1999 Inductees
Joseph “Hozzle” Borovick
Pitcairn High School: 1934 graduate
FOOTBALL: running back, four years, Captain junior/senior years
Sandlot Baseball: area teams
Michigan State Normal: won awards three years
Amateur Baseball: first base, Amateur Champion Detroit Altes Lager, 1938-
Professional Baseball: Rocky Mount North Carolina, an affiliate of New York Yankees, one summer
Coaching Career: Athletic Director and Head Coach football, basketball, baseball Elkton, MI 1941-
Honor: Lamphere High School renovated football field named Borovick Field 1971
First Chief of Police for Patton Township, PA (Monroeville was a part)
Robert “Sugar” Branch
Braddock Junior High: basketball, played three years
Braddock Salvation Army: two leagues
Braddock High School: 1951-
BASKETBALL:
Won Section VII, named MVP in WPIAL tourney 1952-
Service: US Air Force team Leon, France 1957-
Assisted in creating “The Friends of Braddock” organization, which offers scholarship to Braddock youth to further their education
Dave Brown
Edgewood High School: 1962 graduate
BASKETBALL: four year starter, All-
FOOTBALL: three year starter, All-
Baseball: Little Pirates 1962
Lafayette College: 1966 graduate, basketball three year starter, All-
National Basketball Association: tryout with St. Louis Hawks
Tennis: three time amateur champion of Cystic Fibrosis Pro-
Inductions: Lafayette College Hall of Fame
Ken Ficery
Wilmerding High School: 1954 graduate
FOOTBALL: three year letter earner; WPIAL Class B co-
BASKETBALL: three year letter earner
BASEBALL: three year letter earner, junior and senior years leading scorer and led team to Section Championship
Carnegie Tech: football freshman two-
Phil Hopbell
Turtle Creek High School:
FOOTBALL: three years
BASKETBALL: three years, won section championship 1956
TRACK: one year
Coaching Career: St. Coleman’s 27 years, football won 150 games, six section titles, undefeated five years; basketball won 450 games, eight section titles, eight holiday tournaments, one district championship; Turtle Creek High’s WPIAL Championship teams in 1967 and 1976 had several St. Coleman’s players – 1976 team had record 30-
Awards: Turtle Creek Optimist Man of the Year
Gordon Jones
East Allegheny High School:
FOOTBALL: senior year caught 43 passes for 916 yards and 15 touchdowns, returned 15 punts for 247 yards, AP and UPI first team All-
BASEKETBALL:
TRACK: senior year PA State Track Meet 2nd in long jump distance 22’ 11.5”
Earned seven letters
University of Pittsburgh: football, coached by Johnny Majors, Jackie Sherrill, Otto Stow, David Wannstedt and Jimmy Johnson, established six Pitt school records, including career passes (133), career receiving yards gained (2,230) and career touchdown passes caught (21), junior year single-
National Football League: Drafted Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2nd round 1979, played 1979-
Ron Markowski
Central Catholic High School:
FOOTBALL: sophomore starter, national Football Foundation Pittsburgh Chapter 1 Scholar-
BASKETBALL: sophomore starter, Allegheny County Baseball Player of the Year, presented by Frank Gustine, Sr. 1964
BASEBALL: sophomore starter
Earned nine letters
Major League Baseball Chicago White Sox: signed contract in first major league baseball draft 1965, received college scholarship as part of signing bonus, played five years with White Sox minor league system. Northern Minor League All-
Coaching Career: varsity baseball and JV basketball Penn Hall Academy 1973-
Other Sports Related: Developed and coordinated Sports and Recreation Program for Bureau of Corrections nine correctional institutions 1976-
Walter Sergy
Braddock High School: 1940 graduate
BASEBALL:
FOOTBALL: Captain 1939
Lafayette: football, three year starter, offense/defense, Captain senior year, cited in Sports Illustrated magazine and Street & Smith yearbook, senior year East-
Service: completed 1946
Inductions: Lafayette Hall of Fame
Ed Silverio
St. Coleman’s Turtle Creek:
FOOTBALL: scored over 65 touchdowns and MVP in two years,
Turtle Creek High School:
FOOTBALL: three years
TRACK: three years, 9.7 100 yard dash
Sportsman Award, Mon Valley All Star Team
West Virginia University: football scholarship, junior year leading rusher and scored team high seven touchdowns, senior year played Peach Bowl, Ed selected hardest worker on the team
Drew Thomas
Born and raised in North Braddock
Wilkinsburg High School: 1961 graduate
Slippery Rock State College: 1965 graduate, soccer and swimming
Coaching Career: 27 year swim coach; national, state, WPIAL, and section champions; many swimmers received college scholarships, swam Olympic try-
Honors: member Penn Hills Sports Hall of Fame Committee and Master of Ceremonies, Red Cross Here Award for 30 years service.
Inductions: Penn Hills Sports Hall of Fame for swimming
Robert Thomas
Grew up in North Braddock
Wilkinsburg High School:
WRESTLING
BASEBALL
Clarion University: 1967 graduate
Coaching Career: swimming and diving Penn Hills High School 24 years, tutored many great champion swimmers and divers, coached divers at Keystone State Games, coached and co-
Other Sports Related: Meet Director area zone 4E Special Olympics ten years; leadership roles Murrysville Soccer Association, including President, and Western Pennsylvania Lacrosse Association
Honors: Lincoln Filena Fellow Harvard Graduate School of Education, member East Boros’ Hall of Fame Board