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Time will never dim the glory of the
Neshaminy Redskins
Harry E. Franks - 1954
(Go to Harry's
Redskins'
Recollection
to read how he came up with this
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Step back
in time.
Pete Cordelli,
Dale Forchetti and Chuck Lodge,
helped make their 1971 Redskins the
Team
of the Century,
as rated by PFN in 2004.
All three were
on UPI's 1971 All-State first team,
and their team went 11-0, outscoring
opponents 371-90.
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Step Way-Back in time
This was the 1929 football team. Today, our coaching staff is this big.
Visit the
photo gallery for more
pictures of past teams and players.
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Skins’
Football
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80
years
of
gridiron
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Highest Scoring Game: In
1997 the Skins came out
on top in a 69 to 36
slugfest with the
Abington Ghosts. The two
teams combined for a
monumental total of 105
points. That averages
out to 2.19 points every
minute of the game (or
just about a touchdown
and an extra point every
three minutes for the
entire 48 minutes they
played).
Well, that's one way to time an egg!
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Longest Season: The
2004 Skins played 15
games, the most of any
season. That included 10
regular season games and
5 playoff games
(including the State
Championship game in
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Biggest Margin of
Victory: In 1961 the
Skins stopped the
Bristol Warriors 59-0.
Later that season they
took Woodrow Wilson to
the same wood shed
coming out on top of a
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Lowest Scoring Year:
In 1939 Langhorne H.S. played 8
games and scored 0
points on the season.
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Shortest Season:
Not
including 1928 (see
Humble Beginnings for
more on that) in 1943
the Skins lined up only
four times while
bringing home a dismal
0-3-1 report card. And
to add insult to injury,
they only scored 13
points. Talk about a war
shortage!
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The Humble Beginning:
Neshaminy first fielded
its own eleven in 1928
when the school was
called
Langhorne-Middletown
High School. Preferring
to stay close to home,
that first - and only -
game that year was
against Newtown High
School. Heart and
history yet-to-come
were not enough as our
kids came up short, 13
to 0. |
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This is just a preview, for
the complete Redskins
gridiron history,
go to the fun facts page. |
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Overhead photo of Harry E.
Franks Stadium
This photo was taken from a
helicopter during the 1971
Neshaminy vs. Pennsbury
game. Neshaminy went into
the game 10-0. There were an
estimated 15,000 people at
this game. Look closely and
you can see the end
bleachers and the portable
bleachers at the bottom,
bottom left, and top left of
this picture. Neshaminy came
from behind to win 21-17 and
finish the season 11-0.
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I would like to acknowledge those
people who are making this history
section possible.
The following people have contributed
greatly to the Redskins website.
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Bruce Traney
- 1969-1971 Fullback (#33).
Bruce has been a constant source of
direction, information,
creativity, and number
crunching.
Bruce has done quite a bit
of the data compiling that is
presented here. Bruce is
instrumental
in design, layout, proofreading and bringing
new features to
this website. Although he lives
in California, Bruce knows PA
high school football better than
anyone in PA. This website would
not exist if Bruce had not
stepped up as a partner.
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Charles W.
Lauble Jr. -
of the
Historic Langhorne
Association.
Charles provided much of what's
on file relating to the early
years of Neshaminy and Langhorne
Middletown High School from
their archives. Nearly
everything we have from the 30s
and 40s is from Charles. Charles
Lauble is our "official
historian" whose contribution is
beyond measure. |
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Harry E.
Franks -
(Coach
1952-1959). Mr. Franks
gave us access to his collection
of 1950's memorabilia.
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Bob Barr
- 1960-1962 Running Back (#57).
Bob
has sent me many pictures and articles
from the sixties and has
created the short video clips
we have here.
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Sheila Murphy
- N.H.S. Athletic Director.
Sheila gave me annual team records
going back to 1928.
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Joe Chamberlain
- 1970-1971 Guard (#63).
The RedRyder gave me quite a bit of
information from the early seventies, as
well as much of the Hall of Fame
information. He's been a great
source of "hard to find"
information.
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Coach John
Chaump -
(Head
coach 1987-1991. Currently an
asst coach)
Coach
Chaump gave us access to his
collection of 1980's
memorabilia. |
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Leon Traney
- 1970-1971 N-Club President.
Leon helped me get
started when this site was in it's
infancy, and provided me with much of
the 1970's material.
Leon is also contributing his creative
writing skills to the website. |
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All of the
fans and former players who have
given their memorabilia to be
added to the website. Including:
Steve Cloak, Mike Bagnarelli, Chuck Gearhart,
and Dale Edwards. |
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Undefeated
Teams |
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2001
Mark
Schmidt
15-0 |
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1971
Jack Swartz
11-0 |
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1965
J. Petercuskie
10-0-1 |
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1964
J. Petercuskie
9-0-1 |
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1963
J. Petercuskie
9-0-1 |
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1962
J. Petercuskie
10-0-1 |
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1960
J. Petercuskie
10-0-1 |
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1956
Harry E Franks
9-0-1 |
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1954
Harry E Franks
10-0 |
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Last update
April 15, 2008 