Eastside Old-Timers 70th annual reunion

The East Side Old Timers will induct six people into the Hall of Fame. Athletes who grew up on the Eastside are selected for their achievement in sports throughout their lifetime. The following will be recipients of the award:

Michael Iacarella

Youth Sports:

St. Charles – Basketball city champs (71’). VFW - Cub football city champs (72’)

Windom Park - Baseball

Edison High School: Wrestling - 3rd place, 5th place District 5, Track - Pole Vault - 1st place

Edison Tournament          

University of St. Thomas - Intramurals: Touch Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Softball,

Wrestling - won numerous championships in all sports especially Volley and Football.

Sonoma State University - Intramurals: Played on numerous teams and won the school all

sports trophy

Amateur Athletics:

Softball: Various Team and Leagues - Many championship teams over 50 years and still playing

Touch Football: Played on many championship teams for 15 years and then started a league for another 20.

Broomball: Many championship teams and played competitively till age 62.

Volleyball: Played on championship teams in California and Minnesota for 20 years

Rugby: Eastside Rugby Team - initial season and played for 5 years

Golf: Won 3 Lions Club and 2 Edison Community and Sports Foundation Tournaments

Running: 4 Marathons - qualified and ran in Boston; ½ Iron Man Triathlon

Coaching:

Edison High School (1994 – 2023): Soccer - Boys JV -5 years, Girls Varsity 10 years; Wrestling

- Assistant Coach 15 years (5 City Championships, Second place Region 5 AAA, One State Champ); Tennis:15 years; Boys and Girls Golf: 14 years

Personal Life:

Edison Community and Sports Foundations - Board Member 28 years, President 20 years

Edison Scholarship Foundation Committee - President and member 29 years

Midwest Region CTE Teacher of the Year 1996

Edison Alumni Marching Band - Original member since 1977

East Side Old-Timers board member

Edison High School - Business Teacher, Coach (Multiple Sports) 29 years

Married to Vicky (Hoskins) Iacarella for 25 years

Owned a home in northeast for 42 years

Also have a home in Venice Florida

Wayne Nelson

Playing Career

S.E.A.S. (South East All Sports-Van Cleve Park, Minneapolis)

5th thru 9th grade (Hockey, Baseball & Football)

9th grade played Bantam hockey for Lucky ‘Leven-This was a combined

Marshall/Edison team, coached by Mike Doyle (Finished second in the state, lost to

Roseau in multiple overtime Championship game.)

Marshall High School 10th thru 12th grade

Football-2 letters Hockey-3 letters Baseball-3 letters

Baseball-All Conference, Captain, American Legion (Fire & Police) Park National

(Central-Hennepin) both coached by Lefty Cyson.

Hockey-All Conference, All Metro, All State, All American, Captain

Won the Mark Hamilton Award—Best athlete Marshall High School Class of 1964

Full hockey scholarship to Colorado College (WCHA)

Played all four years, Captain senior year

CC record—3 goals in 46 seconds

Also played baseball at CC for 2 years (catcher)

Earned a teaching degree at Colorado College and was recruited by Mike Doyle to be Assistant

Hockey Coach at Edison. Taught and coached at Edison for 9 years and taught and coached at Blaine High School for 30 years. Retired from teaching in 2008.

Coaching Career

Youth Sports

St. Anthony —Baseball - Softball

Roseville —Baseball - Softball - Hockey

High School

Edison— Asst. Hockey Coach under Mike Doyle (9 years)

—Soph. Baseball Coach (9 years)

—Head Softball Coach (5 years)

Blaine—Head Hockey Coach (12 years)

-Soph. Softball Coach (9 years)

Roseville-Asst. Hockey Coach (10 years)

-Two years in the State Hockey Tournament (2002, 2003)

College

Colorado College—One year Freshman Hockey Coach

Personal Life

Married Jayne Lind 56 years ago

Four children Elizabeth, Andrew, Caroline And Peter

Four grandchildren Tyler, Lindsey, Ruby and Jep

Ruby is a ninth grader at Edison and has played on the volleyball and softball teams.

Laura Robillard/Tripicchio

Youth Activities – Laura was active in many neighborhood activities in NE in the

park system, along with her siblings; John, Anne, Greg, Catherine and Jimmy. At

the age of 9 she began tumbling lessons at Waite Park Elementary which began her

long career in gymnastics. Due to the high cost of gymnastics lessons, Laura

benefited from local organizations like this that financially supported the

community.

High School – Laura attended Edison High School where she competed in

Swimming/Diving, Gymnastics and Track. While attending Edison she received

honors in all three sports at the city and regional level and qualified for state

competition in both diving and gymnastics. She was awarded the Athena Award as

a senior for athletic excellence. She was fortunate to have been mentored by many

wonderful coaches and surrounded by other amazing female athletes and friends.

College – Laura attended Winona State University where she received a degree in

Elementary Education, a Math Minor and a Coaching Certificate. During her

college years she competed in gymnastics for four years, assistant coached the

Winona State Team for her fifth year and was a high school gymnastics judge.

During her time at Winona, the gymnastics team won two NAIA National

Championships and Laura was awarded the Scholar Athlete Award her junior and

senior years and was team captain her senior year.

