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1950 The Young (Slick) and the Old (Nick) Cariglias. Both played for High School State Championship teams, and Nick starred for the 1942 Providence College nine that won the Eastern Collegiate Summer Championship. But Slick one-upped his older brother, playing for the 1952 Holy Cross team that captured the NCAA National title.
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1951 William "Harpo" Tavares, U.S. Army Baseball, West Germany.
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1952 Little League Umpires were all volunteers. Kneeling: Cooney Oszajca, Bill Ryan, Abby Abbruzzi, Henry Correia, and Maxie Nicpon. Standing: Unidentified, Gil Mello, Umpire-in-Chief Manny Heuberger, Tom Rimoshytus, and Leo Lapane. Not shown were John Abbruzzi, Les Burdge, and Al Primiano.
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1952 Jim Barry, Class A Lima Ohio. (This was the year Jim tried to emulate Chit Beauregard, returning to first base without touching second; "for some reason," the base umpire called him out.)
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1952 Buzz Barry was the Maine-New Brunswick Baseball League's second leading hitter while playing for Grand Falls.
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1953 Paul Harvey, Warren High All State halfback, scored four touchdowns and threw for another (to his brother Ralph) in a thirty-two point shutout of Barrington.
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1953 Pat Abbruzzi in Providence Journal's Frank Lanning caricature. Pat was voted Rhode Island's Outstanding Italo-American Athlete of 1953 (and also 1954).
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1954 Pat Abbruzzi of the University of Rhode Island was Rhode Island Athlete of the Year for 1954.
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1954 Frank Lanning honored Pat Abbruzzi's selection as Rhode Island Athlete of the Year. The next year, while playing for the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes, he was named both the Schenley Player of the Year and the Canadian Football League's Back of the Year.
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