Varsity Club Hall of Fame Induction Class of 1988, Sandra Marie Burke
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Hall of Fame Inductees 1974 James L. Bell Edward S. Parsons Ann Lee Delano ' Francis X. Walsh Bradford L. Johnson George E. Yankowski 1975 Delmo F. Alberghini Neil T. Mahoney* John J. Connelly Dorothy J. Sullivan* Herbert W. Gallagher Sidney J. Watson 1976 G. Ernest Arlett Frank J. Rando Kate R. Barrett Carl J. Wallin Edward T. Barry Joseph P. Zabilski 1977 Robert J. Cappadona Lawrence Gluckman Arthur J. Chisholm D. Raymond Picard William A. Colby Gerald R. Tatton* 1978 Richard J. Cavanaugh James W. Dietz Irwin M. Cohen Arnold Kaufman Charles H. Diehl Salvatore J. Lombardo 1979 John R. Byrne John L. Malvey William Lee Carter Gay W. Milbrandt Joseph M. Chrusz* Richard A. Ollen 1980 John S. Bialek* Salvatore P. Mazzocca Thomas J. Hourihan Neil P. McPhee Robert " Bo" Lyons Paul G. Solberg 1981 Curtis C. Brooks* Michael S. Dvorchak David J. Coleman Alexander J. Struzziero Calvin T. Coffey Dean C. Webb 1982 Alfred M. McCoy Eric W. Porter Daniel W. Miles James M. Thornton* William J. Miller Richard L. Weitzman 1983 Harry J. Barnes George P. Makris James J. Connolly Jane Miller George T. Dowd Donald G. Turcotte Andrew " Hawk" Zamparelli 1984 Lynn Arturi-Chiavaro Leo F. Dupere Alfred J. Balerna Thomas J. Rezzuti William J. Corsetti Francis R. Ryan 1985 Robert F. Barry John R. McPherson James A. Calhoun Eugene C. Renzi John P. Grinold Edward F. Shea* 1986 Kerkor Kassabian Ernest E. Mills John J. Lapsley Daniel R. Ross David G. Lister William H. Seabury 1987 John J. Clark Philip R. McCabe Job E. Fuchs David R. Poile Joseph F. Lynch Michael Prohodsky *deceased ) Sandra Marie Burke Sandra Marie Burke has been elected to the Hall of Fame for her ac complishments in track and field. Burke performed virtuall y in a class by herself as a weight events com Sandra M. Burke petitor under Joe Donahue in the early 1980's. She dominated the New England and Greater Boston track scene in the shot put and discus and was a multiple All America selection for the Huskies. According to her veteran fie ld events mentor Donahue. the intensity and dedication she displayed both in the weight room and in the weight circle has yet to be surpassed. Through four years of varsity competition, Burke was unbeatable in dual meets. Burke was a three-time team captain outdoors and indoors, and a four time New England champion, and four-time Greater Boston champion in the shot put and discus; she is the University record-holder in both com petitions. at 53-11'/' and 162-3, respectively. A graduate of Brookline High School, Burke went from a swim and track star to strictly a track superstar, eventually competing as both an All America collegian and a well known international shot putter and discus thrower. Her expertise as an athlete has mushroomed to the coaching ranks, in which she is now an assistant track coach at track and field powerhouse Syracuse University. As a junior at Northeastern in 1981 , Burke competed against the Soviet elite team in both Leningrad and Bucharest, highlighting an extensive in ternational career. In a ballyhooed meet of the USA versus USSR, Burke finished fourth in the shot put, despite a sub-par throw. Later that spring, in the World University Games in Bucharest, Burke placed seventh in an outstanding international field dominated by the East Dr. Willie J. Cater Germans. Burke was the first Husky female athlete to compete in either the Soviet Union or Yugoslavia. While Northeastern track labored in the luxury of a constant flow of the East's top male putters and throwers, Burke was personally leading women's field performers out of the dark ages. Admired and respected in the bar-bell chamber, Burke's male peers watched her routinely rep squat 340 pounds, and dead-lift over 400 pounds. At 5' I 0, 170 pounds, Burke was certainly one of the best conditioned athletes to be found anywhere on the Northeastern campus from 1978-1982. As a senior at Northeastern, Burke was fourth at the T AC Nationals at Madison Square Garden indoors, and sixth at the NCAA Champion ship shot put competition at Brigham Young University. She wrapped up a brilliant career in stunning fashion that senior season, capturing both the indoor and outdoor AlA W National Championships in the shot put. In the Olympic Trials, she was fourth in 1980, and sixth in 1984. Somehow, Burke managed to juggle her collegiate and international globe-trotting with a healthy academic and cooperative education schedule, including stints as a Counselor in the Brookline Recreation Department. She attained her Bachelor of Science Degree in Physcial Education in 1983, and is scheduled to complete