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ckhthankgod · 10-26-2022, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQTMLBzUz_M

Legacy pick, Auburn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_H._Holland
https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1473 (probably would have played pro ball if allowed, as the NFL banned black players from 1934 to 1946, Auburn HS’s stadium is named after him)

I'll stop there, but this also doesn't include others that played for short stints in pro ball from Hudson(2), Bishop Kearney(Irondequoit/Rochester), Lockport, Poughkeepsie, Kingston, West Seneca East, CBA(Syracuse), Geneva, New Paltz, Colonie, some of the previously mentioned schools or current pro players from Buffalo South Park, Buffalo Bennett(Olmsted), Buffalo Grover Cleveland(doesn't have Football anymore), Canisius(Buffalo, from Niagara Falls), among others.

This also doesn’t consider guys that got NFL camp invites that I know of from high schools such as Fayetteville-Manlius, Horseheads and Central Square, among others. Same for those drafted.

If I left any out, let me know.

Something I just thought about for this list is that there isn't a QB selection. From what I could think of, this former West Seneca East/Syracuse University QB did play at a pro level and may be the best selection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mason
https://www.tcdb.com/GalleryP.cfm/pi...tName=&sBrand=

I also thought about this former MLB player that played QB for the old Proctor High in Utica in the mid 1960's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cash_(baseball)
A team picture from his senior year in the fall of 1965(Proctor was a highly Italian school in makeup back then due to its location in East Utica. Now, it is probably one of the most diverse high schools in the state.): https://www.classmates.com/siteui/ye...33330?page=104

Or even this former Auburn High QB from the early 1970's that did play in the CFL, NFL and USFL after playing QB at Iowa State: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Hardeman
https://www.widerightnattylite.com/2...buddy-hardeman

Here is another former pro Football reference that grew up in Buffalo and played his HS ball at Seneca Vocational(again, doesn't have football anymore): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Jakes
https://www.tcdb.com/GalleryP.cfm/pid/60059/Van-Jakes
An article about his life as a franchisee: https://www.franchising.com/articles..._football.html

Another one that also grew up in the Buffalo area and attended Canisius HS in the city: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Urschel

Also, a sports reference between Amherst high schools Sweet Home/Amherst Central: https://www.amherstbee.com/articles/...ig-cat-trophy/

Also, here is a historic/professional reference of a woman born in Rochester, but raised in Avon, went to church in Mumford(a historically black Baptist church that has been there since the early 1890's) and graduated from Geneseo HS in the mid 1950's: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/bio...arlene-johnson
Her Junior year picture from the 1953 Geneseo High yearbook: https://www.classmates.com/siteui/ye.../70755?page=30

Another professional reference, while born in Mississippi, grew up in Niagara Falls(graduated from the old, pre-consolidation NFHS) and later became a professor: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/bio...ian-s-williams
Her senior year picture in 1962: https://www.classmates.com/siteui/ye.../25778?page=65

A dancer/choreographer that while originally from Florida(migrant farm family), grew up also in Wayland in Steuben County: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/bill-t-jones
His senior year picture from 1970 at Wayland-Cohocton HS: https://www.classmates.com/siteui/ye...209303?page=37

With many, if not all of these references, they were not the "only ones" in these schools at the time either.

ckhthankgod · 10-27-2022, 01:41 PM

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A professional reference in the Syracuse area from the Behind the Woman show on WCNY, a local PBS affiliate: https://vod.wcny.org/behind-the-woman/

Also, a Player of the Week reference from Brockport: https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...r-of-the-week/
https://www.twitter.com/landonscott_9

More references from...

Albany, MVP, Siena, UAlbany athletic departments donate $10K to Hoods House of Hoops: https://www.troyrecord.com/2022/10/2...tent=automated
More: https://www.hoodshouseofhoops.com/

Cheektowaga(a suburb of Buffalo) high schools Cleveland Hill/JFK(Cheektowaga-Sloan SD): https://www.cheektowagabee.com/artic...lry-reception/
https://www.cheektowagabee.com/artic...o-game-streak/
and Cheektowaga Central/Maryvale: https://www.cheektowagabee.com/artic...-playoff-hunt/

An author from Monroe(Orange County): https://www.uticaod.com/story/news/2...TICA-NLETTER65
The book mentioned in the article, based on her life story growing up there: https://www.amazon.com/Light-Skin-Go.../dp/0820363065
https://www.toniannjohnson.com/bio/

Lake Placid: https://www.pressrepublican.com/spor...517a7d629.html

Professional references in Syracuse, Mayor Walsh names Keenan Lewis as Coordinator of Lead Paint Program: https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-...paint-program/

