Remembering  COACH STAN COX

May 12, 2005

From: Herm Haller and Del Havens
 

COACH STAN COX PASSED AWAY AT AGE 79.

STAN COX WAS A TOUGH COACH BUT WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR ALL HIS PLAYERS...

EVEN AFTER HIGH SCHOOL..

COACH STAN COX, JON OHLSON, JOHN MARCHINOWSKI, HERM HALLER

STAN COULD BE FOUND PLAYING LOCAL SOFTBALL WITH THE OLD MASTIC HOUR GANG...
HE WAS ONE HECK OF A SOFTBALL PLAYER..

THIS WAS ANOTHER SPORT BESIDE VARSITY BASKETBALL THAT STAN HANDLED AT BHS ... ..
REMEMBER ANY OF THESE YOUNG GUYS?

IT SHOULD BE KNOWN THAT STAN WAS ON HIS WAY TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES
AS A HARD HITTING CATCHER AFTER HIS COLLEGE DAYS...

ONLY HE WAS DEALT A PAIR OF POOR KNEES AND HIS
MINOR LEAGUE CAREER WAS CUT SHORT BY CONSTANT INJURIES....

AAA WITH THE YANKEES WAS THE LEVEL 
STAN FINISHED HE BASEBALL CAREER AND RETURNED TO BELLPORT TO COACH.

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