Paul Bartolomeo and MVP Jim Grazione after the 1954 City Title victory Coach Bartolomeo's All-Scholastic / All-City Players FIRST TEAM     Ed Cook T 1949 Joe Schultz E 1948 Bill Brannau B 1948 John Lavin E 1950 John McDonnell B 1951 Joe DiGrazio T 1952 Ray Lardani T 1954 Jim Grazione B 1954 Andy Terifay E 1958 Ed Lamb C 1969 John DiFeliciantonio DG 1972 Jerry Smith Rec. 1975 Nasario Dunn DL 1977 Ernie Cimadamore P 1978 SECOND TEAM     Jack Dunn T 1948 John Lavin E 1949 John Solari B 1949 Tony Latronica B 1950 Tony Capuano G 1954 Ron Hill G 1963 Fran Seeley C 1968 Joe Esposito DB 1974 Tom Noreski DB 1976 John Masciocchi DB 1977 THIRD TEAM     Bob Smith E 1970

Paul "Bart" Bartolomeo Tribute Page   Paul "Bart" Bartolomeo coached the football team at South Catholic (a k a Southeast Catholic), Bishop Neumann and St. John Neumann for 33 seasons (1946-78), winning xxx games, two Catholic League championships and one City Title(along with a tie in another CT). This story was written before he coached the Pirates for the final time . . . By Ted Silary   Since circulation figures for Saturday editions of most newspapers are not exactly sky high, you might have missed an important story on Nov, 11, one that announced the imminent retirement of Paul Bartolomeo after 33 years as head football coach at St. John Neumann High (nee Southeast Catholic, nee Bishop Neumann) in South Philadelphia.   So, while informing the laggards on one hand and beginning to give the man his proper due on the other, let us remind you that tomorrow's Thanksgiving morning game with arch-rival Southern at 12th and Bigler streets will really be the last.   As you might remember -- having fended off rumors for all of this season and, undoubtedly, a few others -- Bartolomeo told the team of his decision back at school following the Pirates' first win, 20-12, over Roman Catholic at the A.A. Garthwaite Field in Conshohocken.   But if you think the man they call "Bart" was overcome by emotion before that night was over, just try to catch his act about 12 noon tomorrow.   "I don't look forward to walking off that field," Bartolomeo said. "It's going to be tough. I hope I don't make an ass of myself.   "You know, I thought I could handle it OK after the Roman game, my last in the Catholic League, and for awhile, I did. But when we got back to school, I just couldn't do it any more (according to reports that leaked out later, Bart cried uncontrollably). I still feel depressed about it because coaching football is something I've loved so long.   "The word has slowly gotten around school. When kids come into my office and say they're sorry, I tell them not to worry and to just feel happy for me, that I'm finally doing it. Thirty-three years. Boy, that's amazing."   Strangely enough, Bartolomeo did not even seek the coaching job at Southeast Catholic, then located at 7th and Christian Sts., when it opened in the spring of 1946.   AFTER SETTING many records at Southern from 1931-33 - known as " Iron Man," he played every minute in 24 straight games - Bart became a star at Holy Cross, assisted one year at Southern (1938), two at Roman (1939-40) and in 1942 joined the Navy, which made him a chief specialist in athletics and sent him to coach the JV at Dartmouth.   "I came home in October of '45 and I was set to work for a finance company," he said. "I got a visit from Jack Ryan (long-time schoolboy reporter for The Bulletin) and he asked me, 'Bart, would you like to coach at South Catholic? ' I said, 'Hell, South Catholic can't even win a ballgame.' He told me, 'Well, you don't have much choice because I already put your name in.' Before I knew it, I had the job. I started teaching in March of '46.   "We lost every game my first year and, in the middle of it, I went and asked the athletic director if I could play sophomores. He told me to go ahead. We won half our games the next year and we won the title in '48. In the next five years, we lost just one game each year and the teams that beat us won the championship. In '54, we won again.    continued right below . . .