Alum Teaching Students How To Fly(from the Onondaga Community College website): https://www.sunyocc.edu/news/alum-te...udents-how-fly

Schenectady, Area youth wins Girls Inc. award through afterschool program: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ca...ughter-support

Athlete of the Week: Binghamton's Kashif Summers Jr.: https://www.wicz.com/story/47564779/...hif-summers-jr

Hudson: https://www.hudsonvalley360.com/news...nt=read%20more

ckhthankgod · 10-27-2022, 05:59 PM

Buffalo Burgard/Maryvale(Cheektowaga):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=uRxNOUIzBsY&feature=share

Hornell/Marcus Whitman(Gotham-Middlesex SD in Ontario Co.):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=gblgqWnGl_k&feature=share

Kenmore East/Dunkirk(also some Hispanic players):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9LviJ38f6Dk&feature=share

Lake Shore(Evans-Brant SD, some Seneca players)/Cheektowaga Central:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=q-eJ78DH1KE&feature=share

ckhthankgod · 10-28-2022, 03:44 PM

Valley Central(Montgomery)/Middletown:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=IN_odgHMcv8&feature=share

Ithaca/Vestal(Women’s Volleyball):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_fE4WYfyY5s&feature=share

More later…

ckhthankgod · 10-28-2022, 04:14 PM

Syracuse Corcoran/New Hartford:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=8ATekq9RpUc&feature=share

Eastridge(East Irondequoit SD)/Greece Athena:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=UPgBcaGJ3DU&feature=share

Dunkirk/Kenmore East:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=BSmfsq6beVw&feature=share

Even more later…

ckhthankgod · 10-28-2022, 05:46 PM

Christian Brothers Academy(Albany)/Bethlehem:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=USzq5d5tkJo&feature=share

Horseheads/Elmira:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HtawWA948-k&feature=share

Eden/Medina:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=84gHk9Eetd8&feature=share

Fairport/UPrep Charter(Rochester):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vbye8PyKUdA&feature=share

Westhill(just west of Syracuse)/Indian River(Philadelphia):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=V3IoIPoFWkI&feature=share

WNY Maritime-Health Sciences(charter co-op, Buffalo)/Williamsville North:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Cl_JxR7bD_Q&feature=share

Goshen/Our Lady of Lourdes(Poughkeepsie):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=PHpLBbzqBoU&feature=share

Maybe more later…

ckhthankgod · 10-28-2022, 06:39 PM

Cohoes/Gloversville:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=U4yKvQ2uEBA&feature=share

Rush-Henrietta/McQuaid Jesuit(Brighton):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WqzT9GfPz4E&feature=share

Brockport/Irondequoit:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=I_qLAExKEZU&feature=share

Churchville-Chili/Spencerport:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=A8s2Y2qU4_4&feature=share

Penfield/Pittsford:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=UzPISQ-ZaVE&feature=share

Greece Olympia-Odyssey/Webster Schroeder:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=yUT8u9YU0rw&feature=share

Webster Thomas/Brighton:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=zebWxG0dkhA&feature=share

Schuyler(Watkins Glens, Odessa-Montour co-op)/Dryden:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9vr_sQz3Kkg&feature=share

Greece Arcadia/Canandaigua:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=i3s2yTbrie4&feature=share

Canajoharie/Watervliet:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=J4Z0bq94Spg&feature=share

Friday Night Drive from WNY Athletics:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=p2Vl6TCTCqU&feature=share

ckhthankgod · 10-28-2022, 09:39 PM

Rochester(sports radio from 8-9 am): https://www.twitter.com/georgeradman?lang=en
Radio station: https://www.thebeat1055.com/show/pro-talk-plus/

Buffalo(current events/cultural, educational, legal, health senior and clerk topics/issues from 8 am-Noon): https://power965radio.com/

ckhthankgod · 10-29-2022, 06:25 AM

^From the Real Deal Sports show:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z-fyBvsxMeA&feature=share

Also, the Vision of Hope show from WUFO about Jury Duty: https://www.facebook.com/video.php/?...47472886299942

ckhthankgod · 10-29-2022, 08:22 AM

^The show of the same name is on from 10-11 am: https://www.facebook.com/707433232610751/
Today’s show: https://www.facebook.com/video.php/?...59711678777062

Also, Meet Savion Pollard: Micron’s first Central New York hire: https://www.syracuse.com/news/2022/1...ource=facebook

Biden in Syracuse: Shawni Davis, Henninger graduate, electrician, introduces the president: https://www.syracuse.com/news/2022/1...president.html