St Cecilia High School - Chimes Yearbook (Englewood, NJ)

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,QW ' .ff . -'3 ' - Q . l' f' glad fl Fx-A Thomas Potter, Notre Dame '47, and Harold Boudreau, of Pl' the '47 graduation class of Fordham, took over the coaching reins I of St. Cecilia's light and fast but inexperienced football team last Fall. Although prospects did not seem too bright, the two first-year mentors turned out a handsomely finished product. 'l he lilue and Cold, co-captained by Frank Scotti and Iggie McPartland, fought its way through a ten-game schedule con- sisting of' the ten toughest teams Cecilia has had to face. The final tabulation showed that Saints had won six of its ten games, dropping verdicts to Brooklyn Prep, the strongest schoolboy aggregation in New York City, l3fU, to Memorial of West New York, very highly regarded in New lersey circles, to our arch-foe, Dwight Nlorrow, 15-U, on Thanksgiving morning, and to Tenafly, in one of the biggest upsets of' the Bergen County season, 14-7. 'l lie six favorable verdicts were scored over Pope Pius of Passaic, Power Memorial, St. lohn's Prep, Xavier, Seton Hall, and St. Michael's of Union City. Cecilia, with Scotti working from his tackle position and Mcljartlancl running from fullback, unleashed its full power and football prowess against Xavier and St. Michael's. The Saints drubbed the Cadets, 5544, and trounced the Irish of Union City, 28f0. With lggie in the backfield were Tony Gallagher, who directed the team's play and flipped scoring passes with equal skill, Pete Noonan, whose off-tackle slants brought him to the fore as the squad's leading point-maker, Pete Costello and Al Corso, who alternated at the other half'-backpost, also important cogs in the Cecilian touchdown machine. Pat Best, who spelled Gallagher at quarterback, Dan Murphy, and Mike Murphy, the latter our punter and extra point kicker, also saw quite a bit of service during the season. Scotti, who with McPartland played on the first eleven for . three vears, was rewarded for his stellar play with a berth on the Fivsr row, left zo vigliz: R Reilly, T, Flynn, R. Bcntz. G. H W, Hairringtvn. M, Ryan, F Scum tfo-r.npt.iinl, A Bruno, t K ll XX R KX h l N. Regt n. L. Sci: if n,l hits, '.ir o, Secmid ri-ir, lrjr ro vnlu M, lwlurrhy, R Turner, D, A New llvrk llucrld Telegranzfr All-Metropolitan Prep school team. ii,nrfil.'-rilfl liiilifiiiflfiillilllniiliil'iiilfllillnl'.lSlillililllifxiii llenry Kunze and Larry Scullion shared the other tackle posi- P 5fjf,d, f,,,,' ,eff ,U Hgh, ,V Smhgp U1,,mh,,,',,,.M I tions. Kunze was hampered throughout the season with various lg- gui. Eff-ilhuhff.lg fyffffisfxilgg :fum--H. K Sr dd injuries. 'lhe ends vsere held down by a pair of juniors, Neal ' im' ' mmm 'l' 'WMM' ' lm lm' Begen and lerry Herman. Hob Warhtml and Hob Hentz were in J action very often as tirst team subs. Al Bruno and Billy Harring- W ton stood out at the guard positions, opening holes in the enemy j line on the offense and shutting them when Saints was not in , g 77 x possession of the ball. Charley Berta and Eugene Spaddaccini K N fy f saw quite a bit of action when the two regulars were on the side- ,V V . lines. Mickey Ryan was invaluable at center, giving an outstand- ff Q ing performance in that position or backing up the line. Tom ' li I Flynn, a senior who played his first year of ball in 1947, replaced f ft QS Scotti on and off during the year. ,. ' .cis J J A o ova f ,ri 7' lf ' l' fx.-f' ft My fin! Gerry Herman Frank Scotti Al Bruno Mi e yan Bill Harrington Ierry Kunze Neal Begen

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