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January 21, 2010
2010
Schenectady City School District Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees
and Honorees Announced
Dinner &
ceremony set for Sept. 13
The Schenectady
City School District Athletic Hall of Fame committee is pleased
to announce that the 2010 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees will
be Ray Trail (Mont Pleasant HS), a national champion
cross-country runner, and Warren Crow (Linton HS), a national
champion collegiate wrestler. This year’s celebration will also
include a special “Legacy Tribute” honoring three undefeated
teams on the 50th anniversary of their outstanding seasons.
These teams are the 1959-60 Linton High School basketball team,
the 1960 Linton High School golf team and the 1960 Mont Pleasant
High School baseball team.
Ray Trail ran
cross country and track at Mont Pleasant for Norm Kitching. He
won the individual cross country national championship in 1935
and 1936. He set a record in 1935. He broke Glenn Cunningham’s
world record in the scholastic mile (May, 1936). He also set a
national scholastic indoor mile record at Madison Square Garden
(February, 1936). In addition, he ran the anchor leg on Mont
Pleasant’s medley relay championship team at the 1936 Penn
Relays.
Warren Crow
wrestled three seasons at Linton for Pete Shulha. He won the
Sectionals in 1961 and 1962. He was selected as the
“Outstanding Wrestler” each year. (No NYS Tournament was
held.) He finished 25-0, with twenty pins, as a senior. Warren
was a mid-season All-American at Cornell as a sophomore and lost
by one point to the eventual national champion in the NCAA
Tournament. After transferring to Albany State, he won the 1966
and 1967 NCAA College Division championships. He was the
“Outstanding Wrestler” in the 1966 Tournament. He finished
fourth in the 1966 NCAA University Division Tournament. He was a
College Division All-American (1966 and 1967) and a University
Division All-American in 1966. He also finished
fourth in the 1964 U.S. Olympic Trials. He is a member of the
University at Albany Athletic Hall of Fame and the Section II
Wrestling Hall of Fame.
The 1959-60 Linton
basketball team, coached by Walt Przybylo, finished 16-0. The
team did not play in the Sectionals. Instead Linton played and
defeated Diocesan League champion, Catholic Central, in the
post-season. The team was led by first team Parade
All-American, Barry Kramer, who averaged approximately thirty
points per game. The other starters were Jack Washington, Jim
Seaman, Bob Murray and Mike Sahr. Coach Przybylo and Kramer are
members of the SCSD Athletic Hall of Fame.
The 1960 Linton
golf team finished 11-0 and won the Sectional title and New York
State Championship. Pete Famiano, a member of the SCSD Athletic
Hall of Fame, was a member of the team. Walt Przybylo was also
the 1960 Linton golf coach.
The 1960 Mont
Pleasant baseball team was coached by Tony Parisi, an Athletic
Hall of Fame member. The team won the Class “A” League title
with an 8-0 record. Mont Pleasant was also undefeated vs.
non-league competition. (No Sectionals were held.) This was
the first undefeated Mont Pleasant baseball team. Ed Barnowski,
a future member of the Baltimore Orioles, was the team’s top
pitcher. Joe DeCarlo led the team in hitting. Athletic Hall of
Fame member, Joe Loudis, was the leadoff hitter.
The Thirteenth
Annual Schenectady City School District Athletic Hall of Fame
and Reunion Dinner will be held on Monday, September 13, 2010 at
Proctors. Please contact Bob Pezzano (346-9297) for more
information.
Additional
Information on the inductees and honorees:
Ray Trail
Warren Crow
Undefeated Teams
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