![]() Golf Association Amateur Championships, and competed in the Masters. He is a four-time Pennsylvania Amateur Champion, played in more than 40 U.S. ![]() He went to the University of Maryland on a golf scholarship. She received the Jean Shiley Award as the outstanding female basketball player in 1966.Ī 1970 Haverford High School graduate, Marucci was a three-time individual PIAA state golf champion. She was recognized for her outstanding ability with All Suburban II (now the Central League) honors in all three sports as a junior and senior. She was the leading scorer in all three varsity sports during her junior and senior year, including her sophomore year in basketball and she might have been the school’s all-time leading scorer in all three sports at the time of her graduation. She scored the winning points with 45 seconds left on the clock against Upper Darby for the team’s second consecutive undefeated season. She was the leader of the basketball team, which lost just one game during her three-year varsity career. She was part of four undefeated teams during her high school career. She also was a leader on a championship field hockey team (the first in school history) and an undefeated lacrosse team. She was a leader and key player on back-to-back undefeated championship basketball teams which compiled a 24-game winning streak). It is apparent by the high standard of accomplishments she attained in each of the three sports (field hockey, basketball and lacrosse), and especially in basketball (where she played on the freshman team as a seventh grader). His father, Larry Cabrelli, was a former tight end for the Philadelphia Eagles.Īt the time of her graduation from Haverford High School in 1966, she was probably one of the best female athletes during her generation of Haverford athletics. Cabrelli went on to play football at the University of Massachusetts, and was All Yankee Conference team in his senior year. In basketball, he scored more than 350 career points for Haverford and was honorable mention East Delaware County. 3, 1966, he was named the Maxwell Club Player of the Week. He was First Team All-East Delaware County – Offense as a receiver in 1965, and a First Team All-Delco defensive back in 1966. He had a keen sense of focus on the ball on defense. He accumulated over 2,000 yards total offense for a career that included rushing, pass reception, defensive run backs. ![]() Over the period of three seasons, Cabrelli was a threat as a runner or receiver on offense scoring a career total of 20 touchdowns, 11 of which were scored during the 1966 season. After their induction, a plaque featuring each honoree will be placed in the lobby outside of Haverford High’s Juenger Gymnasium.Ī 1967 Haverford High School graduate, Cabrelli was captain and the Fords most valuable player of the 1966 Suburban I Co-Championship Football Team. The Haverford High School Sports Hall of Fame board of directors, along with its growing membership, nominated and voted for these inductees. This year’s special recognition award goes to Dale Bonzall, who coached wrestling in the middle and high school and led Haverford to the 1969 Central League championship. The coach induction goes to Robert Bush, a 1966 Haverford graduate who spent 36 years working in the district as a teacher and coach. The team induction will go to the 19 Suburban League Basketball Champion girls’ basketball teams. This year’s inductees are Robert Cabrelli (1967), Judy Keers Hackett (1966), George Buddy Marucci (1970), Carey Vesely Horrigan (1986) and Megan Vetter (2001). 26 at Llanerch Country Club in Havertown. The Haverford High School Sports Hall of Fame will honor a new class at its 17th awards dinner Nov.
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