7 Results for tag: 1996
Hugo Truscello – (
1996)
Hugo Richard Truscello loved the challenge of athletic competition. A product of Hawthorne Junior High School and CYO football, Truscello also excelled in basketball, baseball and hockey. But it was his football exploits at Lorain High School in 1940-41-42 that brought out the ...
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Harold “Hal” Pryor – (
1996)
During the late 1930s and 1940s, Lorain High School football teams coached by the late Harold "Hal" Pryor were often mentioned in the same breath as the Massillons and Canton McKinleys when referring to state gridiron powers.
That golden era saw Pryor-coached ...
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Gerald “Jerry” Novack – (
1996)
Playing in the Rose Bowl is a jewel in any Big Ten college football player's career. Making it a "crown jewel" would be coming away with a victory.
That is the prize Lorain native Jerry Novack, now a Lancaster, O., resident, can lay claim to for all time as ...
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Gene Mudrock – (
1996)
Talk about being an all-around sports guy, Gene "Pudge" Mudrock ranks right up there with the best.
When "Pudge" wasn't occupied with playing football, baseball, softball or hockey, he might be out hunting rabbits or sitting in a boat on Lake Erie fishing for perch. It was his ...
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Henry “Hank” Kozloski – (
1996)
While a student at Lorain High School from 1942-45, Hank Kozloski described himself as a "boy among men." He did not have the size of most of his Steelers teammates, but he worked hard as a "scrub" on the undefeated 1943 LHS team and earned a varsity ...
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John “Karpy” Karpinski – (
1996)
When one mentions the name John Karpinski in Lorain, you immediately think of baseball and softball, with football thrown in for good measure. "Karpy" was involved in the sandlots from the late 1920's until the late 1950's as a player, coach and organizer...
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James “JC” Catanzarite – (
1996)
He's come a long way since his student days at Admiral King High School (Class of 1965) where his lone sports activity was bowling. His average, "about 170." As things turned out, it was only a prelude to what would become a lifetime career as one of ...
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