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Sports: Football and Basketball

Eugene Frazier - Fort Hill

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This is Eugene Frazier, as he appeared as a member of the Fort Hill High School football squad in a photograph dated November 7, 1967.

Eugene went on to graduate from Fort Hill in 1970. Several years later Eugene, along with others, helped to re-organize the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Allegany Sports Hall of Fame and Babst Awards

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Allegany Sports Hall of Fame and Babst Awards

The Charles E. Babst Award is given to any male student-athlete at Allegany High School regardless of grade and is awarded on the basis of Athletic Ability, Scholastic Standing, Leadership, Loyalty, and Sportsmanship.

Eight African-Americans have won this award. They are:

Kenneth Davis - 1962
Danny Darr - 1965
George Meade - 1982
Christopher D. Stewart - 1984
Johnnie Fields - 1991
Dennys Salas - 1994
P.J. Yates - 1995
Ramnik Gates - 1998

Richard "Baldy" Powell, 1940 - 1992

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"Baldy" Powell graduated from Allegany High School in 1960. He is the first African American to play on the Allegany football team. Powell was selected to the 1958 All-City team as a Back, and was inducted into the Allegany High School Sports Hall of Fame in 1998. The following article, written by the late J. Suter Kegg, Sports Editor Emeritus of the Cumberland Sunday Times-News, appeared in the Sunday newspaper on December 13, 1998:


"Baldy" Powell again makes Allegany High history

Danny Darr - Allegany High School football

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This photograph, taken in the fall of 1963 , depicts some members of the Allegany High School football team. Included are, front row, left to right: John Keiley, Allen Foley, and Fred Shank. In the back row, left to right are Pat Chorpenning, Larry Miller, Mike Miller, Don Saylor, and Danny Darr (Class of 1965). Darr also played on the State Champion Allegany High School basketball team.

Terry Ashby - Allegany High football

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This photograph of Allegany High School football players, taken on November 20, 1966 include,

Front Row: John Lange, George Lanigan, Mike Mason, Earl Paul, Moe Rosenbaum, Gary Robinette, and Kevin Sellars
Back Row, left to right: Terry Ashby (Class of 1968), Ralph Leasure, Tom Beyer, and Bob Sell

UPDATE: Terry Ashby was born in 1950 and passed away in 2018. The following is an excerpt from an obituary that appeared in the January 6, 2018 edition of the Cumberland Times-News: