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Message: [QUOTE="Orangeyes, post: 44885, member: 34"] Thanks for that list, it really jogged some memories First I would like to correct one mistake I made earlier in this thread. I said Tommy Carfagno of Assumption I believe I meant Jim Carno who died in 1982 around the age of 35. As I recall he wore thick glasses, had curly hair and looked anything but the super star that he was. John Riley was a heart throb of the parochial school girls. Blonde hair, blue eyes, babyface great two sport athlete. Johnny excelled as a point guard/scorer and a shortstop/pitcher in baseball. He was super quick and a great ball handler. I had the good fortune to play with him in the Central New York Baseball league the summer I graduated from high school. Tragically Johnny was shot to death in Rochester in a case of mistaken identity. He was in his late twenties. Ricky Como headed west to Las Vegas where he got involved. Handsome guy who the girls followed around like Elvis. Wore his hair in a "DA", which was short for the Ducktail, it was slick black and adorned with a spit curl in the front. Rick wasn't as good as some of the others mentioned, he didn't have much of a handle. Butch Driscoll, if I have the right guy, was a fireman who died in his sleep. Most of the parochial teams had two superstars, at Saint Pat's it was Wheeler & Driscoll. I think he was the father of Gallagher and Pat the referee and brother of Matt the mayor. Bernie Lampe was a 6-10 center who was very awkward. It was said the cheerleaders used to work with him on coordination. He left the Syracuse area after his junior year. I recall hearing that he died young. Another tall player was Gary Canino from Baptist he stood close to 6-6 and had a huge wing span. One of his teammates was John Vavonese a short guard about 5"5". Together they looked like Mutt & Jeff. I played Pop Warner football with Clem Morgillo for St Peter's. Last I knew Clem was an Opthamologist on Erie Blvd. One other player from that era was Andy Dombrowski from St. Lucy's, he was a prolific scorer. We were teammates in the General Electric League. Fran Cooney was another star from Assumption. Part of that early German connection at that school was Fritz(y) Hollenback. [/QUOTE]

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