Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Dick Logue: Player, Coach, And Fan

 

Dick and Carol Logue


If you were a high school basketball fan of The Big 30, Olean NY Times Herald Circulation Area, during the mid-1960s, you knew the name Dick Logue.

Dick played for the small school located in Austin, Pennsylvania, and was a scoring machine. One year being the top scorer in The North Tier League and finishing second among The Big 30 Schools.

 During a review of newspaper articles my mom, June McCloskey and Kay Stuckey had saved for me during my time at Austin High School, I found numerous articles on our local basketball and baseball teams.

Dick Logue's name was listed in most all of these basketball articles. Below are some of  those articles:


One of the most exciting games ever played on the Austin High School Basketball court: Logue would score 29  points.
























Dick would begin his long coaching career at the Austin school with the junior high boys. He would become the Boy's Varsity basketball coach for a number of years and finish his career as the girl's basketball coach.






Dick would be a mentoring force in many young peoples' lives throughout his time as a basketball coach at the Austin High School.

Today, if there is a basketball game here in Austin, it's most likely you will see Dick and his wife Carol in the stands rooting for the Austin Panthers.




The First Austin Pennsylvania High School Yearbook, 1942

 

1942 - The First Known Austin High School Yearbook
























































The Austin High School, Austin, Pennsylvania Class C Basketball Champions, 1965 - 1966

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