Sports:

• Football

• Basketball

• Baseball

• Track

Al Jeffrey participated in football, basketball, baseball, and track at Stonington High School. He was a member of the 1942 Class B State Champion track team as a junior. He excelled in football, earning All-Eastern Connecticut Conference honors three times, named Second Team All-ECC as a sophomore and First Team All-ECC as junior and senior; he also earned Second Team All-State honors as a senior when SHS won the ECC championship and was named Connecticut Class B champion.

After graduating from SHS, he served in the United States Marines as an amphibian driver during World War II. He later was awarded a football scholarship to the University of Georgia, where he played guard and fullback. He played in three New Year’s Day bowl games: the 1945 Oil Bowl, the 1946 Sugar Bowl, and the 1947 Gator Bowl. After graduating from Georgia, he enjoyed a highly successful career as a high school teacher and coach in both Georgia and Florida. As head football coach at Forest Park High School in Georgia, he won the 1951 Class

C championship and was named Georgia Coach of the Year. He also coached football and golf at Sarasota High School in Florida, winning the state golf championship in 1961. He was awarded the Bill Wade Unsung Hero Award by the All-American Football Foundation in 2000.

Sports:

• Soccer

• Track

Tony Tavares participated in soccer and track at Stonington High School. He was a member of Stonington High School’s first soccer team, earning First Team All-Eastern Connecticut Conference honors as a junior and senior, and served as captain in his senior year. As a member of the track team, he set numerous school records, including the 100-, 220-, and 440-yard dashes and the triple jump, and set Eastern Connecticut Conference meet records in the 100- and 440-yard dashes; the previous record in the 100-yard dash had been set in 1932. He was team captain as a senior, and during that season, he placed first in every event he entered except one when he placed third in the triple jump at the ECC meet. He earned All-ECC status as a junior and senior and earned All-State honors as a senior. He amassed over 200 points as a senior, the most by anyone for one season in SHS history, and still holds school records in the 100- and 200-meter dashes. He is a long-time member of Stonington Borough Fire Department, Steamers Engine Company #1.

Sports:

• Basketball

• Softball

Carol Comrie participated in basketball and softball at Stonington High School. A three-year starter at point guard for the basketball team, she served as captain and earned All-Eastern Connecticut Conference honors as a senior, when she led the team in scoring, steals, and assists. She was twice named First Team Class M All-State as a pitcher for the softball team, and as a senior was named First Team All-ECC and served as co-captain. The Bears won the ECC championship in 1986, when she led the team in hits, stolen bases, and runs scored, batting .458 in the regular season while pitching several one-hitters.

At Mitchell College, she participated in soccer, basketball, and softball. Despite no formal soccer experience, she stepped in for an injured goalkeeper and was the fourth-ranked junior college goalkeeper in the country while playing the position, later moving to right halfback on a team that went to the final four of the National Junior College Athletic Association tournament in 1986.

A long-time resident of Old Forge, New York, she has been active in youth athletics at a variety of levels. She was the high school varsity assistant softball coach at the Town of Webb School, Old Forge from 1999-2005. She has coached youth league soccer and basketball, both boys and girls, and co-founded the Old Forge Little League, serving as Vice President and coaching for many years.

Sports:

• Football

• Basketball

• Baseball

• Track

George Rathbun participated in football, basketball, baseball, and track at Stonington High School, earning 10 varsity letters, including four in his senior year. In his senior year, he served as captain of the football team and earned All-Eastern Connecticut Conference honors as the Bears won the ECC championship and also received the Class B Merit Award from the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference. In basketball, he was outstanding on the boards, and the team won the ECC championship in his sophomore year. As a member of the baseball team, he was part of ECC championships in 1959 and 1960 and was a member of the 1960 Connecticut Class B championship team. He earned All-ECC honors in track as a junior and senior, placing first in both the discus and the long jump. He earned four medals at the 1961 Connecticut Class B Indoor Meet and took first in the long jump. He was the 1961 winner of the Tuite Cup, awarded annually to the top male athlete in the graduating class.

He was a member of the SHS Student Council, the S Club, and was Class Vice-President in his senior year. After graduating from SHS, he attended the University of Connecticut. He retired after a 37-year career with the United States Postal Service

Sports:

• Football

• Basketball

• Baseball

• Track

Henry Cragan earned varsity letters in football, basketball, baseball, and track at Stonington High School. He captained the baseball team and was a member of the 1926 Eastern Connecticut-Western Rhode Island Conference championship track team. He was Class President and Athletic Association, Vice-President.

After graduating from SHS, he attended Rhode Island State College (the University of Rhode Island) and participated in football and baseball.

A veteran of the United State Army who served during World War II, he retired from the Army Reserves in 1960 with the rank of colonel, and he also had a 44-year career with American Telephone & Telegraph. He was very active in various community organizations, including the Stonington Free Library, the Stonington Historical Society, the Stonington Community Center, and the Stonington Board of Finance.

