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Nap Lajoie WOONSOCKET	Glenna Collette Vare NARRAGANSETT	Clara Lamore Walker PROVIDENCE	Norm Taber PROVIDENCE	Hugh Duffy CRANSTON
Hall of Fame 2B, .339 career batting average, 3,243 hits and 1,599 RBIs. 1901 Triple crown and 5X American League batting champion.	American Hall of Fame golfing champion of the 1920-30s. "Queen of American golf". Won six United States Woman's Amateur Championships.	1948 Olympian. Winner of five United States Championships and All-American at PC. International Swimming Hall of Famer.	Middle distance runner. Won a bronze medal in 1500m and a gold medal in 3000m at the 1912 Olympic Games. Earned first IAAF mile record.	Baseball HOF outfielder. 1894 Triple Crown winner, National League batting champion with MLB record .440 batting average in a season.

Frank "Monk" Mazicki WEST WARWICK	Hank Soar PAWTUCKET	Gerry Kilmartin PROVIDENCE	Lou "Duke" Abbruzzi WARREN	Joey Archibald PAWTUCKET
All-State HB atWest Warwick High star & All-American at Boston College drafted in 8th round by NFL Chicago Bears in 1942. 4 seasons with Bears and Boston Yanks.	All-State HB & 1B at Pawtucket High and PC. New York Giants (1937-46). Caught winning TD pass in 1938 NFL championship game. MLB umpire.	Hockey star at La Salle and Brown University. 1947 and 1949 US National team and 1949 USAHA and ATAHL champion for Rhode Island Scarlets.	All-State quarterback & first baseman Warren High '36 and Rhode Island State (URI). Played for the NFL Boston Yanks in 1946 and long time coach.	States 1st worl champ. NBA World Featherweight Boxing Champion April 1939 and NYSAC World Featherweight Boxing Champion October 1938. 60-42-5 record.

Ralph Warburton CRANSTON	Olaf "Curly" Oden PROVIDENCE	Malcolm Greene Chase PROVIDENCE	Clem "Turkey" Harnedy PROVIDENCE	George "Pud" Quirk PROVIDENCE
Hockey All-Stater at Cranston and Dartmouth College. First R.I. hockey olympian at 1948 St Moritz. Minor league & 1948 USAHA champion R.I. Scarlets	Football, hockey and baseball at Classical High '17. RB at Brown, Providence Steam Roller & Huskies. Providence Grays baseball and ice polo.	Pioneer of ice hockey in the United States and tennis at Brown and Yale (first hockey captain). Amateur tennis player whose highest ranking was U.S. No. 3 in 1895	Three time all-state goalie at La Salle. U.S. Rangers in 1934 World Championships in England and USC and minors leagues in PSHL, SCHL and EHL.	Hockey All-Stater and football star at Hope High. US National hockey team in Prague (1938) and Zurich (1939). Amateur teams and Detroit of MOHL.

Jimmy Van Allen NEWPORT	Charles "Gabby" Harnett WOONSOCKET	Billy Gonsalves PORTSMOUTH	Ellison "Tarzan" Brown CHARLESTOWN	Ernie Calverley PAWTUCKET
Competed in French Open (1927), Wimbledon (1922, 1924, 1925) & US Open (1931). Inventor of tiebreaker. Founder of the Tennis Hall of Fame.	Baseball Hall of Fame catcher for Chicago Cubs and NY Giants. Six time all-star and 1935 NL MVP. 4 World Series and a .297 career batting average.	"Babe Ruth of American Soccer". Over 25 years in American pro leagues and six time US FIFA World Cup member (1st two (1930 &1934) National Soccer Hall of Famer.	Marathon runner in 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin (1940 Olympics but canceled due to WW II). 1936 and 1939 Boston Marathon winner. Only Native American to win twice.	Three time Basketball All-stater at Pawtucket High and All-American at URI. Providence Steamrollers of the BAA for three seasons from 1946-49.

