Leo High School - Leo Lion Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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-sl ' X .. 9 .. 25 ecard 0 3 spilt? 0 , QQ, 6Aam,ai0n:i ip N ' oacALn9 J 1 l 1 Mr. A. L. Cronin 4235! Mr. V. I. Dowd THE MEN WHO BU The Leo Lions have built up one of the most impressive football records of any high school team in the city. The coaching staff has been ex- cellent down through the years, but the name that invariably cornes up when Leo football is discussed is Whitey Cronin. Whitey replaced Leo's first football mentor, Ike Mahoney, in 1931. Although the new coach's first three years brought no outstanding teams, it was apparent to all that the caliber of football at the school was definitely on the upgrade. By 1934 'tWhitey had a team trained in his own style of play, and the new school reared its head high and won its first Catholic League football championship, Catholic Championships followed in rapid suc- cession, and in 1941 Whitey harvested his greatest trophy, an All City title, and he repeated with the same the following year. ln 1944 Mr. Cronin relinquished his coaching duties at Leo. He left behind a record of achieve- ments which will always stand out in the annals of Leo High School. V. I. Vince Dowd coached heavyweight bas- ketball and track at Leo from 1938 to 1941. He also taught English. He brought Leo its greatest years in Basketball, winning six major championships during his four years here. ln his first year, Vince won the Catholic League Heavyweight Basketball Championship and followed with two more heavy- weight championships in the next three years. Prob- ably his greatest championship was the National Catholic Heavyweight Basketball Championship which Leo won by defeating St. Francis Mission from South Dakota 49 to 41 at Loyola. He also led the Lions to one Catholic League Lightweight Champion- ship and one Fenwick Lightweight Tournament Championship.