Larry Bruno retired from coaching in January of
1979 after twenty seasons as head football coach at Beaver
Falls High School, where his Tiger teams piled up a 134-52-9 record. His 1960 Tigers, led by quarterback
Joe
Namath, had a perfect 10-0 record and were awarded the WPIAL Class A
title without a playoff because they were the only unbeaten and
untied team in the top class. The 1961 Tigers, quarterbacked by
Butch Ryan, also had a 10-0 record but didn’t have enough Gardner
points to qualify for the playoffs. Coach Bruno’s last team compiled
a fine 11-1 record in the 1978 season, losing only to Knoch High
School in the WPIAL Class AA final. Larry’s combined coaching
careers at Monaca and Beaver Falls High Schools spanned 32 years. At
Monaca, his Indian cagers piled up an excellent total of 156 wins
and 60 losses and won three Section 8 titles. His Monaca grid teams
had a 52-33-6 record. After starring in football and
basketball at East Liverpool High School, Larry played his
collegiate football at Geneva. He was a hard-running fullback and
was selected to play in the 1947 East-West football game in San
Francisco and became the second Genevan (after
Cliff Aultman) to
participate in the annual Shrine game.
Larry Bruno retired from coaching in January of
1979 after twenty seasons as head football coach at Beaver
Falls High School, where his Tiger teams piled up a 134-52-9 record. His 1960 Tigers, led by quarterback