Face joins nine others in East Boros Hall

By Don Ireland
For The Pittsburgh Press

Elroy Face, a standout relief pitcher for the 1960 World Series champion Pirates, will be among the sports figures honored by the East Boros Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame at its induction banquet Oct. 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the East Pittsburgh Veterans of Foreign Wars Post.

Face, an East McKeesport resident, and nine other east suburban residents will be enshrined.

Also scheduled for induction are Swissvale's Joey Cimino, Penn Hills' Richard Collier, Turtle Creek's Barry Driscoll, William McMillan and the late Emil Pantalone, North Braddock's Robert Garritano and Robert Menzie, Braddock's Harry Carr and Monroville's Dwain Painter.

Face played 15 seasons in the major leagues and won the National League's Fireman of the Year Award in 1962. He had 104 victories, including 97 in relief, 95 losses and 193 saves. Face pitched 1,375 innings, struck out 877 batters and had a lifetime era of 3.48.

Face and Walter Johnson share the major-league record by pitching 802 games with the same team. In 1959, Face had an 18-1 record (.947). He also recorded a team-record 22 consecutive victories in relief.

Painter had been the Steelers' receivers coach since 1988. A member of Gateway High School's first graduating class in 1960, Painter played for the legendary coach, Walter "Pete" Antimarion. Painter also playded defensive back at Rutgers before coaching high school and college teams.

A distinguished marksman, McMillan won international awards in rifle and pistol competitions. McMillan won the Olympics gold medal for rapid-fire pistol in 1960. He also captured two World Rifle [Pistol] Championships and secured a gold medal at the Pan Am Games in 1967. After McMillan retired following 27 years in the Marines, the military branch established the "McMillan Trophy" in his honor. The award is presented to the winner of the Marines' national pistol mathces.

Cimino participated in 160 boxing matches and later served as a state boxing commissioner. He received numerous boxing-related awards since 1937 and was inducted into the Western Pennsylvania Boxing Hall of fame in 1976.

Carr, who served as a high school football coach in Braddock, Turtle Creek and General Braddock, had a 52-0 record as a boxer while serving in the military. Carr also coached the Tri-Boro Tigers, a semi-professional football team.

Collier, a bowler, won four singles championships in the Greater Pittsburgh Tenpin Bowling Association. Collier, who has bowled five perfect games and recorded a lifetime 200 average, was honored by the Dapper Dan Club for bowling achievement.

Driscoll led the Creekers to Turtle Creek's only WPIAL boys' basketball championship in 1967. A four-year all-star in college, Driscoll helped Marshall earn a berth in the 1972 NCAA tournament. After college, Driscoll coached high school basketball in West Virginia and Swissvale.

Garritano, an all-star football player at Scott, was an all-star as a player at Clarion from 1962-65. He later played with the Atlantic City Senators and was an assistant high school coach at Ford City, Bellevue and Marion.

Menzie, who played at Scott in 1945, played college football at Wake Forest and Thiel. He later played for the North Braddock Mustangs football team. His sports career includes teaching and coaching for three years in Howard City, Md.

Pantalone lettered in football, basketball and baseball from 1943-45 at Turtle Creek. In 1951, he was a defensive halfback at St. Vincent College. Pantalone was the head football and baseball coach at Turtle Creek from 1961-66.

A sellout crowd of more than 500 is expected for the banquet, according to William Garboden, chapter president.

Tickets for the dinner are $12.50.

For information, call Ed Brunk at 271-3352 or 823-9047. Checks are payable to East Boros Chapter and can be mailed to Brunk at 1191 Grandview Ave., North Braddock, Pa. 15104.

The East Boros Chapter, which has more than 300 members, is one of the largest chapters of the state-wide organization. The local chapter serves the Woodland Hills, Gateway, Penn Hills, East Allegheny, Plum and Norwin areas.

The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Thursday, September 12, 1991, Page EZ9 & EZ11

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Dear Members and Friends:

Thanks for your support of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame's East Boros Chapters. We would like you to carry this support a litter farther. We have mentioned on many occasions that the backbone of our success is our advertisers. These merchants, corporations, and companies who year after year, place their advertisements in our Induction Program have helped us to honor athletes since we organized in 1978.

