Larry
Blaney founded the Aliquippa High School Conservation, Fishing, and
Hunting Club in 1938, the oldest scholastic
organization of its kind in the nation. Throughout the years the
famous club has been honored by winning ten national, four
state, four county, and 22 local awards. Larry was inducted into
the Aliquippa Sports Hall of Fame for his conservation work, and
the Hopewell High School Conservation Club
named its museum the Lawrence F Blaney Museum. The Conservation Club gives an
annual top student award in his name. Larry was also a star athlete
and successful coach in his younger days, who played halfback on the
undefeated Monaca High School teams of 1922 and 1923 and was a
hard-hitting fullback at Edinboro State College. He coached briefly
at Edinboro before coming to Aliquippa High School as a teacher and
assistant football coach under
Nate Lippe and
Carl Aschman. For many
years Larry was an outdoor writer for The Beaver County Times,
specializing in conservation themes. Larry was nominated for the
Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame in the fall of 1979 as a
conservationist but died at age 74 before he was elected.
Larry
Blaney founded the Aliquippa High School Conservation, Fishing, and
Hunting Club in 1938, the oldest scholastic
organization of its kind in the nation. Throughout the years the
famous club has been honored by winning ten national, four
state, four county, and 22 local awards. Larry was inducted into
the Aliquippa Sports Hall of Fame for his conservation work, and
the Hopewell High School Conservation Club
named its museum the Lawrence F Blaney Museum. The Conservation Club gives an
annual top student award in his name. Larry was also a star athlete
and successful coach in his younger days, who played halfback on the
undefeated Monaca High School teams of 1922 and 1923 and was a
hard-hitting fullback at Edinboro State College. He coached briefly
at Edinboro before coming to Aliquippa High School as a teacher and
assistant football coach under