SEASON BY SEASON Catholic League 1946: 0-8 1947: 4-4 1948: 8-0 1949: 6-1-1 1950: 6-1-1 1951: 6-1 1952: 6-1 1953: 6-1 1954: 7-0 1955: 4-2-1 1956: 5-2-1 1957: 5-2 1958: 7-2 1959: 2-7 1960: 5-4 1961: 5-4 1962: 3-4-1 1963: 2-3-1 1964: 3-2-1 1965: 5-2 1966: 2-5 1967: 4-3 1968: 5-2 1969: 4-3-1 1970: 3-5 1971: 3-4 1972: 4-3 1973: 1-6 1974: 3-4 1975: 3-3-1 1976: 1-6 1977: 2-5 1978: 1-6 Total: 131-106-8 --- Overall 1946: 0-9 1947: 4-5 1948: 10-0-1 1949: 6-2-1 1950: 8-1 1951: 8-1 1952: 7-2 1953: 7-2 1954: 10-0-1 1955: 4-3-1 1956: 6-2-2 1957: 6-2 1958: 8-2 1959: 3-7 1960: 6-4 1961: 6-4 1962: 5-4-1 1963: 4-4-1 1964: 3-5-1 1965: 7-2 1966: 3-6 1967: 5-4-1 1968: 7-3 1969: 5-4-1 1970: 4-6 1971: 4-5 1972: 6-3 1973: 2-8 1974: 4-5 1975: 5-4-1 1976: 2-7 1977: 3-7 1978: 2-7 Total: 170-130-12 -- CATHOLIC LEAGUE TITLES 1948 1854 CITY TITLES 1948 (tie) 1954

  "THE '48 TEAM gave up only one TD through 10 games, then beat North, 19-7, in the championship game. That was my
best defensive team. The '54 team was based more on offense. That was our best at putting points on the board.
  "You know, I never planned to stay around for 33 years. It just happened. In the early days, we had regular football, a few
weeks of spring football, then it was into baseball (Bart has coached that for 32 years and is in his ninth as the athletic
director) and before you knew it, it was early August and we were back into football. One season just evolved into the next.
  "Hell, before I knew it I'd put in 12 years, then 20, then 25. I thought about getting out of it at that time, but I never brought
myself around to doing it. The longer you wait, the harder it is. That's why I've got to do it now."
  Though he often carries himself in a serious manner, Bart's deep-down humor is quite infectious when he permits it to
surface. Over the years, many a player, after messing up, has heard the line, "You're going to be one of the chapters in my
book."
  "I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT about writing a book," Bartolomeo said. " It could really be worth reading, filled with little
anecdotes I've gathered over the years . . . the sad times, the happy times, the exasperating instances, the great people I've
known, the horses' asses I've known, the irate parents. Who knows, I still might do it. Unfortunately, I've never written that
kind of stuff down.
  "I wouldn't go into Xs and Os at all. There are enough books for that. What it would be, would be a book for guys who are
trying to decide if they'd like to be coaches. Maybe I could forewarn some guys a little.
  "One year at camp, we had a doozy of an experience. We were practicing one morning and when we finished, I saw two of
my kids walk off into nearby woods. I didn't give it much thought, but the next morning we're practicing again and this cop
car comes steaming toward me.
  "The cop gets out and says, 'When's your team leaving? ' I tell him tomorrow so he says, 'Make sure of that and keep them
under control.'
  "I'M THINKING, 'God, what could have happened to get this guy so upset?' As it turned out, during their journey my
players had come across a big wheel- type valve and twisted it open.
  "Hell, they didn't know what they were doing - they could have been setting off an H-bomb and destroying the country - but
what happened was, they drained all the water out of a man-made pond that was stocked with expensive fish. And the fish
all died."
  Aside from his coaching and story-telling talents, Bartolomeo is also a whiz with records and stats. Not only does the list of
All-Catholic players which accompanies this article come directly from file cards in his desk, but if you are so inclined, you can
find out the exact number of games in which a player participated. He also has a list of which players won varsity letters.
  And when Bartolomeo says he can recall almost every first name, don't even think of mounting a challenge.
  UNDERSTANDABLY, Bart is reluctant to classify his players because that's one sure way to receive a lot of flak. (For the
record, though, tackle Ed Cook went the furthest, playing from 1958-67 in the NFL with the Cardinals and Falcons. Bart this
year is coaching Cook's son, Ed Jr., a junior defensive tackle). You won't believe this, but the elder Cook was not picked first
team All-Catholic in his senior year, though Jack Ryan did name him first team All-Scholastic.
  "Besides the quality of some of our players," said Bart, "the thing that's always amazed me has been their tenacity. Every
day, it's down to League Island Park (now FDR Park), where there are no facilities to take a shower or even relieve ourselves.
  "A LOT OF TIMES, the building the kids change in - which has no hot water, broken windows and usually stinks - is colder
than the outside because it's brick with a cement floor. When we were at the old school, the kids used to take the trolley and
they'd arrive in drips and drabs. Now we go down there in shifts and come back in shifts because we don't have enough big
vehicles."
  As Bart, who coached the Pirates to Catholic League baseball titles in '52, '53, '58 and '60 and holds the honor of being No.
1 on the school system's seniority list, prepares for his final football game, his overall record is 169-130-12. Against Southern,
it's 25-6-1.
  "You know," he said, "I'd appreciate it if you get in my views on coaching. In all my years, I've wondered why everybody
wants to kill the coach all the time. I mean, you never hear of someone coming into a school and saying, 'Hey, your
chemistry teacher stinks. Why not hire me?'
  "BUT WHEN IT comes to football - all sports, really - evvvv-ree- buddy's a coach. You go down to the corner saloon and
it's loaded with Joe Paternos and Bear Bryants."
  Meanwhile, there's only one Paul Bartolomeo and you can rest assured he'll be missed.
  "Ah," said Bart, leaning back in his office chair and folding his arms, "I'm looking forward to the chance to relax. But I'll
have to learn how to do that all over because it's been so long I probably forget. If I have one regret, I guess that's it, that I
didn't spend enough time with my family.
  "Anyway, even though I won't be part of it next year, I'll still be in the middle of it. You know what I mean? I just can't
fade away."
  **NOTE: In Bart's last game, Neumann beat Southern, 7-6, as Bob Hayes ran 1 yard for a score on the second play of
the fourth quarter and Ernie Cimadamore kicked the PAT.**

