2005 Gateway Hall Of Fame Inductees
Gateway Sports Hall of Fame | 2005 Gateway Hall Of Fame Inductees
Don Hahnfeldt - Class Of 1962
WPIAL Runner-Up Swimmer Of The Year
WPIAL Diving Champion
PIAA Diving Champion (first ever from Gateway in any sport)
YMCA Pa Men's Open Diving Champion
Full Scholarship to University of Pittsburgh
Captain of Pitt's Swim Team
Top Diver - Eastern Collegiate Competition
Dick Rivers - Class Of 1965
Lettered in Football, Basketball & Track
Dardanell Press East Suburban High School Football All Star Team
Honorable Mention - Pittsburgh Post Gazette Football All Star Team
Threw the Discus, Javelin & Shot Put
Played on Gateway's 1964 Basketball Team - WPIAL
Quarterfinalists (lost to champion Midland)
Lettered in Football - US Air Force Academy
Rich Porac - Class Of 1970
2 Year Baseball Letterman
3 Year Basketball Letterman
All Section All Star
Member of Dapper Dan All Star Team
Honorable Mention - All State All Star Team
Scholarship to University of Maryland (ACC)
Played on 1972 NIT Championship Team
Tom Toman - Class Of 1974
Outstanding Jr High Athletic Career (Undefeated in all 8th & 9th grade Football and Basketball games)
An Integral Part of the 1972 WPIAL Championship Football Team
4 Year Letter Earner in baseball
Drafted by Chicago White Sox
Played Six Years of Minor League Baseball
Currently a local celebrity - Buffo - the World's Strongest Clown
Todd Leeson - Class Of 1982
Pittsburgh Press Finest 44 Football All Star Team
Keystone Classic Football Top 100 State Of Pa
1st Team AAAA Eastern Conference Football All Star
All Conference Linebacker
First Team All Conference Baseball Player
Basketball Letterman
Football Scholarship to the College of William & Mary
Captain and 3 Year Starter
Tony Forte - Retired Teacher & Coach
39 Years of Physical Education Service
Taught Phys Ed to over 12,000 Students
Coached - Basketball, Football, Baseball,
Track, Gymnastics, Volleyball and Hockey
1974 WPIAL AA Football Co-Champions
Head Coach Pete Antimarino
11 Wins 0 Losses 1 Tie (6-6 Upper St Clair November 23, 1974 at Pitt Stadium)
One of Gateway's Strongest Teams of All Time
Many Players Went On To Play at the Collegiate Level
Led by Captains: Kevin Staymates, Kevin Plowman, John Palermo & Keith Baklarz