Bill DeVuono:  

School I enjoyed most of my days at SHS..Here is a file photo from the "archives" of the Spri-Hian in April or May of 1964 taken from the boys Sports Dept..I still remember my Great Batting Average of .405 after 9 games..This was certainly good enough for a First Team ALL-DELCO selection, a few handshakes,phone calls, conversations, and specific "offers" from MLB scouts who were expressing interest in me . However my "bad luck" continued to near the end of the school year, All fun and glory would disappear as I broke my hand shortly after this photo was taken(May 1964) and I "settled" for ALL-DELCO Honorable Mention because I never played another game for good old SHS again. College Attended Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science directly from HS graduation in 1964 to 1969..(back then it was a 5 year study..today it's 6 years).During the 1960's "Pharmacy" had the reputation as a strong academic School of Sciences and I liked that, but nevertheless it was still a small local campus with strong ties to U of PENN and University City.....I Played Basketball there for 2 years and played With AND Against some very GOOD talent primarily from Our Philly area and New Jersey. .In 1967-68-69 The Phila 76ers practiced daily at our then Brand NEW Gym. I got to see & meet the Great WILT CHAMBERLAIN, along with BILLY CUNNINGHAM, LUKE JACKSON, HAL GREER, CHET WALKER,and of course our own locals, BILLY MELCHIONNI and WALLY JONES from Villanova and MATTY GOUKAS from St Joes.The Coach was Alex Hannum assisted by (Dr.)Jack Ramsey. That was a Great,Great Time for me. We also used to see our "old" high school teammate and 1966 SHS Grad GEOFF PETRIE come to town with his PRINCETON TIGERS BASKETBALL team to play the teams from THE BIG FIVE.....GEOFF as we all know was a Magnificent Athlete and a Phenomenal Basketball Player who would later be voted the 1970-71 NBA BASKETBALL "ROOKIE OF THE YEAR" co-sharing it with DAVE COWENS of THE BOSTON CELTICS---WOW---- it was an honor to play basketball and baseball with him ..Lots of wonderful times were spent at U. of PENN..The Palestra, Franklin Field, Frat Parties ,etc..I LOVED THAT AREA then and still do ..I Got appointments & acceptances to PENN Dental school in 1969..but by then we had decided to get married in April 1970 and I had my fill of academics. . Our marriage "produced" 5 Beautiful, Healthy CHI...Expand for more