her Masters Degree at Syracuse this Spring. Sandy is a 1977 BHS alumnus, where she was an All League swimmer and miler in track. Edward C. McCarty ' ) ) Dr. Willie ]. Cater Edward C. McCarty Dr. Willie J. Cater has been elected to the Hall of Fame for his ac Edward Charles McCarty has been inducted into the Hall of Fame for complishments in track and field. his achievements in the sports of baseball and hockey. Cater was one of the greatest sprinters in the history of Northeastern McCarty was a three-time, Greater Boston League selection as a fluid track. while establi shing himself as one of the University"s premier stu left-handed pitcher for Coach John "Tinker" Connelly and a crafty dent athletes in the mid-sixties. playmaker and tenacious forechecker on the wing for hockey coach Jim Currently. Dr. Cater is the Attending Physician at the Carney Hospital my Bell in the late 1960's. and the Mi lton Medical Center as one of the top orthopedic surgeons in As a sophomore, the Medford sidewinder tossed seven victories and the area. helped the Huskies to their last College World Series appearance in Omaha, Cater was a blazer out of Brookline Street in the South End, and went Nebraska in 1966. That same spring, he brought the Diamond Dogs a on to dominate the sprint, hurdle, and broad jump events in the city at Greater Boston League crown by beating MIT on the final day of the season. Boston Technical High School. As a four-year letterman under Tech Coach On the ice for Coach Bell, he made an immediate imprint as a sophomore, Joe Carey, Cater won just about every sprint title the city had to offer. scoring over 30 points despite missing the first four contests. Skating on As a senior he was also an outstanding halfback on the football team in 1962. a line with fellow Hall of Farner Bill Seabury and Phil O'Connell , McCarty Scholastically, Cater captured the Class A Indoor Sprint Championship helped Northeastern clinch a spot in the ECAC Tournament. and the BAA title, and copped All Scholastic honors in 1962 . when he In the winter of 1967, McCarty scored the tying goal against Boston also earned the coveted Leo Daley Award for Athleticism and Scholarship. College in the first round of the Bean pot, as the Huskies went on to gain He decided on Northeastern and an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy the championship final berth for just the second time. and proceeded to blow away the competition among New England's Whether skating the wing or taking the hill at Parsons Field for Tinker streakers. After spearheading an undefeated freshman team that fore Connelly, McCarty had a penchant for producing in the big moments. On shadowed a 50- I three-year varsity run, Cater embarked on a storied track the way to Omaha in '66, McCarty went the distance in a 5-4 first round career. victory over Colby at Fenway Park, as he helped hi s own cause by scor Under the watchful eyes of Gerry Talton and Assistant Coach Irwin ing the tying run in the seventh inning. Cohen. Cater dominated the sprints in his sophomore season of 1964, while McCarty recalls scoring ahead of Freddie Kos, who touched 'em all' racking up huge point totals in the mile relay, long jump and hurdles. He after swatting a towering home run to dead center off the White Mule's blazed to victory in meet record time in the 45 yard dash in his very first Eddie Phillips, who later pitched for the Boston Red Sox. McCarty and Greater Boston Track Championship in 1964. Company then dispatched Boston College to advance to Omaha, where Cater also wasted no time meeting his high school press clips elsewhere they eventually fell to the University of Arizona, they of the 66-9 record. in the indoor campaign, capturing the Knights of Columbus meet and the Aside from an effective fastball-curve-changeup repertoire, McCarty prestigious BAA meet. Outdoors, Cater kept true to his early collegiate showed precision control from the outset of his career, compiling a stun form , adding the GBC 440 relay crown in a University record time to his ning 2.22 ERA to accompany the 7-2 record in 1966. track resume. As a junior in 1967, McCarty fired a no-hitter against Boston Universi He would garner additional headlines in 1965 as a junior, with the ty , and, once again, had one of the area's better ERA's at 3.34. He would added twist of a new heart to his sprint scenario. Cater underwent open eventually lose a total of three no-hitters heading into the ninth frame. heart surgery in October, and totally shattered all recovery prognoses. Cater His aggregate mound numbers jumped to 14-9, 2.65, with 142 career returned to the oval war 83 days later for the indoor meet against URI, strikeouts with a 4-2 senior record.