8 Results for tag: 1987
Mike Trbovich – (
1987)
Mike Trbovich
Selected for the "Special Award Category", big Mike Trbovich is one of those rare individuals who could have been selected in either category of the Lorain Sports Hall of Fame.
Mike began his athletic career at Whittier playing center for Coach Al McConihe's ...
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James “Jim Allen” Popiel – (
1987)
James "Jim Allen" Podiel
Jim Popiel, known to countless in Radioland as ''Jim Allen,'' is a man of depth.
Besides a sportscaster, Jim is a seasoned Spanish teacher at Admiral King High and his everyday lifestyle involves kids, sports and events for ...
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John “Whitey” Perritt – (
1987)
John"Whitey"Perritt
"Whitey" Ford "Whitey" Herzog "Whitey" Perritt
Line 'em up and you have a trio of stars —.
Whitey Ford of New York Yankee fame.
Whitey Herzog of the St. Louis Cardinals.
And Whitey Perritt, who in the next few minutes will ...
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Fleming J. Mosely III – (
1987)
Fleming J. Mosely III
Fleming Mosely III could easily have been a loser. He was born poor and black in a family where his father labored in the steel mills and coal mines around Pittsburgh.
Success comes hard with that kind of beginning.
Today, he's one of the first ...
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John “K.J.” Koscho – (
1987)
John 'K.J.' Koscho
The John Koscho moniker was "KJ" and just as with "Hawks" - "Bumpy" or "Bubbles", Lorain sport fans needed nothing more to recognize the athlete involved, the position he played and just how good he was.
"KJ" had two great loves--playing the ...
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Bill Kishman – (
1987)
Bill Kishman
Bill Kishman was 8 years old when he started playing right field in Little League. He could not reach the top of the fence nor throw the horsehide from the fence to the infield. But he progressed to be the league's premier shortstop and started in the All Star Game ...
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Gloria Holtwick – (
1987)
Gloria Holtwick
Helen Wills Moody, Alice Marble, Pauline Betz and Doris Hart were names of world renown on the tennis courts.
Maureen Connally rose to No. 1 in 1952-53 and that's exactly when Gloria DiLuciano began her achievements as a sports figure.
She was a fast starter...
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Fred Churchill – (
1987)
Fred Churchill
By the time he reached junior high school, Fred Churchill had made one of his best and one of his worst decisions, simultaneously. He decided to enter athletic competition--he chose boxing! It was a short lived career!
By the time he reached high school, ...
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