State, All-American University of Maryland-4-year starter Played in Aloha, Tangerine, Japan, North-South Bowls 1983 Atlantic Conference Lineman of the Year, first team All-ACC 1983 Rookie of the Year with NFL’s Indianapolis Colts Named to AFC...
Elvetta inherited her love of field hockey from her mother, Mae. As a young girl, Elvetta would tag along when her mother played in club games. Elvetta started playing field hockey herself in 7th grade at Jenkinstown High School outside of Philadelphia. She was field...
Hanover High School-linebacker and halfback University of West Virginia-All-Southern Conference, played in Senior Bowl Fifth leading rusher in Philadelphia Eagles history-3,563 yards in 9 seasons (1963-1971) 1968 Pro Bowl, final season 1972 with St. Louis Cardinals Broadcaster for Philadelphia Bell of World Football League ...
G.A.R. Memorial High School-football-3 championships, All-Scholastic, All-State University of Notre Dame-three-year quarterback On Blue-Gray All-Star and 1959 Hula Bowl team, third-team All-American November 16, 1957, defeated Oklahoma U. with touchdown pass, ending Sooners’ 47 game winning streak, handing them their first shutout in 124 games ...
Ashley native University of Pennsylvania Dental College, track 1898-1899 Four-time National Intercollegiate Track Champion in 100, 220-yard and 200 meter dash 1900 Won Olympic and World’s championship in 200 meter dash First place in 400 meter hurdles at Olympics and second in 60- and 100-meter dashes,...
Hazleton High School-football and basketball Bloomsburg State College, set three NAIA pass receiving records Established league records with Pottstown Eagles 1969 member of Philadelphia Eagles taxi squad 1970 signed as free agent by New York Giants 1971 became first tight end in NFL history...