9 Results for tag: 1970
Edgar Yeckley - (
1970)
· Captained 1905 Penn State University football team.
· Named football All-American in 1905.
· Earned 3 football and 3 basketball letters at Penn State.
· Assistant football coach at Penn State and Case Tech.
· President Cleveland Touchdown Club, longtime Cleveland boxing offici...
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Joseph Ujhelyi - (
1970)
· Lorain High School football-track star from 1923-25.
· Earned 3 football and 3 track letters at Ohio State University, 1927-29.
· Unbeaten hammer thrower when Ohio State won inter-collegiate track title.
· Awarded Big Ten Medal of Excellence for scholarship athletes.
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William Rieth, Jr. - (
1970)
· Overcame lack of weight problem to star at 3 football levels.
· Played at Lorain High but came into his own at Carnegie Tech and Western Maryland.
· Selected All-Maryland at Western Maryland University before transferring.
· Named to All-American and All-Time Carnegie Tech ...
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Richard Olson - (
1970)
· Lorain High School football captain and All-Ohioan in 1948.
· All-Lake Erie League team, 1946-48; played in Ohio All Star game in 1948.
· Naval Academy football captain and All-American in 1953.
· Earned Nick Basca and Admiral Cooke Memorial Football awards at Navy.
· Played ...
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Paul Kromer - (
1970)
· Prolific football and track runner at Lorain High, 1933-35.
· As All-Lake Erie halfback, led Lorain to 3 straight league titles.
· Sole holder of Lorain High 100-yard dash mark record (9.9) for 34 years.
· Played in star-studded Michigan Wolverine backfield, 1938-40.
· Big Ten ...
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Carl Hageman - (
1970)
· First athlete to earn 4 letters in major sports in one year at Lorain High.
· All Lake Erie football guard, alternated starring in baseball and track.
· Played football 3 years at Harvard, captained 1932 Crimson.
· Named All-East and Honorable Mention All-American while ...
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George Daniel - (
1970)
· Lorain’s #1 sports figure for over half a century.
· Pioneer athlete at Lorain High before competition was fully organized.
· Lettered in 4 sports at Ohio Wesleyan University.
· Captained 1910 Bishops’ baseball team starring in track at the same time.
· In 1910 set ...
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Alex Black, Sr. - (
1970)
· Outstanding bowler whose career covered 6 decades.
· Once held World’s record (1,512) for 6 games across 6 lanes.
· Rolled 22 games of 300, including on in the Petersen Classic.
· Highest average was 222.27 for 90 games in 1934.
· In 1953, named to Mort ...
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Frank “Hank” Andorka - (
1970)
Hank was synonymous with Lorain bowling from 1935-64.
In 1941, bowled second highest city series of 300-268-253 – 821.
Competed in countless major tournaments. Rolled 300 in 1938 ABC tourney.
Considered “perfect” bowling stylist, gentlemen and ...
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