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As an athlete at BeaverFalls High in the 1970’s, you compeated in the highest classification and played all the big schools. In 1972, as a sophomore, we opened the football season against Central Catholic and their All State QB Ed Smith, he went on to be All American at Michigan State, and is in the CFL hall of fame.
( BF won 19-6) . Tigers closed the season against the best team we’d seen that year Hopewell Vikings, with ten division one players including the top player in the nation, Tony Dorsett.
However , the following season we met another team maybe better, The New Castle Hurricanes. Folkes from NC say the 1970 NC team was better than the 72 version. I don’t know if that’s possible. They were pre-season favorites along with Butler. New Castle had at least eleven division one players that I counted and I probably missed a couple. They were like playing a college team. Only two teams scored on them all season. They gave up five TD’s all year. ( BF scored three) . They beat Gateway in in WPIAL finals 3-0. They finished ranked one in the state.
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As an athlete at BeaverFalls High in the 1970’s, you compeated in the highest classification and played all the big schools. In 1972, as a sophomore, we opened the football season against Central Catholic and their All State QB Ed Smith, he went on to be All American at Michigan State, and is in the CFL hall of fame.
( BF won 19-6) . Tigers closed the season against the best team we’d seen that year Hopewell Vikings, with ten division one players including the top player in the nation, Tony Dorsett.
However , the following season we met another team maybe better, The New Castle Hurricanes. Folkes from NC say the 1970  NC team was better than the 72 version. I don’t know if that’s possible. They were pre-season favorites along with Butler. New Castle had at least eleven division one players that I counted and I probably missed a couple. They were like playing a college team. Only two teams scored on them all season. They gave up five TD’s all year. ( BF scored three) . They beat Gateway in in WPIAL finals 3-0. They finished ranked one in the state.Image attachmentImage attachment

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They sure did Perry

Non starter Mark Mangino was D-1. Future offensive coordinator at Oklahoma and head coach at Kansas.

Love this 28 POWER

Just a reminder. Our LBF archives contain approximately thirty scrapbooks to date, going back to the forties and up. When the Museum opens officially in April, they all will be available to visitors to view.
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Just a reminder. Our LBF archives contain approximately thirty scrapbooks to date, going back to the forties and up. When the Museum opens officially in April, they all will be available to visitors to view. 
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Bob Middleman donated a scrapbook from 1956, college and high school football, to the LBF. What a treasure of information. Great pic of Mr Ross , and Joe Walton.
Thought I’d share some with ya’ll
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Bob Middleman donated a scrapbook from 1956, college and high school football, to the LBF. What a treasure of information. Great pic of Mr Ross , and Joe Walton. 
Thought I’d share some with ya’llImage attachmentImage attachment+3Image attachment

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Bob Middleman is the new late great Joe Tronzo .

Kathy Ross Ciciarelli

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