TRIVIA TIME: Yesterday, we passed along some reminiscences from
Tony Pascale about several outstanding Bradford football teams of
the late 1950s.
But he added this: “Those years were great for Bradford high
school football but there was a singular year which was probably
Bradford’s best.”
Tony continues: “Here is a trivia question you can pose for your
readers: Bradford enjoyed a year in which both high schools were
undefeated but every game was an away game. What year was it and
why was every game an away game? I know the reason why but can’t
remember the year.”
It wasn’t too long ago that a separate RTS touched on the reason
for the unusual schedule but in connection with another subject
(forgive our vagueness but we don’t want to give away the
answer).
And, incidentally, the football season Tony refers to (assuming
we’re guessing correctly) is the subject of a future RTS.
OK, so think about it and let us know.
DAN CONNOR: Our friends and football fanatics in St. Marys were
on the phone and Internet quickly Tuesday to point out that Dan
Connor, a St. Marys native who went on to play pro football, did
not play with the Dallas Cowboys.
He spent his entire career with the Oakland Raiders. In fact,
there’s still quite a few Raiders fans in St. Marys because of a
tradition of rooting for the squad that started with Connor’s role
on the team.
We let the error in Tony’s item stand, just to see if St.
Marys-ites were paying attention. They were.
FINALLY: Not to pick on poor Tony but he also spelled the name
of one town in the region, “Allegheny.” We’re assuming he meant the
town in New York State which, in fact, is spelled “Allegany.”
You may recall we had broached this subject a few weeks ago,
trying to determine how the two different spellings evolved.
On that subject, we had a call on that from Vernice M. Irons of
Port Allegany who tells us that her town took its name from the
river since it was a “port” on the “Allegany.” She was uncertain
why they choose Allegany rather than the more common Allegheny.
Since we’re into guessing today, maybe the river originally was
called Allegany and only changed to the other spelling over the
years. Just a guess.
