1988 Inductees
Edward Boyle
Turtle Creek High School
Slippery Rock University: Soccer-
Coaching Career: Head soccer coach Fox Chapel High School 15 years, WPIAL championships 1964, 1968
Official: College and high school over 30 years
Other Soccer: WPIAL Soccer Committee 12 years
Inductions: Slippery Rock Hall of Fame 1984
George (Chutch) Burdell
North Braddock native
Scott High School: 10 letter earner
FOOTBALL: four years, WPIAL Honorable Mention sophomore year, First Team WPIAL and All-
BASEBALL: Batted .475
BASKETBALL: All-
University of Miami: Freshman football, School middle weight boxing title, great Miami amateur title
Dayton University: Football one year
Semi-
Coaching Career: North Huntingdon grade school programs
Frank Cortazzo
Westinghouse Memorial High School: 1947 graduate
FOOTBALL: lettered three years, Captain and WPIAL Honorable Mention 1946, offensive halfback
BASEBALL: lettered three years
BASKETBALL: lettered three years
Service: United States Coast Guard 1948-
Ohio Northern University Football: lettered three years, offensive and defensive halfback, won mid-
Coaching Career: Mt. Blanchard, Ohio five years head football and baseball-
Other Athletic: East Allegheny High School Athletic Director 15 years
Francis (Miller) Donnelly
Born and raised in Turtle Creek
Turtle Creek High School:
BASEBALL: four year shortstop, Captain senior year
Baseball: Donnelly Club, American Legion, Daily News of McKeesport, Turtle Creek Community Builders in the Greater Pittsburgh League, Scully Club, AOH, and Turtle Creek Merchants
Umpire: Baseball sandlot and high school
William Feryak
Baseball: Pitcher and center field for North Braddock Bucks, North Braddock Sokol, Turtle Creek, Wilkinsburg, North Pittsburgh teams of the Greater Pittsburgh League, Trafford 1952-
Softball: Slow-
Service: Entered armed forces 1941, played on post teams
Stephen Iski
Born and raised in Rankin
Rankin High School: 1932 graduate
BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL: under Jock Rosenberg
Duquesne University: 1936 graduate
Basketball: 1933-
Coaching Career: Basketball coach Rankin High School 1940-
Honors: Rankin High School’s Winningest Basketball Coach 1949-
Bill Kelley
Scott High School:
BASKETBALL: WPIAL Scott High Basketball Championship team 1943 (lost Western Regional Championship to Farrel High School)
Other Basketball: Salvation Army and Carnegi Club Leagues
Ernest Menas
East Pittsburgh High School:
BASKETBALL: three years, WPIAL All Section three years
FOOTBALL: WPIAL Honorable Mention two years
Basketball: Westinghouse Apprentice, Hall of Fame National Hellenic Basketball Tournamnet 1960-
Track: Westinghouse Apprentice five years, won title four years
Softball: Westinghouse Apprentice
College Football: one year
Inductions: National Hellenic Hall of Fame 1982
Jack O'Brien
Swissvale High School: 1936 graduate
FOOTBALL and BASKETBALL: lettered
Kiski Prep School:
FOOTBALL: lettered
University of Notre Dame Football 1938-
Coaching Career: Football Harvard Freshman line
Service: Navy, four years
James Theodore
Westinghouse Memorial High School: 1954 graduate
FOOTBALL: Championship teams 1951-
BASKETBALL
BASEBALL
First person to earn 11 letters
University of Pittsburgh: Graduated BS 1958, MD 1962: Freshman football team starter, lettered three years Varsity, Sugar Bowl 1955 and Gator Bowl 1956, “Letterman of Distinction Award” during Pitt’s Bicentennial Celebration 1986
Michael Theodore
Westinghouse Memorial High School: 1944 graduate
FOOTBALL and BASKETBALL: WPIAL sectional honors
Carnegie Tech: Graduated, 1950; Basketball team captain three years, Pittsburgh city scoring title sophomore year, Carnegie Tech’s “Outstanding Athlete” junior year, first player over 1000 points in career
Other Basketball: Akron Goodyear Wingfoots one year
Coaching Career: Freshman and assistant varsity coach Carnegie Tech until 1966
Karl Quinten
Scott High School: 1965 graduate
FOOTBALL: All time leading scorer (19 touchdowns, 10 extra points)
BASEBALL: lettered
Baseball: American Legion Baseball pitched no-
University of Nebraska Football: special teams and defensive back, two Big 8 Championship Teams and 1987 Sugar Bowl Squad
Coaching Career: East Allegheny Jr. High School football team, winning season 1985
Other: Shuman Center Youth Care Worker & Counselor