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John Hlay
one of the great FB in Niles History. Earned the starting spot as a freshman and never relinquished it. Most Promising Player
Award 1945, All Ohio Honorable Mention INS (FB)
1947, All Ohio Second Team AP (FB) 1947, Mahoning Valley
Coaches Best Back of the Year 1948, All Ohio Honorable Mention INS (HB) 1948,
All Ohio First Team AP (DB) 1948, North/South All Star Game (FB) 1949. Starting
FB at Ohio State for two years.
Paul Zorn team Co-Captain in 1942 was selected First Team All County then was selected as the captain of that team, First
Team All Ohio at the HB position. Like most youths of that time Military Service was his primary concern due to WWII.
| 2000 |
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| #32 Matt Estes |
Red Dragon's Matt Estes one of Niles' Greats
on the run vs. Poland in 2000. Matt Campbell
#50 runs interference.
| 1976 |
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| Phil Chelsea |
Phil Chelsea one of Niles' best started has a sophomore and soon became the favorite of many Niles fans.
Cee Ellison a Niles great at Tulsa University 1964-65. He was All Trumbull County and All Ohio on both the
AP and UPI
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| Ephram 'Cee' Ellison |
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| Joe "Butch" Williams |
In 1948, Joe "Butch" Willams held
down the starting LHB position and in 1949 became one of the best ever Fullbacks to play for the Red & Blue. He became
the All Time Leading Rusher for Niles McKinley up to that year and averaged a whopping 8.2 yards per carry. He and only 4
other Dragons have ended a season with more then a 8 yard per carry season.
He caught a pass from Jim Capuzzi
that went for 70-yards for a touchdown and that is the seventh longest pass play in history. He scored five consecutive touchdowns
tying John Hlay. His 80-yard kickoff return VS. Youngstown North is the ninth longest in history.
His efforts in 1949 earned him All
Trumbull
County First Team (FB) 1949, All Ohio
AP (B) 1949, High School All American 1949.
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| Washington & Jefferson |
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| Bill Trimbur |
Bill Trimbur
in 1916 as a Niles player he was the team captain for Niles McKinley and played at both QB and HB. After
his playing days were over at W&J he would play semi pro ball and played against on a few occasions the great Jim Thorpe.
His son Dick Trimbur a member of the 1953-54 Red Dragon basketball team that completed the regular season 18-0 ranked 6th
in the State and finished at 23-1, holds the all time scoring for Niles and was the very first Red Dragon to attain First
Team All Ohio for basketball.
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| Ted Papas |
Ted Papas
in 1959 as a Red Dragon. All Trumbull County
Honorable Mention (G) 1959, Outstanding Senior Award 1960, All Trumbull County
First Team (G) 1960, All Ohio First Team AP (LB) 1960, All Ohio
First Team UPI (LB) 1960, Ohio North/South High School All Star Football Game (LB) 1961, High School All American 1960.
What more
can be said!
| 1959 |
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| Jim Skiffey |
James Skiffey known in his day as the Smasher. In 1959 he rushed for over 740 yards placing himself number
one on the All Time Rushing category up to that time.
| 1959 |
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| Ted Randolph |
In 1959, Ted Randolph was 6-3 287 pounds
and anchored the offensive and defensive line holding the tackle spot. He was All Trumbull County Second Team
(T) 1958, All Ohio Honorable Mention UPI (T) 1958. All Trumbull
County First Team (T) 1959, All Ohio
Honorable Mention UPI (T) 1959, All Ohio Honorable Mention AP (T) 1959, and
High School All American (T) 1959. He participated in the East /West High School All Star Football Game, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (T) 1960. He was the only Ohioan selected to that All Star Game.
Below is James Sonny Capuzzi
who QB Niles in 1949. A first team All Trumbull County
pick went to the University of Cincinnati and then to the Green Bay Packers were he held the DB spot.
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| James 'Sonny' Capuzzi |
| 1930 |
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| Joe Patrone |
Joe 'Pep' Patrone one of Niles' great guards. 1930 All Trumbull County and All Northeast Ohio Big Ten. He
played his college ball at the University of South Carolina.
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