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WAYNE HELMANAthlete, Lansdale HS, 1944 Lettered 4 Yrs in Football at The University of Pennsylvania Inducted 2005 |
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Lansdale High School, 1944 Wayne was senior class president, and lettered in football three years, basketball two years, and track four years. He lettered in football for four years at the University of Pennsylvania, earning a B.S. in education in 1949 and an M.S. in education in 1952. He spent three years teaching at the Germantown Friends School, then was hired by the Pennridge School District the year it was created (1954). He Coached football there for 36 years, 26 of them as head Coach. His teams were dominant in the 1950s and the 1960s and shared the Bux-Mont title as late as 1977. Overall, his Coaching record was 168-90-8 with four outright and two shared Bux-Mont League Championships. Wayne also Coached track for 33 years, 29 of them as Pennridge head Coach. His teams won two Bux-Mont League Championships. His 1970 team ended the incredible 22 year run of Lansdale/North Penn Bux-Mont League titles. He also Coached winter track for twenty years, Coached the Pennridge summer swim team for three years, and Coached Pennridge H.S. swimmers in post-season competition before the school started a team in 1993. After stepping down as football Coach, he was Pennridge H.S. Athletic Director for seven years. More recent Coaching activities include a season as head football Coach at Pennridge Central Junior High (1991) and a season as girls' cross-country Coach at Pennridge High (1992). He has remained a PIAA official for swimming and track and field. Wayne is a member of the Pennridge-Quakertown Sports Hall of Fame. |
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Knight SiteNorth Penn Alumni Athletic AssociationPO Box 22, Lansdale, PA 19446 |
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