This coverage occurred after "Bart" steered the Pirates to the 1954 City Title . . .

30,000 See South Romp to City Title, 34-0

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  Below are the players who earned first or second team Coaches' All-Catholic honors during Paul
"Bart" Bartolomeo's 33 seasons as the coach at South Catholic/Neumanne.
 

Pos.	FIRST TEAM	Year	Pos.	FIRST TEAM (Cont.)	Year
C	Dick Gagliardi	1948	L	George Stuski	1971
E	Joe Schultz	1948	DL	Mike DiSalvatore	1971
B	Bill Brannau	1948	LB	Mickey Adams	1971
T	Dick Gilroy	1949	L	John DiFeliciantonio	1972
E	John Lavin	1949	DL	John DiFeliciantonio	1972
B	John Solari	1949	DE	Nick Notto	1972
G	John Bonavitacola	1950	L	Paul Ruffenach	1973
E	John Lavin	1950	DE	Sam Armadio	1974
B	Tony Latronica	1950	DB	Joe Esposito	1974
G	Joe DiGrazio	1951	E	Jerry Smith	1975
B	John McDonnell	1951	QB	Mike DeLuca	1975
B	Lou Solari	1951	DE	Pat McLaughlin	1975
T	Joe DiGrazio	1952	C	Gabe Mastrobuno	1976
E	Joe Kelly	1952	E	Jerry Smith	1976
G	Anthony Scelzi	1953	DL	Ed Braceland	1976
E	Charley Bastian	1953	L	Carmen Faralli	1977
G	Tony Capuano	1954	DL	Nasario Dunn	1977
T	Ray Lardani	1954	DB	Rich Yannelli	1977
B	Jim Grazione	1954	DB	John Masciocchi	1977
B	Bill Boegly	1954	DE	Lou Cambria	1978
T	Pete Patane	1955	Pos.	SECOND TEAM	Year
B	Jim Joyce	1955	G	Ed Garstkiewicz	1947
G	Gene Burgese	1957	G	Jim Greider	1948
E	Andy Terifay	1957	T	Ed Czarnecki	1948
B	Pat Drass	1957	E	Lou Mimmo	1948
E	Andy Terifay	1958	B	Jim D'Amico	1948
B	Dick "Reds" Mattioli	1958	T	Ed Cook	1949
G	Pat McCann	1960	B	John Butrus	1949
B	Earl Geissler	1960	G	Al Del Vecchio	1950
B	Frank Borrelli	1960	T	Pete Sandusky	1950
C	Joe DeWitt	1961	E	John Smith	1950
G	Anthony Giuliante	1961	C	Ray Liberatore	1951
G	Ron Hill	1963	E	Don DiMatteo	1951
G	Lou Penna	1964	T	Tom Healy	1952
RB	Joe Naselli	1964	B	Joe Moshinski	1952
E	Jim Gaynor	1965	B	Charley Muzio	1952
QB	Tom DiMuzio	1965	G	Tony Capuano	1953
L	Mike Barbieri	1966	B	Bill Boegly	1953
L	Frank Seeley	1967	C	Nick D'Antonio	1954
L	Ralph Zagrabbe	1967	E	Jim Tobin	1954
RB	Tony Malerba	1967	B	Joe Nardo	1954
C	Ed Lamb	1968	T	Al Banfi	1955
L	Fran Seeley	1968	E	Tony Squilla	1955
RB	Tony Malerba	1968	B	Bob Capone	1956
C	Ed Lamb	1969	C	Pete Jurgaitis	1958
L	Dennis Patrizio	1969	RB	Ron Chiumento	1961
DE	Don Capone	1969	RB	Rocco Lombardo	1964
DB	Joe Sirolli	1969	C	Nick Fantazzi	1965
E	Bob Smith	1970	L	Steve Caporiccio	1965

