Best player at your high school when you attended ?
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Baseball and Basketball Desi Wilson. For hoops he ended up going to FDU and became their all time leading scorer ( don’t know if anyone has broken it since it’s been a long time ) and he was easily the best baseball player I’ve ever played with. He was a year older than me but we played summer traveling teams together. Super nice guy. Never seen anyone hit as far as him. He made it to majors but not for long time. He made the infamous Wally Backman minor league locker room tirade video and Eally even mentions him in a good way . https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlsVr1ykBqQ
Jim "Moose" Duggan, later rebranded to be "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
Hacksaw was of the top high school football players in the country as well as NYS championship scholastic wrestler. Hacksaw decided to play football at $MU pre NCAA death penalty during a time the players were allegedly paid by $MU boosters. Hacksaw was first team All SEC during his Sophomore and Junior seasons at $MU before sustaining a knee injury at the end of his Junior season. He played for a time in the Canadian Football League before his acting career began in Professional Wrestling.
Hacksaw was of the top high school football players in the country as well as NYS championship scholastic wrestler. Hacksaw decided to play football at $MU pre NCAA death penalty during a time the players were allegedly paid by $MU boosters. Hacksaw was first team All SEC during his Sophomore and Junior seasons at $MU before sustaining a knee injury at the end of his Junior season. He played for a time in the Canadian Football League before his acting career began in Professional Wrestling.
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Anthony Mattia
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This guy named Craig Biggio. Turned out to be a pretty good ball player :silly: . In all seriousness, great HOF'er and a really nice guy.
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Rudy Bogad at Molloy. He later played at SJU. Rudy's biggest problem in HS was he played against Alcindor at Power and Sonny Dove at St. Francis Prep. Hid best year at SJU was his junior season, 66-7. We went 23-5 and he was the second leading scorer at 13.2 ppg and 8.7 rpg.
elnaples70
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Eddie Fogler at Flushing, '66. Went on to play at North Carolina, and was asst. coach there as well as coaching at Wichita State and Vandy.
Alex Agudio Lead WWHS to a Long Island Championship his Senior Year, went to Penn St. did not get along with the Coach (Dick Harter) transferred to Niagara who I think beat us when he was there. His son Antoine played at Hofstra a few years ago.
Coach was Frank Gugliotta whose son Tommy graduated a few years later starred at NC ST and in the NBA.
Coach was Frank Gugliotta whose son Tommy graduated a few years later starred at NC ST and in the NBA.
JackofVirginia
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Jim McNamara at St.Agnes H.S.(N.Y.C.) 1952. He put the Stags on the map in CHSA Basketball. Only 6' 2" he played center throwing hooks left and right, and a hell of an outside shot. Playing in his first scrimmage as a freshmen against the better St. Helena's squad he scored 31 points. Because of Jim we played Looie's St. Ann's team at the MSG Iin the playoffs. Too small to play inside in college he played shooting guard in his senior year. Got plenty of offers but chose the Air Force Academy. And to think that McNamara had a tryout at All Hallows for a scholarship before coming to St.Agnes.
[quote="Sju grad 13" post=298945]Some guy named Vernon teel at Flushing Hs. He really wanted to play for St. John’s but they didn’t offer. Heard he went to a school in the south.[/quote]
Bobre's fave.
Out in the boonies our best hoops player was Pat Langlois who won he MVP of the first Maui Classic in 1984 two years after the then NAIA school Chaminade upset Ralph Sampson and UVA.
That said Pat was good but David Russell ate him alive every time he came to ELVHS for a league game with his Bellport teammates.
Best ever hoops player from the school was Toby Knight but he was a couple years before my time.
Bobre's fave.
Out in the boonies our best hoops player was Pat Langlois who won he MVP of the first Maui Classic in 1984 two years after the then NAIA school Chaminade upset Ralph Sampson and UVA.
That said Pat was good but David Russell ate him alive every time he came to ELVHS for a league game with his Bellport teammates.
Best ever hoops player from the school was Toby Knight but he was a couple years before my time.
[quote="Sju grad 13" post=298945]Some guy named Vernon teel at Flushing Hs. He really wanted to play for St. John’s but they didn’t offer. Heard he went to a school in the south.[/quote]
Vernon played for me in AAU. He went to LIU for two years and then transferred to Loyola Marymount when Bill Bayno was the coach there. He played overseas for a few years.
Vernon played for me in AAU. He went to LIU for two years and then transferred to Loyola Marymount when Bill Bayno was the coach there. He played overseas for a few years.
[quote="Sju grad 13" post=298945]Some guy named Vernon teel at Flushing Hs. He really wanted to play for St. John’s but they didn’t offer. Heard he went to a school in the south.[/quote]
PS he came out here to play at Loyola Marymount after a year at a JC in Florida. Averaged 14+ per game over a few years.
PS he came out here to play at Loyola Marymount after a year at a JC in Florida. Averaged 14+ per game over a few years.