^More sports references from...Syracuse Academy of Science Charter(6"9' big man has major triple double in high scoring game against Rome Free Academy):
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=...95054535102207
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid...12830936418276
Christian Brothers Academy(Syracuse, with another Football player getting interest from a D1 program(Pitt):
https://twitter.com/Marquan58/status...D&refsrc=email
John Jay-East Fishkill(heading to Hartwick):
https://twitter.com/Jayden_Miller4/s...20593621746169
Buffalo Public's Bennett High(on a visit to Penn State):
https://twitter.com/ClemonsDemari/st...D&refsrc=email
Poughkeepsie High:
https://twitter.com/sports_pioneer/s...D&refsrc=email
https://twitter.com/sports_pioneer/s...D&refsrc=email
Canisius High in Buffalo(another offer, this time from Pitt, currently a Freshman):
https://twitter.com/ElijahKimble0/st...D&refsrc=email
Buffalo Public's McKinley High(heading to Utica University):
https://twitter.com/McKinleyMacksFB/...D&refsrc=email
If you are a baller and are in Syracuse during the summer, a place to go for good runs:
https://www.facebook.com/EliteBasket...46309812755314
Also, a historical military reference born and raised/lived in Gloversville, Iwo Jima survivor, one of first Black Marines, dies:
https://www.timesunion.com/news/arti...ly%20headlines
"GLOVERSVILLE — Ambrose “Cowboy†Anderson, a survivor of both Iwo Jima and a segregated military that treated the Black Marine as a second-class citizen, died Tuesday. He was 98.
His friend Mark Yingling, who coordinates bimonthly conversations between World War II veterans, said Anderson died surrounded by his family, and feeling, despite all that he endured, happy and willing to do it all over again.
“Ambrose, his situation was more than unique,†Yingling said of his friend who was a Congressional Gold Medal recipient. “When you listen to the things he had to endure, the system of racism, the rules and regulations were meant to be racist. It’s just unbelievable and it hurts my heart to think of the kind of abuse he endured.â€
But Anderson, who was known as “Cowboy†since he was a child, grew up insulated from all that in Gloversville. As a child, he loved running around with neighborhood kids, Black and white, playing cops and robbers. One day, while running between houses, a neighbor told him to “slow down cowboy.†The name stuck.
Born Aug. 28, 1925, he knew hardship early on when his mother, Hattie, died when he was 11. His father, a city worker, carried the family through, making sure Anderson completed high school where he was feted as a standout football player.
In 2011 he told the Times Union that when he was drafted by the military in 1943 he wanted to join the Navy. But while waiting at the Albany recruiting office, the recruiter told him he had to join the Marines.
It wasn’t until he was leaving for training at Montford Point, the Black barracks at Camp LeJeune, N.C., that he learned being Black meant being treated differently.
“He knew about racism, but leaving Gloversville was his real first exposure to extreme bigotry and racism,†Yingling said. “First thing, he took his seat on the bus to Montford Point and they said to him ‘what the hell are you doing’ and they moved him to the back. He said he never ever experienced that or anything like it.â€
Yingling said Anderson described Montford Point as “a God-forsaken mosquito-infested piece of land.â€
“They didn’t even have decent accommodations,†Yingling said. “They had tar paper shacks.â€
As he told the Times Union, “There was no fighting for equality in the Marine Corps. We did what we were supposed to do and lived with it.â€
Then came 1945 and Iwo Jima. On the way to the battle, the ship Anderson was on was attacked by a Japanese kamikaze fighter plane. The sailor running the anti-aircraft gun needed someone to feed him the ammunition to stave off the enemy aircraft. And Anderson, who was trained to do that, jumped into action to keep the ammunition coming — something that was technically disallowed because the gunner was white.
“When you’re under fire, you don’t care who’s helping you get out,†Yingling said, “You want to get out alive. Your color doesn’t matter.â€
Ultimately, most of the white and Black infantrymen agreed, forming an alliance that helped the Americans win the battle of Iwo Jima. After that, the 8th Ammunition Company corporal served in Sasebo, Japan.
After the war, Anderson told the Times Union, he was discouraged again. While the country was celebrating its white soldiers, Black troops who served were excluded from the GI Bill that would have supported them with mortgages, business loans and paying for college tuition.
He told the Times Union, he struggled to find a job, but landed on as a truck mechanic for Ryder. He retired from there in 1986. Anderson married twice. He had two children with his first wife and four with Betty, his partner of 47 years who died in 2004.
In 2020, the state Senate awarded Anderson with the Liberty Medal, one of the state’s highest honors for service and valor.
“Unfortunately, Corporal Anderson, and many of the African Americans who served at the time experienced racism and discrimination and did not get the recognition he and his colleagues deserved,†Sen. James Tedisco, R-Saratoga Springs, said in the statement in 2020. “I am proud and honored to help rectify that in some way with this long-overdue heartfelt recognition by the state of New York for Ambrose Anderson’s courageous service.â€
Despite the hardships, Yingling said, in the end, Anderson was two things: a proud Marine and a humble person.
One of Yingling’s favorite memories of Anderson was when he was presented with a dress-blue Marine uniform in 2021 at The Hangar 743 in Colonie.
“He always wanted dress blues. He was so proud to put them on,†Yingling said. “I’m really going to miss him.â€
More:
https://brbsfuneral.com/tribute/deta.../obituary.html
https://news.va.gov/98049/veteranoft...rose-anderson/
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ca...arine-reflects
In the front row as a Basketball player and one of a few black players on the Football team at Gloversville HS in 1943:
https://www.classmates.com/siteui/ye...149943?page=50
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