Don Panciera WESTERLY	Les Pawson PAWTUCKET	"Tim" O'Neil PROVIDENCE	Jean Bauer PROVIDENCE	Vincent Madonna PROVIDENCE
All-State QB at La Salle and BC and U of SF. Pro career with '49 New York Yankees, '50 Detroit Lions, '52 Chicago Cardinals and '53 CFL's Toronto Argonauts.	Won the Boston Marathon in 1933, 1938, and 1941. Second runner to win the race three times. Les Pawson Loop named after him in Lincoln Woods State Park (2.49 miles).	“The King of the Sandlots” organized amateur baseball in the state starting in 1902 for over 60 years most notably the Providence Amateur League and Independent Amateur League.	All-around athlete at Pembroke College and three time R.I. State Golf Champion (1941-43). Two time medalist in the USGA National Amateur Championship & Set Records.	Undisputed champion of cycling starting in the 1920s at the Cycledrome to the cries of "Poosha Madonna'". Called the "Babe Ruth of Bicycle Riding".

George Pulliam CRANSTON	Oscar 'Gus" Galipeau WOONSOCKET	Joseph Gomes EAST PROVIDENCE	Harvey Bennett Sr. CRANSTON	Elizabeth Murphy WARREN
All-stater in football, hockey and baseball at Cranston High. 1947 national champion Dartmouth hockey team and 1948 AAU National team.	All-state in hockey and baseball at Mount St. Charles and played both in the minor Leagues. Defenseman on the 1948 AAU National team.	Baseball and football at East Providence High '28. Only Rhode Islander to play in the Negro Major Baseball Leagues. All-star in each of his 7 years.	Played for the Providence Reds of the AHL guarding the net for 13 seasons. During this time the team won Calder Cups in 1948 and 1949.	1st woman to play MLB competition in 1922. More than 30 years in all-male pro, semi-pro and amateur baseball teams throughout the East.

George Araujo PROVIDENCE	John Collier PROVIDENCE	Louis A.R. Pieri PROVIDENCE	AL Morro PROVIDENCE	Bob Bennett CRANSTON
From Fox Point regarded as one of greatest Rhode Island boxers of all time. Pro debut 1948. World’s number-one ranked lightweight fighter.	Brown University record holder competed for the US in the 1928 Summer Olympics in the 110m hurdles where he won the bronze medal.	3-sport star at Brown '20. GM and owner of Providence Reds, Providence Steam Roller and the RI Auditorium. Founder of Ice Capades.	Set state high school record in the discus at Central High and played in 1943 Orange Bowl for Boston College and set BC records in the discus and hammer.	All-state football and track star at Cranston High. All-American hammer thrower at Maine and Brown. Bronze medal at 1948 London Olympics.

Carroll "Red" Gould CRANSTON	Tom Eccleston BURRILLVILLE	Bill Osmanski PROVIDENCE	Earl Audet PROVIDENCE	Al Bentley NORTH PROVIDENCE
Football, baseball and hockey star at Cranston High '32 and quartrback at Providence College. Amateur hockey star with Rhode Island Scarlets.	Father of Burrillville High hockey and football in the 1930-40s. Played soccer at Brown University and amateur hockey with the Rhode Island Scarlets.	Full backat Central High and Holy Cross (2X All-American). 1st round of Chicago Bears. NFL champion (1940, 1941, 1943, 1946) and Pro Bowl (1939–41).	Offensive tackle at Lockwood High and USC. Drafted Round 3, #23 Washington Redskins (1945). Los Angeles Dons of the (AAFC) 1946-48.	All-State goaltender at North Providence High. Played for Providence Reds (AHL). Led R.I. Scarlets to USAHA and ATAHL championship in 1948.

Jimmy "Ace" Hart PROVIDENCE	Aileen Riggin-Soule NEWPORT	Dick Rondeau PROVIDENCE	John Higgins PROVIDENCE	Henry Dreyer PROVIDENCE
All-State baseball & football at Hope High. One of the states early amateur ice hockey and ice polo stars. 1st player to skate at R.I. Auditorium in 1926.	First female Olympic diving champion in 1920. America's smallest Olympic champion. United States national springboard diving champion (1923-25).	All-State hockey and baseball MSC and Dartmouth College star. Holds eight NCAA Collegiate Hockey records. Later Providence College first official hockey coach.	Swimmer was fourth at the 1936 Summer Olympics in 200-meter and set two world records in the 100m breaststroke event in 1935 and 1936. 10 national titles.	Rhode Island State track and field and 1936 and 1948 Olympics. Held 21 national championships in the weight throws (1934-52). AAU hammer-throw champion four times.

