1981 Danvers High School Yearbook w/Giants Mark Bavara

1981 Danvers High School Yearbook (Danver, Massachusetts), titled "Heritage."




Attending this school at the time and in the Senior Class is future NFL tight end Mark Bavaro.

The younger brother of actor Nick DiPaolo, Gregg DiPaolo is in the Senior Class.



The 1980-81 Danvers Varsity Falcons Football collected a 7-3 record. During the thanksgiving day game, "Mark Bravaro proved himself in this showdown leading the Falcon's to a victory with a 56 yard touchdown pass and an outstanding game on defense."

"What do you mean I can't type?"

1980-01 Danvers High School Varsity "Falcons" Football Team. Mark Bavaro is the third player from the end in the second row (#84).

Falcons Action Photo. Mark Bavaro is in the center right (#84).

 

Mark Bavaro is likely shown with his Senior classmates spelling out "PRIDE" with their bodies (pages 2-3); has a Senior Class photo (page 47); is listed in the "Senior Activities" directory (page 94); is listed in the Senior Last Will and Testament, where he "leaves still growing" (page 112); is listed in the "Do You Remember?" section where it notes "Makr Bavaro making two All-American Football teams?" (page 124); is at the Senior Prom (page 143); in the Varsity Football Team group photo (#84) (page 168); in a Varsity Football action photo (#84) (pages 170-171); and behind a typewriter with the caption "What do you mean I can't type?" (page 215). There is a good change he is in other photos as there are more unlabeled images then labeled it appears.







Former professional football tight end Mark Bavaro was born April 28, 1963 in Winthrop, Massachusetts.

Bavaro attended Notre Dame University where he played NCAA college football with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in 1981 and 1984-1985, redshirted his sophomore season. During his senior season, Bavara caught 32 receptions for 295 yards and earned All-American honors.

The New York Giants selected Mark Bavaro in the 4th round of the 1985 NFL Draft (100th pick overall), where he was made a starter by Giants coach Bill Parcells before the start of his '85 rookie season. Bavaro responded by catching 37 passes for 511 yards, and scoring 4 touchdowns, including a Giants single game team record 12 receptions (while Phil Simms was throwing for 513 yards vs. the Bengals – a game the Giants lost), "Rambo" played for the New York Giants (1985-1990), the Cleveland Browns (1992) and the Philadelphia Eagles (1993-1994).

He became renowned during his time with the Giants for his blocking, toughness, and receiving skills. One of the toughest players of his era, Bavaro played through a broken jaw for six weeks; with broken toes; and through spained ankles until a degenerative knee condition led to his release by the Giants. He remained out of the league for a year, returning against doctor's advice to play for Bill Belichick's Browns in 1992, and then spent two final seasons with the Eagles.

His signature play, carrying Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott and several other San Francisco 49ers on his back, while he churned for more yardage in a Monday Night Game at Candlestick Park in 1986.

Bavaro finished his nine-year NFL career with 351 receptions for 4733 yards and 39 touchdowns.

He was a 2-time Pro Bowl selection (1986 & 1987) and a 2-time Super Bowl champion (XXI & XXV).

Since retiring as a player, Bavara has worked as an equity block trader with GGET in Boston, and published a book titled "Rough & Tumber" (2008, St. Martin's Press), about a football tight end during the last season of his career.

2005 Campbell Hall School Yearbook; Skyler Samuels & Jrue Holiday

2005 Campbell Hall School Yearbook (North Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California), titled "Caledonian" and subtitled "Open * Unfold * Discover."




Attending this school and in the 5th Grade Class is actress Skyler Samuels; in the Freshman Class (9th Grade) is actress Gia Mantegna and NBA 1st Round Draft Pick Jrue Holiday.

Among the lesser notables is Sam Winberger, who was a linebacker and a fullback at Stanford University.

Actresses Dakota Fanning, and her sister Elle Fanning, were also attending this school at the time, but I could not find them.





As a Senior at Campbell Hall School in 2008, Holiday average 25.9 ppg, 11.2 rpg, 6.9 apg and 4.8 spg, leading the school to a 31-5 record and the California Division IV state title. Holiay was named the 2008 Gatordate Player of the Year and was named the #2 college recruit in the nation by Rivals.com. Holiday was also invited to the 2008 Jordan Brand Claassic and the 2008 McDonald's All-American.





Skyler Samuels is shown and quoted during a 5th grade class environmental trip (page 52); getting "ready to board the bus" (page 53); and shown and quoted on a fellow classmate above reading books (page 255).

Gia Mantegna is shown working with a classmate on an in-class assignment for a foreign language class (page 71); is shown and quoted on a page about photography (Page 128); and has a Freshman Class photo (page 282).

Jrue Holiday is shown in his class photo with the Freshman Class (page 280).

In reguard to a class hicking trip: "I took so many pictures, and I even made a huge collage out of them."

"Rachel Sherman, 5, Skyler Samuels, 5, + Alexa Brown, 5, get ready to board the bus."

In reguard to a classmate: "Books! He loves to read. One time in class, Sam got in trouble for reading when the teacher was talking. If you think about it, that's not a bad thing to do in a classroom."

Jrue Holiday Freshman Class Photo.

"Sam Miller, 9 + Gina Mantegna, 9, work together on an in-class assignment."

In the section "Upcoming Artist."

Gia Mantegna Freshman Class Photo.

Actress Skyler Samuels was born April 14, 1994.

Samuels is best known for her role as Gigi Hollingsworth in Disney Channel's "Wizards of Waverly Place."

