ROCKLAND COUNTY TEACHER, POLITICIAN, & SPORTS HALL OF FAME.
1985 Hall of Fame inductee ... arrived in Rockland in 1942, as Suffern H.S. athletic director and football coach ... outstanding athlete, coach and sports ambassador and pioneer ... as Suffern track and cross country coach from 1945 to 1964, he led the Mounties to six Rockland PSAL titles, five Section 9 track crowns and one sectional cross-country title ... his football teams won or shared three PSAL championships ... was one of the first Rockland track coaches to bring his teams annually to the famed Penn Relays, starting in 1946 ... trailblazing indoor track coach who, as early as 1959, introduced Suffern athletes to the indoor board tracks of Madison Square Garden, the 168th Street Armory and others ... introduced the triple jump in Suffern home meets in the late 1950s; by 1963, New York State recognized it as an officially sanctioned event ... he was a catalyst in New York State in helping create separate but equal athletic facilities for schoolgirls ... was a prime mover in the revival of state intersectional competition, and one of the first to introduce lacrosse to Rockland ... in 1953-54, earned a Fulbright Scholarship by U.S. State Department to teach, coach and learn in Middle East and Europe ... in 1954 became national coach and Olympic Development chairman of Iraq ... as a football player at Sayville (L.I.) H.S., he twice led Suffolk County in scoring and twice was an All-Long Island selection ... in track, he was the Long Island 880-yard champion, the Suffolk 100-yard dash champ and three-time All-Long Island choice ... at Blair Academy (Blairstown, N.J.), he led the school to two state Class A football titles as a running back, and was All-New Jersey in basketball and the New Jersey long jump champ ... continued to excel at Manhattan College, Cortland State and in Amateur Athletic Union and semipro competition ... long-jumped against the great Jesse Owens at the Penn Relays, setting a Cortland record of 23-8 3/4 ... St Lawrence is also a Sayville H.S. and Cortland Hall of Famer … he died in 1994 at age 81.
1985 Hall of Fame inductee ... arrived in Rockland in 1942, as Suffern H.S. athletic director and football coach ... outstanding athlete, coach and sports ambassador and pioneer ... as Suffern track and cross country coach from 1945 to 1964, he led the Mounties to six Rockland PSAL titles, five Section 9 track crowns and one sectional cross-country title ... his football teams won or shared three PSAL championships ... was one of the first Rockland track coaches to bring his teams annually to the famed Penn Relays, starting in 1946 ... trailblazing indoor track coach who, as early as 1959, introduced Suffern athletes to the indoor board tracks of Madison Square Garden, the 168th Street Armory and others ... introduced the triple jump in Suffern home meets in the late 1950s; by 1963, New York State recognized it as an officially sanctioned event ... he was a catalyst in New York State in helping create separate but equal athletic facilities for schoolgirls ... was a prime mover in the revival of state intersectional competition, and one of the first to introduce lacrosse to Rockland ... in 1953-54, earned a Fulbright Scholarship by U.S. State Department to teach, coach and learn in Middle East and Europe ... in 1954 became national coach and Olympic Development chairman of Iraq ... as a football player at Sayville (L.I.) H.S., he twice led Suffolk County in scoring and twice was an All-Long Island selection ... in track, he was the Long Island 880-yard champion, the Suffolk 100-yard dash champ and three-time All-Long Island choice ... at Blair Academy (Blairstown, N.J.), he led the school to two state Class A football titles as a running back, and was All-New Jersey in basketball and the New Jersey long jump champ ... continued to excel at Manhattan College, Cortland State and in Amateur Athletic Union and semipro competition ... long-jumped against the great Jesse Owens at the Penn Relays, setting a Cortland record of 23-8 3/4 ... St Lawrence is also a Sayville H.S. and Cortland Hall of Famer … he died in 1994 at age 81.
ROCKLAND COUNTY TEACHER, POLITICIAN, & SPORTS HALL OF FAME.
1985 Hall of Fame inductee ... arrived in Rockland in 1942, as Suffern H.S. athletic director and football coach ... outstanding athlete, coach and sports ambassador and pioneer ... as Suffern track and cross country coach from 1945 to 1964, he led the Mounties to six Rockland PSAL titles, five Section 9 track crowns and one sectional cross-country title ... his football teams won or shared three PSAL championships ... was one of the first Rockland track coaches to bring his teams annually to the famed Penn Relays, starting in 1946 ... trailblazing indoor track coach who, as early as 1959, introduced Suffern athletes to the indoor board tracks of Madison Square Garden, the 168th Street Armory and others ... introduced the triple jump in Suffern home meets in the late 1950s; by 1963, New York State recognized it as an officially sanctioned event ... he was a catalyst in New York State in helping create separate but equal athletic facilities for schoolgirls ... was a prime mover in the revival of state intersectional competition, and one of the first to introduce lacrosse to Rockland ... in 1953-54, earned a Fulbright Scholarship by U.S. State Department to teach, coach and learn in Middle East and Europe ... in 1954 became national coach and Olympic Development chairman of Iraq ... as a football player at Sayville (L.I.) H.S., he twice led Suffolk County in scoring and twice was an All-Long Island selection ... in track, he was the Long Island 880-yard champion, the Suffolk 100-yard dash champ and three-time All-Long Island choice ... at Blair Academy (Blairstown, N.J.), he led the school to two state Class A football titles as a running back, and was All-New Jersey in basketball and the New Jersey long jump champ ... continued to excel at Manhattan College, Cortland State and in Amateur Athletic Union and semipro competition ... long-jumped against the great Jesse Owens at the Penn Relays, setting a Cortland record of 23-8 3/4 ... St Lawrence is also a Sayville H.S. and Cortland Hall of Famer … he died in 1994 at age 81.
1985 Hall of Fame inductee ... arrived in Rockland in 1942, as Suffern H.S. athletic director and football coach ... outstanding athlete, coach and sports ambassador and pioneer ... as Suffern track and cross country coach from 1945 to 1964, he led the Mounties to six Rockland PSAL titles, five Section 9 track crowns and one sectional cross-country title ... his football teams won or shared three PSAL championships ... was one of the first Rockland track coaches to bring his teams annually to the famed Penn Relays, starting in 1946 ... trailblazing indoor track coach who, as early as 1959, introduced Suffern athletes to the indoor board tracks of Madison Square Garden, the 168th Street Armory and others ... introduced the triple jump in Suffern home meets in the late 1950s; by 1963, New York State recognized it as an officially sanctioned event ... he was a catalyst in New York State in helping create separate but equal athletic facilities for schoolgirls ... was a prime mover in the revival of state intersectional competition, and one of the first to introduce lacrosse to Rockland ... in 1953-54, earned a Fulbright Scholarship by U.S. State Department to teach, coach and learn in Middle East and Europe ... in 1954 became national coach and Olympic Development chairman of Iraq ... as a football player at Sayville (L.I.) H.S., he twice led Suffolk County in scoring and twice was an All-Long Island selection ... in track, he was the Long Island 880-yard champion, the Suffolk 100-yard dash champ and three-time All-Long Island choice ... at Blair Academy (Blairstown, N.J.), he led the school to two state Class A football titles as a running back, and was All-New Jersey in basketball and the New Jersey long jump champ ... continued to excel at Manhattan College, Cortland State and in Amateur Athletic Union and semipro competition ... long-jumped against the great Jesse Owens at the Penn Relays, setting a Cortland record of 23-8 3/4 ... St Lawrence is also a Sayville H.S. and Cortland Hall of Famer … he died in 1994 at age 81.
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