Pard Pearce PROVIDENCE	Bert Shurtleff LITTLE COMPTON	Jim Mello WEST WARWICK	George Mearns WESTERLY	Doris Brennan Weir PROVIDENCE
Classical High quarterback and 1st starting QB for the Chicago Bears in team history (1922) and 4 other teams. Providence Steam Roller baseball & football teams.	Offensive linemen at EG Academy and Brown. 3 seasons in NFL with Providence Steam Roller (1925-1926) and the Boston Bulldogs (1929).	All-State baseball & football at West Warwick High. Notre Dame (2 National Championships). 1945 NFL 6th rd. pick. of Boston Yanks and 3 teams.	Basketball at Westerly High, URI and the Providence Steam Roller (1946-47 to 1947-48) in BAA. 62 points in high school game vs Stonington High.	Five national swimming championships, set a world record for the 300-yard medley swim. Held 20 national and world records in 1930-40s. 1940 US Olympic Team.

Earl Shannon PAWTUCKET	Al Thurier WOONSOCKET	Tom Gilbane PROVIDENCE	William Gilbane PROVIDENCE	Bill Thayer WARWICK
Star basketball guard at Pawtucket High '39. and URI. Providence Steamrollers and Boston Celtics and later Pawtucket Slaters of the ABL.	Born in Quebec played one season of hockey and baseball at Mount St. Charles. 1st team All-State wing and left fielder in 1935 before hockey star in AHL.	Football, wrestling and track at Brown University. Honorable mention All-American center. 1932 East-West game. Shot-put and New England discus record.	Football, wrestling, baseball & boxing at Brown University '33. All-East and North-South game. Sports Illustrated Silver Anniversary football team.	Three year hockey, football and baseball All Stater at Aldrich High. Providence Reds (AHL) and 1949 US National team. Led R.I. Scarlets to championships.

Andy Coakley PROVIDENCE	Jack Flynn PROVIDENCE	Donald "Dino" Martin NEWPORT	Ray Monaco PROVIDENCE	Howie Crins PROVIDENCE
Pitcher for Classical High School and Holy Cross. MLB debut in 1902 for Philadelphia Athletics. 60-59 record in 9 seasons. Career 2.36 ERA.	Baseball player at St. Michael's, Holy Cross and Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators (1910-12). Coached Providence College baseball.	All-State basketball & Tennis champ at De La Salle '38. Georgetown University and Providence Steamrollers (1946-48). Boston College coach (1953-62.	All-State RF at Central High School and football captain in 1936. Guard at Holy Cross and NFL for Washington Redskins and Cleveland Rams.	Hockey and football star at Commercial High '24 and University of New Hampshire and Brown University. Early amateur star with R.I. Scarlets and other clubs.

George Mihailides PROVIDNECE	Ed Glancy CUMBERLAND	Gordon Polofsky CRANSTON	Joe Osmanski PROVIDENCE	Andy Rotelli PROVIDENCE
Value	Basketball at Manhattan (1936-39) and Oshkosh All-Stars (NBL) and independent Pawtucket All-Stars before coaching at Illinois Tech (1947-71).	All-State back at Cranston High School (1947) and Tennessee. 5th round pick of Los Angeles Rams. Played linebacker for Chicago Cardinals.	FB at Central High and Holy Cross. 18th rd. pick by Washington Redskins '41. Joined brother Bill on Chicago Bears '46. & New York Bulldogs.	All-State RB at Technical High '26 and Brown University '31. Semi-pro with NE Ice Company, Providence Stream Roller, Pros and Huskies.

Joe Buonanno PROVIDENCE	Maury Caito PROVIDENCE	Antonio "Cap" Capasso PROVIDENCE	Anthony "Tartar" Ucci EAST GREENWICH	Walter Garbecki PROVIDENCE
All-State quarterback at Commercial High '28. Brown All-American (1932-33) and North-South game. Semi-pro with Providence Pros and Steam Roller.	End on Commercial High '28. Brown All-American (1933) and North-South game. With Buonanno and Capasso known as 'Three Musketeers".	All-State guard at Commercial High '28. Football, track and wrestling at Brown University. Semi-pro with Providence Pros and Steam Roller.	All-star back and catcher at Warwick High and East Greenwich Academy '28. Semi-pro star on Interlaken, EG Townies and Natick Sacred Hearts.	Football, baseball & basketball star at Technical High '30. Football with PC, Nickerson Tigers, Natick Sacred Hearts and Providence Steam Roller.