Sports:

• Football

• Basketball

• Baseball

James Crowley was a member of the first graduating class of a consolidated Stonington High School. His first three years of high school were spent at Pawcatuck High School, and he excelled in athletics at both schools. At PHS, he

participated in football and baseball. During SHS’s inaugural year, he participated in football, basketball, and baseball.

After graduating from SHS, Crowley attended Connecticut Agricultural College (the University of Connecticut) and participated in both football and baseball. He was captain of the baseball team and was a member of the Varsity Club and the Common Club.

A veteran of the United States Navy during World War I, he was instrumental in the founding of the Wequetequock Fire Department, his family donating the land for the firehouse, and later served as director of the department. He operated the Crowley Dairy and Potato Farm and was also a member of the Wequetequock Community Club.

Sports:

• Football

• Basketball

• Baseball

Mike Cavanaugh earned varsity letters in football, basketball, and baseball in each of his three years at Stonington High School. The winner of the Tuite Cup in his senior year, he earned All-Eastern Connecticut Conference honors in five consecutive seasons. He was named All-ECC in football in his senior year. As a member of the basketball team, he earned All-ECC honors as a junior and senior, leading the Bears to the Class M quarterfinals both years. As a member of the baseball team, he was a three-year starter at shortstop, earning All-ECC as a junior and senior. Among his many awards, he was named one of Eastern Connecticut’s five best all-around athletes of the 1970s by the Norwich Bulletin.

While at SHS, he was the National Honor Society Treasurer, President of the S Club, Pawmystonian Sports Editor, and a member of the Student Council. After graduating from SHS, he attended the University of Notre Dame and later earned a J.D. from the Albany Law School of Union University. He is a partner with Lazare Potter & Giacovas in New York City.

Sports:

• Football

• Basketball

• Track

Robert Squadrito participated in football, basketball, and track at Stonington High School. A member of the 1945 Eastern Connecticut Conference football champions, he was a two-time First Team All-ECC running back and served as captain in his senior year. A member of conference and state champion track teams, he was a captain in his senior year. As a junior he won the 220- and 440-yard dash races and placed second in the 100-yard dash and anchored the runnerup 880-yard relay team at the ECC meet, leading the Bears to their first conference championship since 1928. In his senior year, he won the 100- 220- and 440-yard dashes as well as the broad jump at the conference meet. He won the 440-yard dash, earning him All-State status, at the Connecticut Class B meet in both his junior and senior seasons, and the Bears were Class B champions in 1944. After graduating from SHS, he attended the University of Rhode Island, participating in football and track. He earned three letters in football, playing halfback and quarterback. In track, he excelled in the 100-, 220-, and 440-yard dashes, leading URI to two Yankee Conference championships and one New England Intercollegiate Championship. He was very active in the Mystic Chamber of Conference and was one of the founders of the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival.

Sports:

• Cross Country

• Track

• Track and Field

• Lacrosse

Tom McCoy has been involved with SHS athletics for over 30 years. He has worked with the boys and girls cross-country, indoor track, and outdoor track teams as a head coach, assistant coach, and volunteer, and also volunteered for one season with the girl's lacrosse team. He was head coach for both boys and girls cross-country from 1995-2003 and had several outstanding teams. The boy's team was state Class SS runner-up in 2000 and Class M champion in 2001 and won the ECC championship in 2002. He was instrumental in the creation of cross-country teams at Stonington’s two middle schools and established the annual middle school race which also includes runners from Saint Michael School. The Tom McCoy Fun Runs have been part of the local running scene for 34 years, and he represented the area as an Olympic Torch Carrier in 1984. He has been an active member of Saint Michael Parish and is a past recipient of the Westerly-Pawcatuck YMCA Service to Youth Award.

A veteran of the Korean War, he retired after a long career at Electric Boat. He is a graduate of Forest Hills High School, Queens, New York, and Eastern Connecticut State University.

Sports:

• Football

• Cross Country

• Track

• Track and Field

Tyler McCabe participated in football, cross-country, indoor track, and outdoor track at Stonington High School. He moved from football to cross-country as a senior, and won the Eastern Connecticut Conference and Connecticut Class M meets, and earned All-New England status. He earned All-New England status in outdoor track in 1998. He was a member of the 1998 and 1999 Class M Outdoor Track championship teams, and he won individual ECC titles in both indoor and outdoor track in each of his four years, as well as two Class M indoor titles and four outdoor titles. He holds school records in the indoor 800-, 1000-, and 1600-meter races as well as the 1600-meter sprint medley, and holds outdoor records in the 1600- and 3000-, and 5000-meter races and the sprint medley.

He had an outstanding career at Providence College, earning All-Big East honors in all three seasons as a senior, as well as All-New England and All-District (Northeast) Cross-Country honors in the same year when he served as team captain. He was a part of a Big East Cross-Country championship in 2000, and the team won the New England Cross-Country Championship in 2000, 2001, and 2002.