Norman Marbury may have been the best of all of them but he hurt his knee, and was never the same.
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That’s high praise considering the talent here.
Nelle, class act all the way, another great example of St. John's University producing men of character. We all hear about athletes being entitled or selfish, St. John's men like Nelle, Ty, David Cain and innumerable others are the opposite. Makes this St. John's fan proud.
I love seeing our brothers from earlier eras coming to our games and rooting us on, it seemed to happen so much more these past two years.
But I recall standing in line at the Will Call window at the Garden 7-8 years ago and saw Ty, and Charles Mineland and Lamont Middleton and Sean Muto, and some others, it was fun chatting them up. Brought back good memories.
RedmanMike
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Three great Johnnies big men in that pic - and one of them a true St, John's legend...
Shawnelle was a big, strong dude with limited athleticism who would always battle to get great position in the post to score.
Zendon had one of the most awkward games I've ever seen from a big man and yet was a double, double machine.
And Walter? Well, Walter was the Truth.
Still is !
RedmanMike
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I loved all three of those guys. All of them strong as an oak tree in the low post.
Walter was a beast down low, so many different moves. He outplayed so many taller bigs. Loved Walter's game.
There never was and there never will be be another player like Walter. And a great guy.
HBD to The Truth. For those who don't know, although Walter was from The Bronx, he attended Ben Franklin High School in Manhattan(a beautiful structure pretty much on the FDR Drive just south of 116th St). He played for coach Stan Dinner on some great teams along side players like Gary springer, Richie Adams and Kenny Hutchinson. Pretty sure the final year before the school closed, 1982, Walter led them to the city championship.
Walter and Kenny Hutchinson played with for my parish in st. Francis De Sales Easter Tournament when they were in HS. Got to practice with them a few times. Crazy good.
Really wanted Springer but guess Valvano out recruited us Adams too but he went to Vegas so maybe he had issues. Recall something about a sneaker print and a murder later on.
Yeah, Valvano out recruited U$$$$$$. lol. Meanwhile that was one hell of an Iona team with Springer, Ruland and Burtt. Feel like I may be missing someone else. Seeing as you're so much more astute than I am, maybe you can remember
GeorgiaRed
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Glenn Vickers maybe?Yeah, Valvano out recruited U$$$$$$. lol. Meanwhile that was one hell of an Iona team with Springer, Ruland and Burtt. Feel like I may be missing someone else. Seeing as you're so much more astute than I am, maybe you can remember
Think Vickers and Hamilton (?) came later.Yeah, Valvano out recruited U$$$$$$. lol. Meanwhile that was one hell of an Iona team with Springer, Ruland and Burtt. Feel like I may be missing someone else. Seeing as you're so much more astute than I am, maybe you can remember
Actually I erred. Vickers, a very good player, played with Ruland. Looks like the both finished up in the 79-80 season. Whereas Springer and Burtt arrived in the 80-81 season. So the 4 didn't play together.
Burtt IIRC, was a year behind bu was a high school teammate of Kevin Williams.