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JT Football team inducted

Jim Thorpe inducts 1969 football team

The 1969 Jim Thorpe High School varsity football team was recently inducted into the Jim Thorpe Sports Hall of Fame. The team had a 6-2 record and captured the Panther Valley/Carbon County Championship. Team members who attended the recent banquet were, seated, from left, Robert Gigliotti, Allen Heydt, Walter Schlenner, George Lazorick, Patrick Crowley and August Long. Standing, Frederick Ohlson, David Mueller, Frank Foster, Edward Hawk, Joseph Micko, Michael Kowatch, Fred Foster, Richard Balliet, Matt Ohlson (representing John Ohlson) and Francis Schlenner. BRAD HURLEY/TIMES NEWS

Jim Thorpe inducts 1969 football teamThe 1969 Jim Thorpe High School varsity football team was recently inducted into the Jim Thorpe Sports Hall of Fame. The team had a 6-2 record and captured the Panther Valley/Carbon County Championship. Team members who attended the recent banquet were, seated, from left, Robert Gigliotti, Allen Heydt, Walter Schlenner, George Lazorick, Patrick Crowley and August Long. Standing, Frederick Ohlson, David Mueller, Frank Foster, Edward Hawk, Joseph Micko, Michael Kowatch, Fred Foster, Richard Balliet, Matt Ohlson (representing John Ohlson) and Francis Schlenner. BRAD HURLEY/TIMES NEWS