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Skippy wasn't going to wait around although I am surprised he left Miami for Baton Rouge. He started the MD-Downtown program and practiced at Flamingo Park. We practiced right after him. Skip brought Elston Howard, Jr. back to Miami. He had dropped out of Miami and went back home. I think it...

Yep, that's it. It was down lower as I remember. Miami Beach had that small town feel back then. Of course, everybody parked in my dad's garage because everybody banked at Florida National Bank at the time. There was no South America banking on Brickell until later in the 70s.

Don't remember your father's store. There was a clothing store within the old Flagler building where my dad owned a garage in downtown Miami. Really nice Cuban gentleman that treated me like royalty whenever I needed new clothes. By the way, there used to be an athletic shop around 1st...

Skip installed much of what Miami did when he got to Coral Gables. The famous hidden ball trick against Oklahoma State was a play we practiced a lot at Beach when I played. Everything was choreographed to including the bat girl. Miami used the same signals that we used at Beach. Much of the...

On Washington Avenue, it was known as "World Famous" or "Dundee's" Gym. Was in there many times with my dad. He knew Chris fairly well. Jimmy Ellis trained there a lot. So did Ali but not so much. Jimmy Ellis was a really nice man. Remember he had did a exhibition for a bunch of kids. I...

I thought it was Pete Kouchalakas. Just found his obit. Maybe it was Tarsey....lol. I do remember both. But that picture you found is definitely the Kouch I remember. Peter S. Kouchalakos ’44 Peter S. Kouchalakos, Colby ’44, a teacher, coach and school administrator, died August 7 in Coral...

It was Peter Kouchalakas. He loved me. We had to run stations with different types of weights--coffee cans filled with concrete and metal pipe. Kouch was a little guy but one **** of an athlete. As I recall he played football at UM.

LoL, we had a house in Skylake. My brother and sister went to Ojus Elementary in the early 60s. My Pie Pizza was the hang out of Beach kids in the late 70s. Long since gone and overrun by Aventura.

My cousin played safety at Beach in the late 50s. He ended up All-City his senior year. His name is Jimmy Dooley. No relation the Miami Hurricane defensive back and former Chicago Bears coach. He played against Mira and Boog Powell when they went to Key West. He said Powell was a man among...

Yes, Beach still plays at Flamingo Park. Yes, we practiced on the side field at the high school. The high school has been modified and rebuilt. Nautilus is a new structure. Last time I saw the polo statute it was ripped up and by the side parking lot.

1978. We practiced behind the baseball stadium on the grass of the little league field. Yes, we played on Beach High's field. I was at Polo Park almost everyday after school from North Beach or Nautilus.

I played 2 years, 115 and 135. As I recall, I played for Sonny at 115.

Miami High did not lose often in the 1940s and 1950s. They had guys like Arnold Tucker who played at UM for one year before going to West Point where he was the quarterback of arguably the greatest college football teams ever with Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside. On a side note, Tucker just passed...

Yeah, it was crazy. I played Miami Beach Optimist and we would go down to Goulds or play Central Boys Club and I'd be like WTF. It was serious business and the crowds were crazy at a youth game. We held our own. Looking back it was a great experience. Glad I was post-integration although only...

It's really a shame not much of this was captured. The Miami High teams of the 30s, 40s and 50s were dominant nationally and they played out of state powerhouses. My mom cheered for Chattanooga Central in the late 40s and they played Miami High in the Orange Bowl in front of twenty thousand...