Baseball
Anthony Varvaro
Anthony Varvaro pitched in 166 big-league games, helped push the Atlanta Braves to an N.L. East title in 2013, and averaged a strikeout-per-inning in 11 major and minor-league seasons with the Mariners, Braves, and Red Sox. He was a headliner from the start at Curtis High School, pitching a no-hit, 15-strikeout game in the 2001 city playoffs; and at St. John’s, where he was a third-team All-American and two-time All-Big East pitcher, and remains among (Read more...)
Herb White
Herb White was named New York City’s top high school player in 1935, after hitting .365, .420 and .553 at Tottenville High School. An outstanding defensive catcher, he hit for a .310 average over five seasons in the Yankee organization, but spent the next five years in military service during World War II. With his best baseball behind him, White found a career on the Fire Department, coached the Wagner College baseball team, and was (Read more...)
Bill Wolfe
Bill Wolfe was a gritty point guard and middle infielder at Curtis High School, where he helped the Warriors win back-to-back city championships in baseball, and go deep into the public school playoffs in basketball; and at Wagner College, where he starred in both sports, and is in the school’s Hall of Fame. Decades later, that same hard-nosed competitive spirit drove Wolfe to dozens of racquetball titles, often against younger opponents, and two national senior (Read more...)
Charlie Wonsowicz
Charlie Wonsowicz pitched Tottenville High School to a city championship in 1986, when he won five straight playoff games, including a five-hit shutout in the title game, and helped pitch St. John’s to the 1987 College World Series. He spent 21 seasons with the New York Yankees as a batting practice pitcher, video coordinator, and coordinator of advance scouting, work that earned Wonsowicz the last of his five World Series rings in 2009.(Read more...)