Beyond College – Laura has coached gymnastics for children ages 3-18, been a

gymnastics judge and has been involved in watching her boys play sports. She has

been married to Tony for 35 years and has two adult sons, Daniel and Stephen. She

has also taught children grades K-8 in science and math. She is currently retired

from teaching. One of her greatest joys has been being involved in children’s

ministry in her community and giving back to the community. She has been very

blessed and is grateful to God for the opportunities she has been given and for the

amazing people she has met along the way.

John V Kuduk

Grade School and Park Board:

Played basketball and baseball at St. Charles Borromeo in 7 th and 8 th grade. Winning the Mpls. KCYO championships and competing with St. Marks of St. Paul each year for the Twin City championship.

Played football for the Falldin Post 555 3-9 grade. Winning the Mpls. championship most years. Our primary opponent for the championship game was the feeder program for Washburn HS.

High School Sports Played: Edison High School class of 1975

Football: Two-year starter and letter winner, elected captain senior year, WCCO all-state team of the week, All-City Conference, Two-year CO-ED MPLS Conference champions, All-State Shriner’s football game participant. Basketball: two-year letter winner, WCCO All-State team of the week. Track: one-year letter winner

College: University of Minnesota

Football 1975-79. Turned down a scholarship from NDSU to walk-on at the University of Minnesota with an invitation from legendary U of MN coach and Edison alumni Butch Nash. Freshman year original depth chart had me listed as 9th string noseguard. By sophomore year I was running third string. The first and 2nd string noseguards were injured in the first quarter of the 2nd game of the 1976 season. I

finished that game with 10 tackles and a fumble recovery and I ended up lettering and playing the rest of the 1976 season. I was given a full scholarship for the next three years (incudes ’78 redshirt). I ended up as the starting noseguard in 1979. Two-year letter winner. Participant of the 1977 Hall of Fame Bowl game. Played in the 1977 16-0 win over No. 1 rated team in the country Michigan. BS Business major.

Post College:

Did the softball gig for several years but fell in love and played 40 years of broomball. Our team would do well and most times win our Van Cleve Park league but never went too far in the city championship tournament. A couple marathons, triathlons since but now enjoy pickleball!

Career Information:

Retired from Api, Inc., New Brighton, MN after over 30 years of employment. Primarily a sales representative along with 5 years as the Operations Manager of Api Distribution.

“My wife, Laura and I just celebrated our 43-yr anniversary. We raised 3 children in Shoreview, MN. We now have 3 grandsons who currently live nearby. We recently moved into a villa in Gem Lake MN”

Rich Johnson

I was born and raised in Northeast Minneapolis, played youth sports

football, basketball and baseball for Northeast Sportsmen at Logan Park

Northeast Boosters at Bottineau Park and the Margaret Barry House. We

won several district and city championships in all three sports.

I attended and graduated from Vocational High School in 1968 and played

Football, basketball and baseball where I lettered in all three sports my

junior and senior years. I was voted captain my senior year in football and

baseball, and selected as MVP of the team and earned All City honors. In

the summer I played baseball for three years for Falldin American Legion

Post 555 which was coached by Joe Hanzlik

After high school I continued my involvement with the sports I loved by

coaching football, basketball and baseball for many years with Northeast

Sportsmen at Logan Park, Northeast Boosters at Bottineau Park and De La

Salle High School coaching Football and Baseball. During my time

coaching I was able to develop, mold and mentor many athletes that led to

winning several district and city championships in football, baseball and

basketball. I also enjoyed coaching women's softball teams. For many

years I umpired and officiated youth sports.

I served as a board member for Edison Youth Hockey for 15 years and was

a member of the committee for planning, development and completion of

the Edison Ice Arena.

On a personal note, I am grateful for my wife, Sharon, we have been

married for 53 wonderful years. We lived in Northeast Minneapolis for 23

years and the last 30 years in New Brighton, MN. Together, we raised two

incredible sons, Chad and Brad, who have blessed us with five energetic

grandchildren. Watching them compete in their respective sports and

activities brings us immense joy and many memories. I worked for the

Minneapolis water department for 35 years and retired in 2006

Mike Doyle

Hi! I’m Mike Doyle, born May 4 th , 1937, in Deaconess Hospital, Minneapolis. I grew up in Lauderdale, (between Minneapolis and Saint Paul). I went to school, K-8 th grade, in Lauderdale and then to Marshall High School, graduating in 1955. We moved into Southeast Minneapolis my sophomore year. We lived right across the street from the Witch's Tower, (the water tower top that looks like a witch's hat) in Prospect Park.

I played football, hockey, and baseball at Marshall High School. At seventeen, I joined

the US Navy Reserves and served for 10 years. I attended the University of Minnesota, where I also played hockey for coach John Mariucci.

After college graduation, in 1961, I moved to Chisolm, MN, and started their hockey

program. In 1967, I received a phone call from the principal at Edison High School,

who had been my football coach at Marshall. I took a job teaching French and coaching hockey. I coached hockey there for 14 years. When my own children were going through high school, I remained teaching French but no longer coached Edison’s hockey team. In 1990, I added Athletic Director to my resume.

To cap off my career, my youngest daughter, Amy, attended Edison High School, played three sports, and graduated in 1994. I retired in 1995 as Edison High School’s Athletic Director and French teacher.

After retirement, I coached girls’ hockey, traveled the world, practiced ball with my

grandkids, and attended games of all sports and levels.