Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame

Relive It All Again

Lou Anarumo Jr.

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Lou Anarumo Jr., the defensive coordinator for the AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals, started his coaching career as the volunteer junior varsity head coach at his alma mater, Susan Wagner High School, while he was still an undergraduate at Wagner College.

He honed his craft through a 22-year college career, coaching running backs at Wagner and defensive backs at Syracuse, the United States Merchant Marine Academy, Harvard, Marshall, and Purdue, before jumping to the NFL’s Dolphins, Giants, and Bengals.

 

Football
Class of 2022

Julie Bowers

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Julie Bowers, an outstanding defensive catcher, and line-drive hitter was already in his mid-twenties when he got to organized baseball’s minor leagues, after starting his pro career with the New York Black Yankees of the Negro Leagues.

Too old to be considered a big-league prospect, he hit .291 over five minor-league seasons, made a Northern League all-star team, and served as a role model and early mentor to future Milwaukee Brave stars Wes Covington and Hank Aaron, who would go on to become baseball’s all-time home run leader.

Baseball
Class of 2022

Mickey Burns

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Mickey Burns was a three-sport star at New Dorp High School, where he played a starring role in the football team’s undefeated run to the 1964 city championship; and at Missouri Valley College, where he’s a member of the school’s Hall of Fame.

In his 13 seasons as the basketball coach at McKee High School, Burns’ teams won four Staten Island championships, and his 1977 Sea Gulls remain the only public school boys’ team from Staten Island to play for a city title.

Baseball, Basketball, Football
Class of 2022

Silvestri’s national softball champions

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Silvestri’s Service Station, the quintessential modified-pitch softball team at a time when the sport’s popularity was at its peak on Staten Island and around the country, won Amateur Softball Association national championships in 1975, 1982 and 1983.

Fueled by tournament MVPs George McClendon, Frank Cecero and John Currado, and a parade of former high school and college baseball stars, Silvestri’s backed up their national title runs with runner-up finishes in 1980, 1984 and 1986.

Softball
Class of 2020

Rich Scheid

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Rich Scheid pitched 13 complete games and won 21 at Seton Hall, where he was a two-time All-Big East pitcher and New Jersey Pitcher of the Year, and remains among the all-time school leaders in a half-dozen pitching categories.

A second-round draft choice of the New York Yankees, Scheid was 1-4 in 21 big-league games as a reliever with the Houston Astros and Miami Marlins, and 59-47 over parts of 10 minor league seasons. He was a 1985 member of Team USA.

Baseball
Class of 2020