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  k0 t, y2 A& _, `  K! bMary Dell and Frank Reich, Jr., are second cousins and descendants of a family tree that spans at least three generations of impressive athletic accomplishments that began in Steelton and spread across the Susquehanna River into Boiling Springs, New Cumberland and even Lebanon."I guess it's kind of like six degrees of the Tezak[/Reich] family," joked Dell, the former Boiling Springs and current Shippensburg University track and field standout.About the only thing that parallels their athletic accomplishments is their modesty   an admirable trait instilled in them by a quiet, unassuming, World War II veteran named Rudolph Tezak.Rudy Tezak was born in Lauren, Montana in 1923 and was the youngest of Joseph and Mary Tezak's 10 children. His father,discount soccer jerseys online, Joe, was a Slovenian immigrant that was smuggled in a coffin as a young boy from his home country to Italy before arriving in the United States.Joe Tezak settled in Montana to follow the oil business before uprooting his family and eventually settling east in Steelton.Rudy began playing sports at a young age and went on to star in both football and track and field at old Harrisburg Catholic (now Bishop McDevitt) in the late 1930's and early 1940's.He was a standout left halfback on some of Catholic's stalwart teams,cheap china jerseys free shipping, including Ralph "Heavy" Farina's 1941 squad that went 9 1 and captured the Central Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship.That team also played in the Eastern Pennsylvania title game, but fell to Philadelphia West Catholic.But it was in track and field where Rudy would make his biggest mark.Later that school year in 1942, he set a Class A record of 10 3 1/2 in the pole vault at the Shippensburg Invitational. Not an astounding mark by today's standards, but back then, pole vaulters used bamboo poles unlike today's poles made of fiberglass and carbon fiber.Also in his unforgettable senior year of '42,big nfl jerseys, Rudy Tezak and three others ran the 15th race of the high school one mile relays of the annual Penn Relay Carnival in Philadelphia.Tezak ran the second leg of the relay and stretched his team's lead en route to he,nfl practice jerseys, lead man George Salinger,wholesale Demaryius Thomas jerseys, third leg Anthony Petrasic and anchor Frank Hinnikamp winning the race and bringing a gold medal back to the Harrisburg area.After graduating from Harrisburg Catholic,cheap flames jerseys, Tezak joined the Marines and fought in World War II. After the war,super bowl xlvii jerseys, he returned home and continued his academic and athletic career at Shippensburg State Teachers College, graduating in 1950.Eight years later, Rudy Tezak married M. Clare Sanders of New Cumberland and also enjoyed a long teaching career at White Hill Correctional Institute (now SCI Camp Hill).Rudy and Clare Tezak had three children,cheap jerseys wholesale site, sons Tom and Robert and a daughter,columbus blue jackets authentic jerseys, Marianne.They all followed in their father's footsteps and took up track and field at Cedar Cliff High School. Marianne (class of '77) excelled in both track and field hockey,buy jerseys cheap, the latter of which led her to a college career at Elizabethtown.Robert ('78) was a standout pole vaulter for the Colts and the youngest,cheap fresno state bulldogs jerseys from china, Tom ('83) competed in track, football and baseball.In track,cheap california golden bears jerseys from china, Tom Tezak was originally a sprinter until a knee injury before his senior year slowed him down. Upon recovering in time for the spring season of 1983, then Cliff coach John Kambich was in search of a hurdler."He took me out in the parking lot and put a hurdle and told me to jump over it,Authentic Female NFL Jerseys Elaborate Design Welcome Order," Tezak said."After doing that a couple of times,wholesale devils socks, he must have liked what he saw, because he told me 'you're my new hurdler.'"Kambich recalled how quickly Tom Tezak, despite being just 5 foot 8,2015 The Most Popular Replica Soccer Jerseys Online Sale, hooked on to the hurdles. So much so, the 38 year veteran made a bold prediction heading into the 1983 Mid Penn Conference Track and Field Championships.
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