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Recaps of Catholic League Championship Seasons 1948 Decided in Regular Season South (8-0-0)     In a night game before 30,000 at Shibe Park, the Pirates improved to 8-0-0 and captured their first title in 14 years of CL membership by topping West, 13-0. South had never before posted better than a .500 league record. The first TD came as Joe Schultz blocked a punt and Dick DeLuca ran 7 yards on a return. Jim D'Amico's interception set up Bill Powers's 1-yard TD run. North went 7-1-0 for second. 1954 Decided in Regular Season South (7-0-0)     The title was clinched with a week remaining as the Pirates, before 25,000 at Municipal Stadium, downed St. James, 19-7. South extended an unbeaten streak to 14 games; St. James saw its streak end at 17. Bill Boegly scored once apiece on a reception and a run. Jim Grazione scored on an interception. In its finale, South hammered Roman, 39-0, as Grazione passed 11-for-13 for 209 yards and three TDs and scored on a 70-yard punt return.

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Recaps of Tie/Win in City Titles 1948 At Franklin Field Frankford 6, South Catholic 6 (tie)     Frankford's Ernie Liberati rushed 28 times for 126 yards and a 1-yard TD with 2:10 remaining, then Dick Gagliardi blocked Howard Graham's PAT to preserve the tie. Liberati carried the ball seven times on Frankford's nine-play, 54-yard drive. South scored with 7:05 left on Bill Brannau's 12-yard toss to Joe Schultz, who was wide with his PAT. 1954 At Franklin Field South Catholic 34, Frankford 0     Jim Grazione completed 7 of 17 passes for 102 yards and two TDs to Tony DeSantis (4-71) as South extended its two-season unbeaten streak under coach Paul "Bart" Bartolomeo to 17 games. Grazione also had an interception. Bill Boegly added 131 yards and a TD on 15 carries and Jim Tobin made three catches for 31 yards. For Frankford, John Wright carried 13 times for 64 yards.

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Recaps of Catholic League Championship Seasons 1952 South Decided in Regular Season     Mike Nardi had three RBI on a triple and single as the Pirates downed St. John's, 9-2. Reliever Jack Catanio allowed two hits in six innings, striking out seven. He'd pitched a four-hitter the day before. John McDonnell had a solo homer. 1953 At Temple's Erny Field South 6, St. John's 1     George Chew had three RBI and Joe Catanio pitched a six-hitter as the Pirates topped the tiny Manayunk school. Mike Nardi (four singles) and Rocco Buonpastore (two hits, three runs) also starred. For St. John's, Jack Brill had the RBI and Joe O'Brien went the distance. 1958 Best-of-Three Series At Dougherty Neumann 6, Dougherty 0     Al Famiglietti allowed three hits and mowed down 14 batters while Charlie Chew had two hits and scored two runs. At Neumann Dougherty 8, Neumann 5     Jim Dalton had a double and three singles for four RBI and Jack Shepper spun a five-hitter. At Temple's Erny Field Neumann 4, Dougherty 0     After being hammered for 13 hits in Game 2, Al Famiglietti fought back with a four-hit, nine-strikeout performance. He also collected two RBI. 1960 At La Salle College Neumann 10, Judge 2     The Pirates exploded for four in the first and six in the seventh to fashion the rout. Ron Chiumento went 2-for-2 with a double and triple for three RBI while John Piccolo was almost as successful (2-for-3, double, three RBI). Frank Ciaciak allowed eight hits, fanned six. Judge pitcher Jake Gaffney went 2-for-3 with an RBI.

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Recaps of Wins in City Titles 1952 At Shibe Park South Catholic 4, Frankford 3     Jack Catanio pitched a seven-hitter while Howie Cooper had two RBI and scored two runs. Charley Muzio started a three-run visiting fifth with a triple off the leftfield wall. The winning run scored in the eighth on a passed ball. Frankford's Frank Russo had a 380-foot double to left-center. 1953 At Connie Mack Stadium South Catholic 5, Central 2     The Pirates scored three in the eighth and one in the ninth to win it. Charley Muzio tripled to start the eighth and scored on Frank Rodano's single. Pinch-hitter Ray Norton later got two runs home on a single compounded by an error. Tony Catanio allowed six hits, all singles. Central's Irv "Itz" Lipoff went 2-for-4, with a steal and one RBI. 1958 At Connie Mack Stadium Neumann 6, Lincoln 5     The Pirates overcame a 5-0 lead and received a strong, two-pronged performance from Al Famiglietti. He gave up 10 hits and walked five and his mates made seven errors, but he fanned 10 to force Lincoln into stranding 15 runners. Famiglietti also drove in the winning run in the 10th and started a three-run rally in the seventh that featured Tom Daley's two-run, inside-the-park homer. Lincoln's Bruce Baron went 2-for-5 with two RBI.