Benedictine High School - Benedictine Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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A real boys' coach! the city since the Senate was formed. Joe received his early education there. He I I I I ujbe L f v ,A 5 BEmEDrcTw55' H0914-f FOOTBALL coAcH...A 5Tl2lCT DlSC1PLlNA!2IMt HE is VEIZTK POPULAR. WITH THE SKJDENT I-A Y' THA TICKLES fs ,Z ,, tc? E G Quzrus was sfeefzso we BENGALS F02 me REST '11ME,7I9 AM UNBEATEN, UN- 'HED FOOTBALL EEQJIZD p io wwe GAMES LZ' E+ i wifi h mn In one Yam HE seweo uv THE BAsacsT5ALL,BA5'E5ALz. AND FOOTBALL cnAMPionsmPs ron Bsnavvcma- Only these words quite properly describe Benedictine's chubby head football, basket- ball, and baseball coach, Joe Rufus. The likeable guy whose driving manner and friendly grin will stand out in the memory of every Benedictine student and graduate accomplished a most remarkable feat in 1948. Within the period of one year, the teams under his guidance sewed up the Cleveland Senate championships in football, basketball, and baseball for Benedictine- the first time such a thing was done in Probably the football victory was the most brilliant because it was the Bengals' first. Working together, Rufus and his boys gave us an undefeated and untied record in ten games, including the first win over Latin in 18 years and a victory over South in the Bengals' first Charity Game. The secret? Hard work in the coach's own words. A great believer in team play, Rufus builds his teams as a unit rather than around an individual star. Born in Mingo Junction, Ohio, in 1918, i Mm ,... started his college training at Notre Dame, but transfered to Ohio university after the first year. Here he was Don Peden's first string fullback. From 1941 to 1945 Joe found nknderate success coaching three downstate high schools. In 1945 he came to Benedictine as assistant. Two years later he became head coach. Joe is living only a few blocks from the school with his wife Stella and his two children, Joseph Jr. and Mary Kay.

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