History Spotlight
Our Most Famous Residents Written by Doug Humes
G
rowing up in the 1950s through the 1990s, you would have come across these names:
Joe “the Rocking Bird” Niagara one of the first rock and roll disc jockeys John Facenda the voice of NFL Films (some say the “Voice of God!”) Danny Murtaugh manager of the 1960 World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates Gino Marchetti Hall of Fame pro football player for the Baltimore Colts, and the person for whom the Gino’s fast food franchise was named Paul Arizin Hall of Fame professional basketball player for the Philadelphia Warriors
William J. “Wild Bill” Guarnere, Sr. a member of the 101st Airborne Division who parachuted into France and fought their way to Germany as part of the “Band of Brothers,” chronicled in Stephen Ambrose’s 1993 book and the subsequent miniseries of the same name Jack Whitaker a sports broadcaster who called play by play for the Philadelphia Eagles, as well as the first Super Bowl game in 1967. How great would it be to go to a party and have all of those people assembled in one place? As it turns out, they ARE assembled in one place, and have a Marple connection: their final resting place at SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery on Sproul Road. As far as I can determine, none of those men were born or raised here, and how each one ended up here is a story that each family will have to tell. The Cemetery is operated by the Catholic Church, so the other thing that each of these famous folks likely had in common was their Catholic faith.
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