Charlie Bentley EAST PROVIDENCE	"Dud" Shallcross BARRINGTON	Arnold "Sky" Bennett CRANSTON	Luco Lancellotti PROVIDENCE	"Gid" Spence EAST PROVIDENCE
Outstanding all around athlete at East Providence High (5 sports) '40. All-state in Football and baseball. Played both at Brown University.	Amateur hockey star on Rhode Island Scarlets in 1930s . Amateur football player, ice poloist and champion trap and skeet shooter.	All-State in hockey and baseball at Cranston High (1943). Played in Boston Red Sox minor league system and Providence Chiefs of Eastern League.	1st team All-State shortstop (1939-1941) at Mount Pleasant High. St. Louis Cardinals system with Rochester and Columbus of International League.	All-State HB and 1B at East Providence High '44. Pro with New York Cuban Giants and 1st African-American player in Boston Braves organization.

Angelo "Keke" Santilli WEST WARWICK	George Menard BURRILLVILLE	Johnny Cooney CRANSTON	Jimmy Cooney CRANSTON	Dixie Matthews PROVIDENCE
All-state shortstop, golf & basketball at West Warwick High '42. Amateur basketball and golfing champion. R.I. Golf Hall of Famer.	All-state hockey and baseball at Burrillville High '45. Captained both at Brown University. Collegiate Hockey Hall of Famer.	2X All-state 1B (1918-19) at Hope High. 20 year Major League career as pitcher and OF/1B with Boston Bees/Braves, Dodgers and Yankees.	2B/SS had 7 year major league career with 6 teams. .262 career batting avg. 6th player in modern era to turn unassisted triple play (1927).	2X All-state end and catcher at Technical High '28 and PC. Semi-pro with Brown Bombers, Natick Sacred Hearts, Prov. Pros, Huskies and Steam Roller.

Earl Crompton CRANSTON	Sherwin Kapstein PROVIDENCE	Ralph Erickson WARWICK	Bob Monahan PROVIDENCE	Bruce "Skit" Caldwell CUMBERLAND
2X All-State half back & track at Cranston High '34. Starred at both at Boston University. Semi-pro with Providence Steam Roller.	All-State in football (Rhode Island leading scorer) and track also basketball (captain) at Hope High '35. Played all three at Brown University.	Hockey & football quarterback at Aldrich High '36. Boston, New Haven, Brooklyn (EHL). Amateur with champion Sandagers and R.I. Scarlets.	All-State winger at Hope High in 1948. All-American defensemen at Michigan Tech (1953). Star on 1948 champion USAHA Rhode Island Scarlets.	Cumberland High baseball and football star. Yale All-American half back in 1927. MLB Brooklyn (NL) and Cleveland (AL) & NFL New York Giants.

Jo-Jo Morrissey WARREN	Jumbo Brown COVENTRY	Walt Slater PROVIDENCE	Bill "Lefty" Lefebvre WEST WARWICK	Norman "Red" Franklin SCITUATE
Baseball at La Salle Academy and Holy Cross. IF/OF for 14 pro seasons. 3 major league seasons with Cincinnati Reds (NL) and Chicago White Sox (AL).	Relief pitcher for 12 seasons with Cubs, Indians, Yankees Reds and Giants. One of the first to pitch in relief exclusively. WS champion (1932).	All-State quarterback & right fielder at Hope High. Led NCAA with 20.4 yards per punt return avg at Tennessee (1941). Pittsburgh Steelers of NFL (1947).	All-State pitcher for Pawtucket High (1932,1934). 9 year major league career with Boston (AL) and Washington. Home run in 1st major League at bat.	College football running back at Oregon State University (HOF). All-American in 1933. NFL with Brooklyn Dodgers for three seasons (1935-37).

Dona Maynard PAWTUCKET	Bill Dwyer PROVIDENCE	Stan Koslowski EAST PROVIDENCE	Bob Coupe CRANSTON	Henry Coupe CRANSTON
All-State catcher at St. Raphael Academy '29. Journal Honor Roll Boy. Holy Cross and minor leagues in Red Sox, Phillies & Athletics system.	All-State in 100 yd dash at Classical '41. 1943 NE Indoor sprint champ. 1946 NE title in both the 100 and 220 low hurdles at Brown University.	All-State half back at St. Raphael Academy '42. Notre Dame and Holy Cross. 3rd round by Washington Redskins (1946). Miami Seahawks (AAFC)	All-State in hockey at Cranston High '44. Pro with Muncie Flyers (IHL), Boston Olympics (EHL). Rhode Island Scarlets and several amateur clubs	Hockey star at La Salle, Northwood Prep & 1941 NCAA champion University of Illinois. Pro in EHL and IHL and Rhode Island Scarlets.

