1949-Etna-Lambs
(1948-1949)
Etna Lambs Win GPL Championship
Capture Section I Title
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BASKETBALL CHAMPS . .
. Etna Lambs, who won the Section I championship in the Greater
Pittsburgh League.
Left to right: Back row -- Bob JACOBS, Charles GANSTER, Charles
MESIANO, Ted JACKSAMIN, Ed SKUNORICH,
Jack GANSTER, Bob SCHWILLE, and Frank LAMB, Sponsor. Middle Row
-- Ed IOZAKOVICH, Howard KLEBER, Bill DRINSKI, Joe BUSH, Ray GUBANIC
and Al ZIMMERMAN. Front Row -- Ralph WALZER, Bob SMITH, Matt
ZUGAY and John VRESH.
William (Willie) DRINSKI played center for the Etna "Little"
Lambs and was the leading high
scorer
during the 1948-1949 year, which lead to the Section I title victory
for the Lambs in the
Greater Pittsburgh League.
(shown holding trophy in 1st photo above)
Team Photo
(Willie Drinski holding championship ball)
(Al Zimmerman, front row far right, was the team's sports writer)
Newspaper sports
column clippings from this year can be found here
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