Please patronize them or if they have a business you can't patronize, mention to them that you saw their ad in our program.

East Boros Chapter

Bill Garboden, President

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PA. SPORTS HALL OF FAME
EAST BOROS CHAPTER

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PROGRAM

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1991    6:30 P.M.

INVOCATION....................................................Father Dave Cillo

St. Colemans

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE..........................................................

WELCOMING REMARKS.......................................Bill Garboden

President, East Boros Chapter

MASTER OF CEREMONIES......................................Don Ireland

INTRODUCTION OF INDUCTEES
&
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS

BENEDICTION..............................................Father Dave Cillo

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INDUCTEES

HARRY CARR

Graduate of Braddock High School in 1943 where he played tailback in the single wing under Jim Conroy and Dan Rice. After high school he joined the service and as a boxer, compiled a 52 wins and 0 loss career. He became the service lightweight and welterweight champion. He was an assistant football coach at Braddock under Chuck Klausing for four years. He served as an assistant to Bob Teitt for two years. Went to Turtle Creek as an assistant football coach. He became a head coach of the Tri Boro Tigers semi-pro football team. In basketball he served as an assistant from 1956-1968 at General Braddock High, became head coach from 1971-1977 at the Junior High and head coach in 1977-1978. After 34 years of teaching and coaching he retired.

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JOSEPH (JOEY) CIMINO

Joey attended Swissvale High School where he was a wrestler. As a boxer after his high school years, Joey had over 160 fights, both as an amateur and professional. He also served as a Pennsylvania State Athletic Commissioner for 7 years. Joey has received many awards for his achievements in the sports world. He received a proficiency award for boxing in 1937. In 1968 he was given a Meritorious Service Award form A.A.U.

In 1972 he received a Meritorious Award from Jewish War Veterans. A Distinguished Service Award from the Disabled American War Veterans was awarded to him in 1973. In 1975 he received the Dapper Dan Award in boxing and in 1976 he was inducted into the Western Pennsylvania Boxing Hall of Fame.

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RICHARD COLLIER

A graduate of Penn Hills High School in 1962. In 1962 he was in the WTAE Junior Bowling tournament and the Pennsylvania Junior Championship Bowling Tournament. Over the years he has won 4 singles, 1 all events and 7 team titles in the Greater Pittsburgh Tenpin Bowling Association Championships. He has been credited with the top ten placements in tournaments such as PBA Eastern Regional, ABC Classic Singles, ABH Masters and Peterson Classic. He has a 200 lifetime average and has more than 200+ series of 700 or more. Rich has 5 perfect 300 games to his credit. He had an 1112 sanctioned 4-game series which was a world record at the time (1978).

Rich was elected to the only Greater Pittsburgh All-Star Team in 1970 and has been honored by the Dapper Dan Club for bowling achievement. His career was brought to an end when he developed arthritis in both hips. Rich is currently employed by North-South Bowl, Inc.

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BARRY DRISCOLL

Graduated from Turtle Creek High School in 1967. He lettered in basketball and baseball from 1965-1967. He was All-Section basketball player and high scorer in 1967. He played in the 1967 WPIAL Class B boys championship team which is the only one in the school's history. He lettered four years in basketball at McCook Junior College and Marshall University. He was head basketball coach at Scott High School in Madison, West Virginia from 1973 to 1976. He served as Assistant Basketball coach at Swissvale High School from 1977-1984.

Barry played in the West Penn Roundball Classic in 1967. He was a member of the "All Tournament Team" in the 1968 Christmas Tournament in Gardner-Webb, North Carolina. He led McCook Junior College in scoring in 1969. While at Marshall University, he played in the 1972 NCAA tournament.

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ELROY FACE

This legendary Pittsburgh Press Pirate spent 22 seasons in professional baseball with 15 1/2 years in the major league. He was a member of the 1960 World Champion Pirates who beat the Yankees in the World Series. "Mr. Fireman" won the Fireman Award in the National League in 1962.

Elory shares the record with Walter Johnson, pitching 802 games with one team. He also holds the record for the highest won-loss percentage with 15 or more victories, with an 18-1 record in 1959, a .947 percentage. He also has a record most consecutive wins in relief - 22 straight wins.

