| School: Jefferson | Graduation Year: 1944 |
Year Inducted: 2006
Sports Played: Baseball
High School Honors: Baseball (two-time all-PIL pitcher, member of ’42 PIL title team)
Post High School Career: Baseball (played on American Legion state championship team; seven seasons in major leagues, including with the New York Yankees, teammate of Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Billy Martin, Willie Mays and others)
Commentary:
Jefferson ~ 1978 ~ 3-year Basketball letterman, starting center, sophomore; All-PIL 1st team, junior and senior (City Champions); 1st team All-State and 2nd team All-Tournament, senior. 4-year Track letterman
Jefferson ~ 1970 ~ Football: 2-year letter winner; All-City as Senior; played in Shrine All-Star game. Basketball: 2-year letter winner; member City Championship team. Baseball: 2-year letter winner. Track &
Jefferson ~ 1961 ~ 2 Football letters, 1st Team All-PIL and 1st Team All-State center and linebacker as a Senior; on Championship Football teams both years; State runner-up as a