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Athletic Hall of Fame Members PLEASE JOIN US h The 1 5 t Annual Monday, September 10 Bill Eddy 1998 at Sig Makofski 1998 Schenectady Larry Mulvaney 1998 ……… Proctors Walt Przybylo 1998 City School District . Schenectady Ray Vacca 1998 Barry Kramer 1999 . TICKETS are $50 Bill Leonard 1999 Athletic For Tickets and Information Tony Parisi 1999 Please Call Pete Shulha 1999 Hall of Fame . Bob Pezzano Ed Catino 2000 (518) 346-9297 Bill Rapavy 2000 & Reunion Dinner Pat Riley 2000 . or Tommy Brennan 2001 Monday, September 10, 2012 Donna Frank Billy Connors 2001 Proctors . (518) 668-5332 Mack Suprunowicz 2001 Dom Denio 2002 Guest Speaker Al DeSantis 2002 . Howie Lorch Norm Kitching 2002 . Steve Szumachowski 2002 Jim Barbieri 2003 Second team All-County football player Bill Kirvin 2003 on Linton’s outstanding 1961 football Dick Suprunowicz 2003 team (no Sec. II team scored vs. Linton) Walt Suprunowicz 2003 Mike Maietta 2004 Manager of basketball teams that 1954 Schenectady Little League included All-Americans Barry Kramer World Series Champions 2004 (Linton), Pat Riley (Linton), Elvin Hayes Bob Czub 2005 (U. of Houston) & Don Chaney (U. of Joe DeMeo 2005 Houston) Marty Servo 2005 Don Blaha 2006 Inducted into the U. of Houston 2012 Inductees Abe Feldman 2006 Athletic Hall of Fame with the 1968 Shirley Muldowney 2006 basketball team (ranked #1 at the Sidney Edwards 2007 end of the regular season) Bill Manikas 2007 Ron Oyer 2007 Inducted into the Financial Advisors Joe Donato Peter Famiano 2008 Hall of Fame in 2007 John Grabowski 2008 Joe Loudis 2008 2011 inductee into the SCSD Hall of Dick Bennett 2009 Lou Jordan Fame (for notable post graduate Mike Meola 2009 careers/commitment to community) Warren Crow 2010 Ray Trail 2010 Initiated the Howard Lorch Seminar Severino Popolizio Armand Farina 2011 Series at Schenectady HS Rhonda Phillips Scott 2011 2012 Inductees Lou Jordan Severino Popolizio Joe Donato* Played basketball at Mont Pleasant HS for SCSD Graduated from Linton HS in 1973 Attended Mont Pleasant HS Athletic Hall of Famer Ray Vacca Lettered in three sports at Linton Enlisted in the Navy during World War II Held the MP single game, season & career (football, wrestling & track) Leader in the bowling industry as a bowler, scoring records when he graduated in 1955 Star running back for the Blue Devils mentor, league organizer, tournament Averaged 25.6 ppg as a senior (27.4 in the Class Won nearly 95% of his matches during 4-year director & proprietor “A” League) varsity wrestling career Selected 53rd on The Gazette’s 1994 list of Scored 34, 35, 33 & 33 points in consecutive Two-time Section II wrestling champ (1972 & ‘73) top 100 Capital Region sports figures of the games as a senior Undefeated vs. Section II wrestling competition as previous 100 years (top bowler & only male Sch’dy County Scholastic Basketball Player of a junior & senior bowler on list) Year (1955) Won the prestigious DeMeo Award Mont Pleasant Athletic Club Athlete of the Played 3 years of baseball at MP (pitcher) (outstanding wrestler in Section II) Year in 1959 (first bowler selected) Invited to & participated in NY Yankees’ Lost a 5-4 decision in the semifinals of the NYS Charter member Professional Bowlers Assn workout at Yankee Stadium (1955) Wrestling Tournament in 1972 Bowled several 300 games in PBA events Attended Cornell where he led the basketball New York State runner-up at 132 lbs. in 1973 Two 4th place finishes in PBA Tourneys - team in scoring all 3 of his varsity seasons 1959 Empire State Open & 1962 Chicago Four-year letterman in wrestling at Boston Univ. (16.8, 17.7 & 19.2 ppg) PBA Open Compiled a 68-4-2 dual meet record at BU First team All-Ivy League selection as junior Set world records for four game match Undefeated in dual meets (18-0) as sophomore (1956) & six game match (1961) Second team All-Ivy League selection as senior; Co-captain of the BU wrestling team as a junior; Honorable Mention as a sophomore Selected as a Top Ten Bowler in U.S. (1961) experienced only two takedowns all season & led Honorable Mention NABC All District Team 1958 Member of National Bowling League (1962) BU in takedowns, points & wins Won the Ivy League scoring title as a senior One of the top 24 bowlers in the PBA (1962) Captain of the BU wrestling team as a senior (Dartmouth’s Rudy LaRusso, future NBA All-Star, Made several appearances on ABC’s Make Won 4 Greater Boston titles, 3 Yankee Conference finished 2nd) that Spare; 1st bowler to make all five championships & 2 New England titles spares (4/28/62); made 9 consecutive Set Cornell game records for free throws made & Three-time NCAA qualifier; an overtime loss as a attempted spares to win $4,200 freshman kept him from competing in the NCAA First NYS Bowler to be signed to the AMF Set season & career records for free throws Tournament that year made (still holds career record) Advisory Staff of Champions Advanced to the NCAA Division I Wrestling Tourna- Conducted clinics & exhibitions throughout Team captain as a senior ment quarterfinals as a junior the U.S. with Dick Weber & Carmen Salvino During collegiate career, he scored 20 or more Recipient of the E. Ray Speare Award (honoring Member of the Sch’dy Bowling Association points in 26 games the top male student-athlete at BU) Hall of Fame (first class) Scored 37 points vs. Penn in 1957 Inducted into the BU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985 Appeared over 50 times on TV Tournament (at the time, 2nd best in Cornell history) (first wrestler) Time (a popular bowling show); first to bowl a Graduated from Cornell as the second leading Inducted into the Section II Wrestling Hall of Fame 300 game on the show (4/10/60) career scorer; fifth in career assists in 2008 Originated & hosted the annual Elmer Member of the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame Ciccone Memorial Pro-Am, inviting 14 top Selected by the Detroit Pistons with the 42nd touring PBA members each year pick of the 1959 NBA Draft The purpose of The Athletic Hall of Creator of the “Great, Greater, Greatest Attended Cornell Medical College rather than Fame is to honor those individuals Tournament” that benefited local charities accept the offer to play pro basketball who have made significant Formed the Capital District All-Star & Became orthopedic surgeon Schenectady Major Leagues During 34-yr career was recognized nationally & contributions to the history and Proprietor of Donato’s Sportsman’s Bowl (40 internationally as a teacher & expert on total hip tradition of sports in the yrs.); managed Turnpike Lanes (Town & & total knee replacements, writing multiple pa- Schenectady City School District. Country); Mont Pleasant Lanes, Scotia Lanes pers, giving lectures related to total joint replace- & Holiday Bowl in Santa Anna, CA ment & demonstrating total knee surgical tech- * inducted posthumously niques in many European & Asian countries . .