1996 Inductees
Joe Belechak
St. Thomas High School:
BASKEBALL: three year starter, WPIAL Class A Titles 1976 and 1977, averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds junior year, senior year: averaged 26 points and 12 rebounds senior year, All WPIAL Class A and section MVP, All-
BASEBALL: lettered four years
TENNIS: lettered four years
Carnegie Mellon: Basketball four year starter and letterman, Captain senior year, scored over 100 points, averaging 16 points as junior and named All District Honorable Mention, senior year averaged 18 points and named All District
Bob Buczkowski
Gateway High School: 1982 graduate
TRACK: record for shot-
FOOTBALL: Post-
University of Pittsburgh: football, outstanding career, East-
National Football League Oakland Raiders: 1st round draft pick 1986, played professionally through 1991
Tony Caprara
Turtle Creek High School: 1949 graduate
BASEBALL
BASKETBALL
FOOTBALL
University of Georgia: football scholarship, running back, senior year played in the only President’s Cup game in Washington, DC
Coaching Career: football West Craven High School, NC, state playoffs 14 of 16 years Tony coached, 18 players have received scholarships, athletes coached include: George Koonce (Green Bay Packers), Jesse Campbell (New York Giants), Anthony Wright (South Carolina), and Lee Becton (Notre Dame All American)
Henry Furrie
Waynesburg College: 1947 graduate
Coaching Career: football and basketball Freeport High School and Braddock High School; first Athletic Director at Gateway 1955: instrumental in establishing their Girls Varsity Sports, led Gateway to becoming WPIAL football power; Contribution to You Award 1969, Henry Furrie Scholarship Fund established 1996 by former students, family and friends given annually to a Gateway Senior
Gene Harckelroad
Born in East Pittsburgh
Penn Joint High School: 1958 graduate
Bowling: began career at age 18, won East Pittsburgh Singles Class 1961
Professional Bowlers Association: four time City of Pittsburgh Champion, won K&B Singles Classic in Lebanon, PA 701 series in 1971, won three TV qualifiers in Pittsburgh Championship Bowling, Channel 4, and TV qualifying record four years, 1795 for eight games; rolled eleven 300 games, two 299 games, two 298 games, ten 290 games, four 800 series, numerous s700 series, lifetime ABC Bowling Average 203
Inductions: Greater Pittsburgh Hall of Fame 1966
Competed on Senior Tour
Dave Kalina
Westinghouse Memorial High School:
FOOTBALL: end, All State and Big 33 Honorable Mention senior year (1966)
Coffeyville Junior College, Kansas: wide receiver, All Conference two years
University of Miami, Florida: split end, 1st varsity game set school record most yards on passes (140) in a game, tied school record for most receptions in a season (43 total, 628 yards); senior year, broke own record most receptions in a season (45), Florida All State Team wide receiver
National Football League Pittsburgh Steelers: free agent wide receiver 1970-
Coaching Career: football Xavier University, East Allegheny High School 1972-
Roger Kingdom
University of Pittsburgh: Football defensive back, coach redshirted to see how he would progress in hurdles, Track 1st NCAA meet 110 hurdles
Olympics: Gold medal Los Angeles Olympics 1984, gold medal Seoul Olympics, one World Cup, five time USA Championships, Track and Field News Athlete of the Year 1989, Jesse Owens Award
Remained active in the world of track and field
Joe Mastro
Jeannette High School:
FOOTBALL: quarterback Class AA WPIAL Championship Team 1939, one loss in two years Joe quarterbacked
BASKETBALL: three year letterman
Westminster College: lettered football four years
Coaching Career: football Rankin High School 1948-
Professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Don McDermott
East Pittsburgh HS: 1949 graduate
BASKETBALL: high scorer, senior year
Service: Navy/Korean War, captain and leading scorer basketball team Kingsville, Texas, two years
University of Notre Dame: Lightweight Boxing Champ 1955 and Welterweight Champ 1956
Rejected professional boxing contract to obtain Master Degree from Penn State
Coaching Career: Head Basketball Coach Fallsburg High School Fallsburg, New York, won ten Championships, last six teams overall record 108-
Ossie Rometo
Tarentum High School:
FOOTBALL: captained undefeated team, 1928, All WPIAL quarterback
West Liberty College: Student Council and Senior Class Presidents
Coaching Career: Football Springdale High School, 1946 team undefeated and won Class A WPIAL Championship
Official: Basketball Allegheny-
Other: President, Turtle Creek Optimist Club 1961-
Inductions: West Liberty College Hall of Fame
Lorain Sekely
Turtle Creek High School:
BASEBALL: three year letterman
FOOTBALL: three year letterman, four interceptions in one game, 11 for the year, 210 yards single game rushing record, All Conference junior and senior years
Clarion University: football scholarship, “Mr. Everything”, tight end sophomore year, center on punts/field goals, returned punts, safety on kickoffs; senior year cornerback on defense, All NAIA Team Honorable Mention, MVP special teams; team won two State Championships, overall record four years 31-