Spaghetti Alumni
Arthur Terman Faircloth
Position: QB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: 8th July 1921 in Richmond, Virginia
College: Guilford, North Carolina State
Drafted by the Boston Yanks in the 19th round (197th overall) of the 1944 Draft
Below link to access to all Pro Stats for Art Faircloth:
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FairAr20.htm
Robert Phillip Leonetti
Position: G
Height: 6-0 Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: 1st January 1923 in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania
College: Wake Forest
Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 9th round (71st overall) of the 1947 Draft
Below link to access to all Pro Stats for Robert Leonetti:
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LeonBo20.htm
Cecil Owen Sturgeon
Position: T
Height: 6-2 Weight: 254 lbs.
Born: 27th June 1919 in Carenduff, Canada (February 1972)
College: North Dakota State
Below link to access to all Pro Stats for Cecil Sturgeon:
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SturCe20.htm
Herman Snyder
NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS
JACOBS BLOCKING TROPHY
(ACC's Most Outstanding Blocker)
1935 - Herman Snyder, back
Edward Joseph Michaels
(born Mikolajewski) (June 11, 1914 - January 1976) was an American football guard in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, the Washington Redskins, and the Philadelphia Eagles. Michaels also played on the Philadelphia-Pittsburgh Steagles, a merged team in 1943. He attended Villanova University.
| Date of birth: | June 11, 1914 |
| Place of birth: | Wilmington, DE |
| Date of death: | January 1976 (age 61) |
| Career information | |
|---|---|
| Position(s): | Guard |
| Jersey №: | 18 |
| College: | Villanova |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1936 1937 1943 1944-1946 | Chicago Bears Washington Redskins Phil-Pitt Steagles Philadelphia Eagles |
John "Big Train
" Moody - Morris Brown CollegeA natural…talented, intelligent with football savvy. He was a powerful punter and could placekick with either foot …was among the highest scorers in early Black college football. He demonstrated his superior ability against big -time colleges players while serving a tour in the Army, earning their respect and promoting awareness of Black college competition.
jersey replica - Morris College (Blacks)
Lou Bush - coach
A three-time letterwinner from 1931-33, Bush was UMass' first All-American in football and still holds many UMass records over 60 years after his last game as an "Aggie". Bush was phenomenal in 1931 and 1932, scoring 39 touchdowns over that span, an average of over two per game. In his first year of collegiate football in 1931, Bush led the nation in touchdowns with 20. Bush finished at UMass with 45 touchdowns, before his career was cut short by an early season injury during his senior campaign. Beside setting UMass season (20) and career (45) marks for touchdowns, Bush also holds the game record, twice scoring five touchdowns (vs. Wagner in 1931 and Cooper Union in 1932). One of his five-touchdown performances led UMass to its largest victory ever, a 77-0 thrashing of Wagner in 1931. While at UMass, Bush also played baseball and basketball, and was a member of the school's only undefeated basketball team (12-0) in 1934. As a member of the baseball team, Bush helped UMass to a 26-16 record, and later signed a professional contract to play with the Boston Braves of the National League. Bush was a charter member of the UMass Hall of Fame, inducted in 1969.
Lou Bush, '34, the Turners Falls native whose exploits in three sports made him a campus legend and propelled Massachusetts State College to the national spotlight in 1931, died Sept. 16 at Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield. He was 88.
The school's first All-American in football, the 5-foot, 6-inch, 145-pound Bush was also known for his prowess on the basketball court and the baseball diamond—achievements that led to his induction as a charter member of the campus's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1969.
After graduating from Turners Falls High School and Vermont Academy, where he led the basketball, football and baseball teams to undefeated seasons, he enrolled at Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1931, the same year the school was renamed Massachusetts State.
As a freshman halfback in 1931, he led the country with 20 touchdowns and scored 127 points, good enough for second in the nation.
The high point of that season was a matchup against Wagner, where Bush scored five touchdowns, leading the MSC squad to a 77-0 victory, the most lopsided win in campus history. A year later, Bush repeated his feat, scoring five touchdowns in a game versus Cooper Union.
His football career was cut short when he suffered an early season injury during his senior year. But his 45 career touchdowns—39 over the 1931 and '32 seasons—are still a campus record.
Bush was equally at home on the basketball court, leading the team in scoring during each of his three years on the squad. In 1933-34, he led MSC to its only undefeated season.
He also excelled as a shortstop on the baseball team, hitting .417 during his junior year and earning the nickname "The Mighty Mite."
And if all of that wasn't enough, he took time out in his senior year to make a one-time appearance in the 100-yard dash during a track meet. True to form, he not only won the race, he tied the school record.
After graduating in 1934, Bush became an assistant football coach at MSC while studying for his master's degree in Education. In 1937, he worked as a physical education teacher at Deerfield High School, where he coached the football, baseball and basketball teams.
Upon completing his studies, Bush went on to play seven seasons of minor league baseball, first with the Boston Braves organization and later with the St. Louis Cardinals, where he advanced to the Triple A level.
An ROTC graduate at MSC, Bush served as a tank commander in Africa and Europe during World War II. He left the Army as a captain and later served in the Army Reserve as a major.
In 1945 in Florence, Italy, he coached a 5th Army football team to a 20-victory over the 12th Air Force in the "Spaghetti Bowl."
Following the war, Bush became a chemistry teacher at Greenfield High School, where he taught for 27 years until his retirement in 1972. While teaching, he also coached baseball and basketball as well as American Legion and Little League teams. He also coached baseball at Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, where the scoreboard was dedicated to him in 1998.
A resident of Greenfield for 59 years, he was the director of the town's recreation program for 25 years. He was also civil defense director for 10 years.
Bush served as president of the Massachusetts Football Officials Association and was an honorary life member of the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials. In 1972, he was awarded the Harold "Kid" Gore award for outstanding contributions to basketball in Western Massachusetts.
His first wife, Helen (Wisnewski) Bush, died in 1964.
He leaves his wife, Alodia "Alice" M. (Modzelewski) Jaworski Bush; two sons, three daughters, two brothers, a sister, three stepdaughters, a stepbrother and stepsister, 15 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and five step-grandchildren.