Frank Marocco had his own cheering section when he was one of
Aliquippa High School’s most honored football stars in the 1950s. He
was one of 14 children of Eleuterio and Maria
Marocco and spent his entire scholastic athletic career in
Aliquippa. In junior high school, Frank played football under
Sam Milanovich
Sr and basketball under
Roger Jones. As a sophomore in high
school, he was a member of Coach
Carl Aschman’s
1952 WPIAL championship grid squad. Frank became a starter in 1953 as an offensive
guard and middle linebacker and was named to the All County team. He
was Quip co-captain in 1954 and earned more honors: All County on
both offense and defense, first team WPIAL and UPI, and Wigwam High
School All American. Frank played college football at North
Carolina State under another Aliquippa Hall of Famer,
Bill Smaltz.
He captained the freshman team before becoming a starter as a
sophomore as guard and linebacker, and the Wolfpack won the Atlantic
Coast Conference title that season. As a junior in 1958 he also took
on punting duties. During his senior season, he made 24 solo tackles
in a game against South Carolina and was named All Atlantic Coast
Conference for the second time. Starting in 1960 Frank served as
junior high grid coach at Aliquippa and later as varsity defensive
coach. The Quips won the 1964 WPIAL crown by holding Monongahela to
zero yards rushing. Frank served as head football coach at
Ambridge High School from 1968 to 1978. Frank was inducted into the
Aliquippa Sports Hall of Fame in 1979.
Frank Marocco had his own cheering section when he was one of
Aliquippa High School’s most honored football stars in the 1950s. He
was one of 14 children of Eleuterio and Maria
Marocco and spent his entire scholastic athletic career in
Aliquippa. In junior high school, Frank played football under