Philadelphia's All-Time Pros (Football, Basketball, Baseball)

Philadelphia's Top All-Time Pros

Football/Basketball/Baseball

(Products of Public, Catholic and Inter-Ac Schools)

My top selections in the respective sports

can be found here: Football - Basketball - Baseball From those three lists, I selected the top 15 performers

(seven in football, five in basketball, three in baseball -- subjective, I realize) and asked assorted people in

sports-related positions to join me in ranking them from top to bottom. The voters were asked to only

consider pro accomplishments. The voters . .

. Website contributors -- Amauro Austin, Mark "Frog" Carfagno, Jon

"Duck" Gray, Matt "Cauls" McCauley (photos), Ed "Huck" Palmer, Randy Seidman, John

Shiffert, Ted Silary. Philadelphia Daily News -- Aaron "Ace" Carter, Ed Barkowitz, Bill

Fleischman, Mike Kern, Pat McLoone, Bob "Boop" Vetrone Jr. Northeast Times -- Ed Morrone (former website contributor). Coaches -- Craig Conlin , Episcopal Academy basketball; Roger Gordon , youth baseball (and my friend since kindergarten at Penn Charter); Phil Martelli , Saint

Joseph's University, basketball; John "Lefty/Blade" McCauley , Bonner-Prendergast, baseball

assistant (and Matt's dad). Officials -- Bill Hall , high school baseball; Dan Solis-Cohen ,

high school football. Support personnel -- Gerry Sasse , Penn Charter. Former NBA star/coach -- Fred "Mad Dog" Carter (and Ace's dad). The nominees

(alphabetical order) . . . Football -- Herb Adderley, Jahri Evans, Rich Gannon, Marvin Harrison,

Leroy Kelly, Joe Klecko, Erik Williams. Basketball -- Paul Arizin, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Foust, Tom Gola,

Earl Monroe. Baseball -- Roy Campanella, Del Ennis, Bucky Walters.

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Rather early in the voting process, it

became evident that we'd have a Great Eight and that no one except Wilt Chamberlain would place No. 1 on a ballot. Right below are the members of the Great Eight, the point totals (15

points for first, 14 for second, etc.) and the spot each guy occupied on the various voters' ballots. Below that is a list that shows order of finish, and point totals, for

the Still-Special Seven. Thanks to everyone who participated! -- Ted Silary / July 30, 2014

*The Great

Eight*

| No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 tie | No. 5 tie | No. 7 | No. 8

Total Points | 345 | 284 | 259 | 240 | 236 tie | 236 tie | 232 | 193

Highest

Selection | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2

Austin, Amauro | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11

Barkowitz, Ed | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 4

Carfagno, Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6

Carter, Aaron | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 6

Carter, Fred | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6

Conlin, Craig | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13

Fleischman, Bill | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8

Gordon, Roger | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 7

Gray, Jon | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6

Hall, Bill | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 7

Kern, Mike | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9

Martelli, Phil | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8

McCauley, John | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 9

McCauley, Matt | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5

McLoone, Pat | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9

Morrone, Ed | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11

Palmer, Ed | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11

Sasse, Gerry | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 6

Seidman, Randy | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4

Shiffert, John | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9

Silary, Ted | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7

Solis-Cohen, Dan | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2

Vetrone, Bob | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 11

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*The

Still-Special Seven*

| No. 9 | No. 10 | No. 11 | No. 12 | No. 13 | No. 14 | No. 15

Total Points | 142 | 119 | 113 | 108 | 95 | 83 | 75

Highest

Selection | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7

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