Lynn English High School - Yearbook (Lynn, MA)

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Enqllsh Fnnthall Wlth Billy Whelan as captain our football team made a great showing last fall The team was lnvariably outweighed by lts opponents both 1n the l1ne and in the backfield yet it was able to overcome this lack of brawn by 1tS speed and sk1ll The foundation for the fine record made bv the team must be traced to the excellent coaching of Mr Carl Palombo and h1s assistants Messrs Paul Ierardl l1ne coach and Lou Buffalmo Under the1r superb teaching our team developed one of the finest if not the finest single wing attacks of h1gh school football in the state Engllsh developed no threat for the lndlvldual scormfr title but rather concentrated more on team play Cantamn Billy Whelan was SlXfh 1n Essex County lndivxdual scoring with forty four points and Bob Anasoulls was seventh Wlth forty three pomts The team was verv fine defensively also Through eleven games it held lts opponents to fifty three polnts thlI'tV two of whlch were scored against lt ln one of 1tS two defeats the Classlcal game on Thanksgiving The startlng l1ne on Thanksglvlng Day had Russ Dunn and Louie Tsloropoulos at the ends Bob Peterson and B1ll DF1SC011 tackles Chick Frangos and Dick Ashley guards and Charlie Pettigrew at center Other l1ne players who saw plenty of service throughout the season were John Daneluk Ken Remsen Lee Weaver Charlie Frangos Tony MIDI gell Mike Carr and Nick Jules The starting backfield had Dick Nardella at quarterback callmof signals Captaln B1lly Whelan at left half back Les Locke rlght half back and Bob Anasoulls at fullback Others vsho saw service in the backfield were Al Tangney Dick Cahill and Carl Messlnger Showlng fine team work these boys brought Eng11Sh 1tS finest football record ln years B1lly Whelan and B1ll Drlscoll were elected to the North Shore team for the All Star game with the Boston Suburban All Stars B1lly Whelan scored the North Shore team s third touch the greatest pass catches ever seen in Mann1ng Bowl The season s record Engllsh Engllsh English English English English Enghsh Engllsh English Engllsh English 12 RED AND GRAY Chelsea 0 Lowell 0 Salem 7 Lawrence 0 Beverly 0 Peabody 0 Saugus 14 Marblehead 0 Somerville 0 Revere 0 Classical 32 down with one of I . . . , . . . . . 1 n 5 . n 0 1, Z Y . . . n I .1 . in it K, . . . . U . , , . r . ! . V Y Y . . . . . . A 1 . . Y l 1 Q I n u . . n Q 0 n L , ' n, . L. . K L c , . . . . . K - , , - . . . . . . . 1 9 Day. . . .v . Y . . . . . . a ' .7 9 r v a . - 1 I v 9 . 1 . .' 1 1 . . . X , 1 - . , c Q - , n A 1 7 L , . . . . , . 1 Y . y . ,K . . N . . 7 n ' 0 12 13 ' 13 7 ' 7 0 6 ' 26 ' 20 . .

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Enqllsh Basketball English had such a fine basketball team this winter that it was inuted to plav IH the Boston Tech Tourney against the finest high school teams in the state In recogmtlon of their ability the boys were pitted against Durfee High of Fall River favorites to win in the tourney The team vsas jittery ln the first quarter and spotted Durfee a ten point lead early in the game Later in the third quarter it closed the Durfee lead to tvso baskets and when Louis Ts1oropoulos Essex County s All star center and guards Billy Whelan and Bob Llcare were removed from the game for five fouls in the fourth quarter Durfee lengthened its lead a a1n to ten polnts winning 45 to 35 English had earned its place 1n the Tech Tourney by finishing a close second in the Essex County League averaging fifty points per game English would have won the County title lf it had not been for some almost unbelievable luck as Johnny Kapnls sank three half court baskets in the second meeting of English and Salem Up to that time English had outplayed Salem ln the entire game Other than the two defeats at the hands of 8alem English defeated each of the other six teams in the league twice Most enjoyable of these English possessed the best offensive trio in the league Our team s highest scorer was Lou Ts1oropoulos who was selected as all star center of the Essex County League He scored 195 noints and finished third highest in the league behind Bob Southwlck of Peabody with 212 points and Martxnelll of Lawrence with 195 points The other two of the trio vs ere co captains and forwards Don Brothers and Mike Carr Brothers scored 183 points to be fourth hlghest of the league and Cair scored 179 points to take fifth place Pete Laganas saw a great deal of service as an alternate forward The guards of the team were Billy Whelan Russ Dunn and Bob Licare The season s record 'English English English English English Enghsh English nglish English English English English English English English English 'Enghsh 34 Quincy 27 54 Gloucester 37 41-Salem 59 41 Lawrence 39 60 Peabody 45 42 Beverly 22 43 Haverh1ll28 59 Gov Dummer 44-Salem 46 Lawrence 30 Peabody 39 Beverly 26 Haverhill 27 Classical 47 Gloucester 37 Classical 39 Durfee 45 ' Not league games 14 RED AND GRAY Academy 58 l . 7. . , , 7 nu 4 - , - , . . . , . . , . 1 ' ' ' - 9 . 7. 5 - Q a u , 3 , - . , - . 7 . . . F . v . - K , I I sets of victories was a pair of victories over Classical. . .V . . , . , . . I I n s, . - I n , . K 9 ! 7 ' . . V - . . , n - A 9 . 9 ! . ' 7 . 'E ' - . ' 44- ' 48- ' 57- 46- ' 53- ' 51- ' 60- ' 35-