She has also guest-starred on the television shows "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" (2005), "Drake and Josh" and "That's So Raven" (2005); and appeared in several movies including "The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend" (2005); "Love, Inc." (2006) and The Stepfather (2009).







Professional baseball player Jrue Randall Holiday was born June 12, 1990 in Chatsworth, California.

Holday attended the University of California, Los Angeles where he played NCAA Men's College Basketball with the UCLA Bruins in 2008-09, and averaged 8.5 ppg.
Leaving college after his Freshman year, Jrue Holiday was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1st round of the 2009 NBA Draft, 17th pick overall.

Holiday became the 76ers' starting point guard in March of the 2009-2010 season. Due to the increasing age of many of the 76ers top players, as well as the departure of others, many NBA analysts see Holiday as the cornerstone and face of the franchise for years.







Film actress Gia Mantegna was born Gina Mantegna on April 17, 1990 in New York City, NY.

Mantegna made her acting debut at age 13 in the 2003 film "Uncle Nino", which co-starred her father, popular actor Joe Mantegna.

Since then, Mantegna has found work on "13 Goling on 30" (2004), "Murder Book" (2005), Unaccompanied Minors (2006), "In the Land of Women" (2006), "All I Want for Christmas" (20070, "The Neighbor" (2007), "The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2007), "Ciminal Minds" (2008), "And Soon That Girl" (2008), Getting That Girl (2010) and Gigantic (2010).

Billy Donovan High School Yearbook

1983 St. Agnes Cathedral High School Yearbook (Springfield, Missouri), titled "The Lamb."


Attending this school at the time and in the Senior Class is future Florida Gators Men's Basketball Head Coach, Billy Donovan.



Donovan is likely in the Senior Class group photo (page 7); shown dressed as a cheerleader (page 65); in the Varsity Basketball Team group photo (#34) (page 73); is in the corner of the Varsity Basketball Team action photo (#34) (page 73); making a basketball shot (page 76); has a Senior Class Photo (page 105); and he is listed in the Senior Directory (page 127).

Billy Donovan Senior Class Photo.

 

"Another deuce for Donovan!"

William John Donovan, Jr. was born May 30, 1965 in Rockville Centre, New York, and is the son of Bill Donovan, Sr., the third leading scorer in Boston College Men's Basketball history.

"Billy the Kid" Donovan attended Providence College where he played guard on the basketball team. His first two seasons with the Friars were unimpressive; he scored an average of two points per game as a freshman and three points as a sophomore. His junior year, however, Donovan excelled in the system of new head coach Rick Pitino. He averaged 15.1 points a game as a junior and 20.6 as a senior, when he led the Friars to the Final Four and earned the Southeast Regional Most Valuable Player honors.

The Utah Jazz selected Billy Donovan in the third round (68th pick overall) in the 1987 NBA Draft, but was waived after preseason. He then signed a one-year contract with the New York Knicks, now coached by Rick Pitino. With the Knicks, averaged 2.4 points and 2.0 assists over 44 games.

After the unsuccessful year with the Knicks, Donovan worked for a Wall Street investment firm before rejoining Pitino in 1989, who was now the head coach at the University of Kentucky. Donovan served as an assistant coach with Kentucky's Thundering Herd Men's Basketball Team from 1989 to 1994. In 1994, Donovan to the head coach position at Marshall University.

In his first season as a head coach, he turned around a Marshall team that had gone 9-18 the season before his arrival, into an 18-9 team and wno the Southern Conference North Division.

In his sophomore coaching season, Marshall went 17-11, led the conference in scoring and three-point field goals.

In 1996 Donovan took over head coaching duties at the University of Florida, where the Gators Men's Basketball team had fallen sharply from its 1994 Final Four appearance.

Under Donovan, the Gators reached the NCAA Tournament in every season between 1999–2007, making appearancing in three NCAA Championship games (2000, 2006 & 2007); and winning back-to-back National Championships in 2006, with a 73-57 win over UCLA, and 2007, with an 84-75 win over Ohio State. The team has ranked No. 1 ranking in three of the last four years.

Donovan one of only two basketball players to have reached the Final Four; as a player, an assistant coach, and a head coach.

2002 Score QBC Materials

One of the card sets I like collecting is 2002 Score QBC Materials. These cards feature relics (jersey and football swatches) from the NFL's 2001 and 2002 Quarterback Challenge.

The cards were graded "Untouched" by SCD (Sport Card Digest) and placed individually in $19.99 retail packs.

I currently have 33 of the 37, still chasing a few of the football swatch cards.

I have posted images of my set in progress over on the CardBoardTalk forum.

You can view images of the cards, by clicking the link below.

http://www.cardboardtalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1815&p=23762#p23762


Clear Skies,
Mark

Austin Collie High School Yearbook

I have an ongoing thread at the Collectors Universe Sport Cards and Mem. forum on High School yearbooks, with sport notables.

Today's posting is a Senior year Austin Collie.  I drafted the young wide receiver in fantasy football (in a PSA league I am the commish of), so I am hoping he has a great 2010.

I paid only $12 with shipping for the yearbook, which also includes NBA 2008 1st rd draft pick, Ryan Anderson, but it is a pretty torn up copy. 

To see more from the Austin Collie yearbook, or about 70 or so others I have posted, follow this linky:

http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=11&threadid=778567

I have added a couple photos from the yearbook below.

Clear Skies,
Mark

Welcome to my Google Blog!

Finally did it...made a Google Blog. 

With this blog I plan to share knowledge of various collectibles, show various recent pick-ups, and hopefully find a path in the river of 1000's of other like blogs.

Thank you for not clicking the "x" on your web browser just yet.

Clear Skies,
Mark