1986 Inductees

Tom Antolcich 

Turtle Creek  High School:

BASKETBALL

BASEBALL

Section 7 WPIAL All-Star team 1940 

Independent Basketball:  Westinghouse Apprentice School, four years, played for famed “Bucky” Dearbeck, LRA teams in Westinghouse Industrial League, Wilmerding YMCA 

Service:  Navy WWII, played on service teams 

Official:  Many years after retiring as a player 

Herb Beckett 

Westinghouse High School:   1934 graduate

BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL:  letter three years in each 

University of Pittsburgh:  Basketball Scholarship 

Independent Basketball:  Played/managed teams in County League, City League and Muni League 

Professional Baseball  Pittsburgh Pirates McKeesport in Pennsylvania League 

Sandlot Baseball:  Dormont, Crafton-Ingram, Lawrenceville, played/managed Swissvale 

Coaching Career:  Pittsburgh Ralphs softball, sandlot football, Penn Hills Midgets eight years 

Official Career:  Football official 50 years, PIAA President’s Award 1983, EAIFO honor as oldest active member and Meritorious Service Award 

Bill Bradley 

Native of North Braddock 

Scott High School:

BASKETBALL:  lettered three years 

Independent Basketball:  North Braddock Vikings, Wilmerding YMCA- National YMCA Champions 1935-36 and Olympic Trials 1936- records displayed in Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., Motor Division in Westinghouse League 

Track:  Westinghouse League 

Baseball:  North Braddock Sokols 

Football:  North Braddock Merchants  

Kline Fulton 

Sandlot baseball:  1924-48, played third base or short stop, Forest Hills, Westinghouse Airbrake, Milliken Brick, Swissvale, Homewood and Dormont, Bill McKechnie said Kliney’s play was on par with many major leaguers 

Bowling:  Airbrake duckpins team, Anderson’s team 20 years- won 12 championships 

Baseball:  Organized/managed Forest Hills Colt baseball team 

Football:  1955, Organized/coach Forest Hills Midget football program, 137 pound team began each season Labor Day vs. Bill Lickert’s McKeesport Little Tigers 

Daniel Kelly 

Native of Turtle Creek 

Turtle Creek High School:   1945 graduate

BASKETBALL:  lettered three years, Captain senior year

BASEBALL:   lettered three years, Captain senior year 

St. Vincent College:  Varsity basketball four years, Varsity baseball two years 

Semi-pro Baseball:  Turtle Creek AOH, Wilkinsburg Merchants, Oakmont and Verona 

Independent Basketball:  Westinghouse League, Wilmerding YMCA 

Coaching Career:  Varsity basketball five years and Varsity baseball four years Wilmerding High School 

Jerry Matelan 

Swissvale High School:

FOOTBALL:  1930-33 under Coach Paulie, halfback, team Captain senior year 

Carnegie Tech:  Football scholarship under Howard Harpster and Bill Kern, played powerhouses like Notre Dame, Pitt, Purdue, Holy Cross, Duquesne; All-American Honorable Mention sophomore year, ankle injury affected junior and senior years 

Service:  Army Air Force, WWII, rank of Captain

John “Chan” Nese 

East Pittsburgh High School

BASKEBALL:  three years, Section 16 Basketball Player of the Year senior year (24-4 record), advancing to State Class B finals 

Steubenville College:  Basketball, 1957-58 team record 24-1, name No. 1 Small College team in country, Co-captain senior year, received most improved and best defensive player awards 

Coaching Career:  St. Anthony High School Follansbee, WV basketball team won Catholic League State Class B Title, Assistant coach at East Pittsburgh, then took over Steubenville Central Catholic basketball and baseball programs, Basketball teams won three sectional and 3 district titles in 10 years, Baseball teams won seven section, five district and one regional title, elected Co-Coach US All-Stars 1973 Dapper Dan Round Ball Classic 

Other Sports Related:  Announcer for sporting events for Station WSTV in Steubenville

Inductions:  Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame 1981 

Bernie Petruska 

Native of East Pittsburgh 

St. Thomas Aquinas Academy, Columbus, Ohio, 1927-31:

BASEBALL:  lettered, shortstop, won State Championship, named shortstop on State All-Star team

BASKETBALL:  lettered, forward, won State Championship, All District forward 

Turned down tryout with Columbus Redbirds AAA baseball team 

Duquesne University:  Freshman basketball team walk-on, tennis team Captain senior year 

Tennis:  Competed in many tournaments, Western Pennsylvania Amateur Tennis Singles title 1938 

Charles Thomas 

Native to North Braddock 

Scott High School:

FOOTBALL:  1937 championship team, halfback and punter 

Independent Basketball and Softball:  CIO team, 1941 Mill Conference Championship team 

Other Sports Related:  Operated Jones Avenue Gym, start for many youth in sports, President of Little League- hosted State Championship Tourney at Scott Field 

Coaching Career:  Midget Football and Little League Baseball from inception in North Braddock, Little League State Championship Team and US Eastern Regional Runner-Up 1979 

William Wieser 

Native to Columbus, Ohio, baseball and fastpitch softball sandlot player 

Prominent Turtle Creek sports contributor 

Coaching Career:  Turtle Creek Lions Little League baseball team 1953-56, Westinghouse Valley Little League champions 1966, local league championship 1964, 1973; runners-up five other years, dedicate many hours helping the youth in Turtle Creek 

Awards: William Wieser Nite, proclaimed by Turtle Creek Boro resolution No. 945-86 on May 1, 1986, other awards by various citizens’ groups in the boro