Chuck Avedisian PAWTUCKET	Al Russas PROVIDENCE	Chet Nichols Sr. WOONSOCKET	Ray Chase PROVIDENCE	Charlie Bassett CENTRAL FALLS
Tow time All-State guard/half back at Pawtucket High 1934-35. Offensive guard at Providence College (Athletic Hall of Famer). New York Giants of NFL (1942-44).	All-State end at Hope High '41. University of Tennessee tackle/defensive end. 13th round and 122 pick of Detroit Lions of NFL in 1949 (8 games defensive end).	2X All-State pitcher & football HB at Woonsocket High '17. 7 year MLB career as relief pitcher with Pirates, Giants & Phillies in National League.	Tennis & hockey star at Hope High & Brown University '34. Captained tennis and hockey at Brown University. Later outstanding amateur tennis player.	Top hitting 3B at Brown University. Defensive specialist in MLB for 9 seasons (1884-92) with 5 teams including Providence Grays & NY Giants.

Frank Corridan NEWPORT	Joe Connolly WOONSOCKET	Thurston Towle PAWTUCKET	John Flynn PROVIDENCE	Joe Mulvey PROVIDENCE
Pitcher in major leagues for 6 seasons (1904-10) with Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals. Early spitball pitcher.	Major League left fielder with Boston Braves for 4 seasons. Led 1914 World Series champions with .306 average & in doubles, HRs and slugging.	Defensive end at Moses Brown. Member of 1926 "Iron Man" football team at Brown University. Brown Athletic Hall of Famer. Boston Bulldogs of NFL (1929).	Holy Cross first baseman and MLB with Pirates and Senators (1910-12) and minors until 1921. Several stints as a minor league manager (1917-26).	3B in 13 year MLB career with 6 teams including Providence Gray (1883). Career .261 batting average. Survived gunshot wound by fan.

Fred "Bud" Conley CRANSTON	Ed Polak WARREN	Frank Neri PROVIDENCE	Charlie Babington CRANSTON	Joe Pullano PROVIDENCE
Two time All-State in Baseball & Basketball at Cranston High (1936-37). Captain and All-NE in both at Rhode Island State (URI). URI Athletic HOFer.	2x All-State catcher at Warren High (1943-44). Holy Cross captain & 3rd team All-American. Minor Leagues with St. Louis Cardinals system.	All-State right Fielder at Hope High (1946). Played 7 seasons in minor leagues including Providence Chiefs (Grays) in New England League (1948-60).	All-State in hockey and baseball at Cranston High. Led school league with .452 AVG (1911). Brown University infielder and NY Giants (1915)	All-State catcher at Central High (1937). College of Holy Cross and Pawtucket Slaters, Providence Chiefs & Grays (also MGR) of the NE League.

Irving O. Hunt PROVIDENCE	Tom Lovett PROVIDENCE	George Crowther PAWTUCKET	Ken Steimetz WARWICK	Herb Titmas PAWTUCKET
Brown University football and pros. Hockey in 1st college hockey game vs Harvard (1898). Head football coach at University of South Carolina.	Pitcher in six seasons of major league baseball with Philadelphia Athletics and Brooklyn Bridegrooms. Pitched no-hitter vs New York Giants (1891).	All-State quarterback at Pawtucket High. Starred at Football and baseball at Brown University (HOF). First Team All-American in 1912. Semi-pro baseball in NE.	FB at Aldrich High. Awarded 8 letters. After 2 years off made NFL Boston Yanks at 20 years old. One of youngest to play in NFL in 1944. 2 seasons with Long Island Indians (AFL).	Four sport lettermen and All-State QB at Pawtucket High (1924). Quarterback at Syracuse University. Played blocking back for 1931 Providence Steam Roller in NFL.

Bill Connor PROVIDENCE	John "Goose" Gentile WESTERLY	Ed Gilmartin WARWICK	George Casparian PROVIDENCE