American Serb History 101
with Baba Mim....
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Sam also served as the SNF Athletic Director for many years.
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Michael Arbutina of Freedom area. Player/Coach
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Fred Milanovich was also Superintendent of the Hopewell Area School District, and my 2nd boss!
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We were all so proud of Jan Ujevich (another Zernich Pitt star from Aliquippa!) Jan's name is on the Athletic Walk at Pitt.
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Chuck Belas (honorary SERB!) is Andy Muha's grandfather! He also has a great singing voice and loved to sing in church while still able to come!
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Pete Maravich again!
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Dr. Mickey Zernich is the person responsible for the ATHLETIC WALK at Pitt. He recently donated two hundred fifty thousand dollars + to Pitt for their athletic center!
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George Medich, MD played for the Pittsburgh Pirates!
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George BUTCH Zatezalo.... also used his talents to teach youngsters about tambura music.
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According to my Dad, one of the greatest coaches who ever lived: Press Maravich.
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Pete (Pekey) Suder
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DAN RADAKOVICH:
Sports Director, Georgia Tech
A rightly proud father, Dan Radakovich, Sr., gave me this Georgia Tech magazine article about Dan the younger, to share with you on Father's Day, June 19, 2011. Congratulations, Dan!
Sam as Coach
In this 1946 issue he wrote about the FIRST Serbian Softball Tournament becoming a big-time event. Eight teams had already signed up to compete in the regional playoffs: Farrell, Duquesne, Canton-Massilon, South Chicago, Milwaukee, and two Gary teams, with four more expected before the contest got under way. (You know those last-minute Serbs!) “Some of the best Serbian softball talent in the country will take part in the playoffs, according to the rosters turned in by team managers.”
Also, plans were being formed to state a tri-state Serbian basketball league in the Pittsburgh area based on the successful old Penn-Ohio League which was so popular ten years prior.
Vic wrote about sports celebrities Milo Komenich, Gary’s great all-American center who graduated from Wyoming University and was scheduled to pay with the Fort Wayne Zollers in the pro basketball circuit. Next was Sam Vukovich, of Chicago’s championship team playing first string at Loyola University. Stanley Milankovich, the 22-year-old Farrell right-hander had won five straight games for the New Orleans Pelicans since he joined the squad only a month before. South Side (Pittsburgh) sports fans were excited about Bebbers Milkovich, an all-American guard while at Duquesne University playing pro basketball with Pittsburgh. Branko Kosanovich, star gridder from Aliquippa was reporting to Penn State to begin football practice.
Vic said that Pete Porter sent word that Nick Lalich, mainstay of the Cleveland Serbs cage quintet, was working on his master’s degree at Columbia University in NY. Mike Adams informed Vic that Akron was planning to sponsor TWO Serbian basketball teams and challenged the other colonies to at least floor one!
Emil Obren reported to Vic that appoximately 50 golfers would participate in the Sixth National Serbian Golf Tournament in Gary on August 31, the same date of the championship softball game.
Athletic Director Edward Milkovich urged colonies to apply for the 1947 National Basketball tournament, inviting lodges, local church parishes and other organizations to cooperate in staging a tournament. The Sports Commission and the host organizations would divide the proceeds on a 50-50 basis, including gate receipts, social affairs, souvenir booklet sales and other types of income.
The Midland Serb Athletic Club was sponsoring a banquet and dance following a double-header softball game on August 18. Midland would play Ambridge and Farrell Serbian teams in the Midland Heights field. The Youngstown Tamburitza Orchestra would furnish the music for dancing at the club in the evening.
Elsewhere, Vicky Krnich of St. Louis was writing about the up and coming wedding of John Azich marrying Miss Eva Chulick, and also about members of Klub Kultura having a wonderful time at the outing in Spring Forest where everyone participated in the softball and swimming events. She reported that President Steve Milasevich did a splendid job of handling the arrangements.
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Srbi su osvojili prvo fudbalsko prvenstvo 67 u Americi. Bio je klub iz Oaklanda koji je imao jedno 10 srba i osvojili su. Pobedili su Fiorentinu i Manchester City.
The above is from Soccerman1980. Thanks!
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Dan Radakovich, seen below on the left side on this web page, has a new book out called
BAD RAD, FOOTBALL NOMAD.
Written by Dan Radakovich and his long-time friend, Lou Prato (veteran print and broadcast journalist and unofficial PSU historian), BAD RAD FOOTBALL NOMAD has a Foreward by the famous Steeler football star, Jack Ham.
Our "Bad Rad" was at Penn State University from 1953-1969;
Univ. of Cincinnati, 1970
Pittsburgh Steelers, 1971
Univ. of Colorado, 1972-73
Pittsburgh Steelers, 1974-77
San Fran.49ers, 1978
Los Angeles Rams, 1979-81
No.Carol.St. Univ., 1982
Denver Broncos, 1983
Minnesota Vikings, 1984
New York Jets, 1985-88
Cleveland Browns, 1989-90
Robert Morris Univ., 1994
St. Louis Rams, 1995
Robert Morris Univ., 1996
London Monarchs, Spr.1977
Robert Morris Univ. 1997-07
"55 years of a Nomadic Jouney," he says!
Front of Dan's book above
Back of book below:
Dan Radakovich is called the originator of "Ssteel Curtain" Defensive Lines; and Father of Penn State's "Linebacker U."
Jack Ham adds" There is always one more player Rad believes he can make better, whether it is a veteran pro or a kid in high school. They might not like what he tells them and how he tells them, but sooner or later they will be glad they listened to him."
(Jack Ham is the only Penn State football player enshrined in both the COllege Football Hall of Fame and the Pro-Football Hall of Fame. He played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, helping them win four Super Bowls!
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My favorite part of the book is from pp. 339-342 wherein Dan tells the story of my father, Milan M. Karlo, asking Dan to help his nephew, Lou Astorino, get into the main branch campus of Penn State in State College. He did.
Lou Astorino went on to win many awards from his Alma Mater, and Dan tells the story how PSU Coach Joe Paterno sent his private jet to pick up cousins Lou and Denny Astorino in his private jet as he had them as the architects for a $17 million dollar project--called the Mildred and Louis Lasch Building, housing the ractice locker room, weight room, training room and equipment room.
Lou and his brother Dennis Astorino, went on to design the Univeristy of Pittsburgh-Steeler's dual use building on the practice facility of Pittsburgh's South Side, and also PNC Baseball Park in Pittsburgh, said to be the most beautiful baseball park in the country!
Lou Astorino received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Penn State University's Alumni Association and another from the College of Architechture. He was also the commencement speaker at the 2010 Arts and Architecture graduaton ceremonies!
Buy the book. "Bad Rad" is the ultimate story teller!
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