Face's major league career shows a record of 104 wins (97 of those in relief), 95 loses, and 193 saves. He pitched 1,375 innings, struck out 877, and had a lifetime E.R.A. of 3.48.

In the annals of Pittsburgh Pirate history, he will always be remembered as "The Fireman."

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ROBERT J. GARRITANO

As a high school sophomore Bo was cut from the Braddock football team. As a junior and senior, he played for Joe McCune's Scott team, playing on the Scott team to beat Braddock in 1960 – played nose guard and offensive tackle. He made the Post-Gazette all W.P.I.A.L. Team as a senior. He attended Clarion College where he lettered for four years from 1962-1965, playing offensive and defensive tackle. During his junior and senior years, Bo was chosen on the first team of the P.S.C.A.C. District 18 N.A.I.A., and all district defensive tackle, and was honorable mention in N.A.I.A. Little All-American. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Bulldogs and signed with the Atlantic City Senators. He has also been assistant coach at Ford City, Bellevue and Marion High Schools.

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WILLIAM McMILLAN

He was a graduate of Turtle Creek High School in 1946. He joined the Marine Corps and after twenty-seven years of service, Lt. Colonel McMillan's name has become synonymous with marksmanship. He won his first gold medal with the pistol in 1949. After placing fourth at the National Pistol Championships in 1951, he began to compete internationally. He competed in the 1952 Olympics at Helsinki, Finland and placed seventh. At age twenty-two, this was the first of his six Olympics.

William became a distinguished rifleman and in 1954 he won the World Championship [Host Match] in Caracas, Venezuela. Eventually he fired in six World [Shooting] Championships, winning two. William captured the gold medal at the Pan Am games in 1967. In 1956 and 1957 he was the National Pistol Champion and in 1960, Rome, he captured gold medal at the Olympics in a shootoff between the United States, Finland and Russia.

Throughout the years William has competed in every major rifle and pistol event imaginable. He retired frorm active duty in [1974]. In [1978] the Marine Corps established a National Pistol Shooting Trophy in his honor. The "McMillan Trophy" is awarded to the Marine regular or reserves who attains the highest aggregate score in the National Individual Pistol Matches.

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ROBERT D. MENZIE

Bob graduated from Scott High School in 1945 where he played center under Joe Kliskey and Johnny Reed. He received a scholarship to Wake Forest where he played in 1945-46.

Menzie then transferred to Theil College and played one year there in 1947. Later he played 2 years for the North Braddock Mustangs.

At age 32 Bob returned to college at the University of Maryland, later teaching and coaching in Howard City, Maryland for three years.

In high school, Bob was chosen as a senior to play for the West Team in the All-Valley Senior All-Star Game in 1944.

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DWAIN PAINTER

Dwain Painter is in his fourth year as an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers since joining the staff in 1988. He is a veteran of 27 years of coaching including 6 in high school, 17 in college and 4 with the Steelers. He works with Joe Walton mapping out the Steelers pass offensive.

Painter entered coaching at the high school level at Wall High School in New Jersey from 1965-70. He also coached at the College level at San Jose State College of San Mateo, Brigham Young, and W.C.S.A. His first head coaching position was at Northern Arizona in 1979 where his record was 16-17 in three years. He then became an assistant at Georgia Tech from 1982-85.

Dwain later served as offensive coordinator at Texas in 1986 and Illinois in 1987 before moving to the Steelers in 1988. He was the first quarterback to play for Gateway High School, playing under the legendary Pete Antimarino. He was a member of the school's first graduating class in 1960.

At Rutgers University he played defensive back from 1961-64 and was graduated in 1964.

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EMIL PANTALONE
(POSTHUMOUS)

A graduate of Turtle Creek High School in 1945, Emil lettered in football, baseball and basketball in 1943, 1944, and 1945. He completed 13 of 18 passes against the great Donora team in 1944. He played defensive halfback for St. Vincent College in 1951. Emil played shortstop fro the Turtle Creek A.O.H. in baseball when that team won the Inter-County baseball championship. He played for the Wilkinsburg Merchants baseball team of the Tri-County League in 1952 and 1953. He was head coach at Turtle Creek High School in football and baseball from 1961 through 1966 after being an assistant for 6 years.

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