Thomas Jefferson High School - Aurora Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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T E NIU ELMEN Every student in the class of January '53 has the right to be proud of the lellerson basketball team. not only this year but every year, for line basketball teams are the rule rather than the exception in Jefferson. In the past few years the Orange and Blue have consistently taken line regular season records with them into the playoffs, only to lose in the quarter or semi-linals. ln the last three years this has happened every time. ln the 49350 season with such all-time lei? greats as Dave Gotkin, Boris Nachamkin, Jimmy Grant, and others leading the team we lost to Boys High in the Garden although we had beaten them twice in regular-season play. ln l95O there was no basketball team due to the stoppage of extra-curricular activities. The 'Sl-'52 season found leijrerson with another hne team that captured 13 out of l4 league games. ln the hrst round of the playoffs they edged out New Utrecht in an exciting game. 5958, but lost to Boys in the quarter-Finals, 59-SO. Tommy Hemans. lePt's great center. led the team in scoring with 340 points in 15 games and broke the school scoring record not once. but twice, with single game totals of 39 and 40. This year the Nickelmen are once again the class of the league. The Tommy Jeijts have one of the most powerful teams in the city, with such players as Al jones, Nurlan Tarrant. Irwin Friedman, Bernie Tiebout, Ronnie Klazzilli, Harvey Salz, and others. leijrersonians have no worry about getting into the playoffs all right. There are only 2 seniors on the varsity: they are big Al Surkont, who with his 6.7 inch height, is one of the best rebounders on thex team and Xlazzilli, who is the outstanding ball handler on the team. DANIEL EREKIIX L, it

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ATHLETICS 1950 1951 , 1952- .g11953

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IN T E SWIM Once again lellerson has won a borough championship in swimming. For the third consecutive time we stand undefeated. For the third consecutive time we have beaten Brooklyn Tech to clinch the borough Hag. Now we move on to the City Championship. The mighty opponent we must vanquish now is Evander Childs High School. lt's going to require a mighty effort but the boys on the Jefferson swimming team feel that they will wing at least they are going to try very, very hard. Tn the Tech meet this year, victory see-sawed back and forth till the very last event, the 200 yard relay. Our leadoff man, Harry Farber, broke out a lead for us. Wle lost a little of it by the time the last man was to swim. Through some brilliant swimming, Ed Zawaclaky, our anchor man, held the lead by just enough of a margin to beat Tech and give us the championship. The man responsible for building this great team of ours is Coach Doo, Shapiro. XVe shall never forget him. VVho are our senior swimmers? Co-Captain Ed Lichtman, a great per- former in both freestyle and breaststroke, the city champ for the 100-yard breaststrolaeg Co-Captain Walter Pesetslcy, a main-stay on the team for three yearsg Manager Abraham Tager, affectionately called Obbie'l by his teammates Che has competed in all eventsDg Martin Spieglman, called Old Reliable Che was always there when we needed himlg Joel Hillman, who never would give up. EDDIE LICTMAN