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THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Wednesday, November 23, 2022 Page 13 SPORTS | FROM PAGE 10 13-13 tie, but lose the Suburban League championship to Somerville with the deadlock. 1917: Quarterback Charlie Donellan’s third-quarter field goal gives Medford an unbeaten record (9-0-0) and Suburban League title, 3-0. Medford, which had allowed only seven points all season heading into the game, won the Suburban League and Eastern Mass. titles and defeated Manchester (N.H.) in a postseason game at Braves Field in Boston. 1918: Quarterback Chet Sanford comes back from a three-week layoff and directs Medford to a second straight Suburban League title with a touchdown pass and field goal, 9-0. Boston Commerce nipped Medford, 3-0, at Braves Field for the Eastern Mass. title. That lone field goal were the only points Medford had allowed all season. 1919: Medford holds twice on its own goal line and battles Malden to a 0-0 tie before a record-breaking crowd of 8,500. 1920: Medford recovers from Malden fumble with less than four minutes in the game, and four plays later Capt. Bob Blair scores the winning touchdown in a 7-0 Mustang victory. 1921: Honey Lewin’s field goal in the snow in the closing minutes salvages Malden, 10-7, before a record-breaking crowd of 10,000. 1922: Captain Bob Sandberg’s third quarter touchdown overhauled Medford for Malden and allowed the Golden Tornadoes to share the Suburban League crown with Rindge Tech, 7-3. It was Malden’s first piece of a league title in 10 seasons, since 1912. 1923: Captain Joe Murphy, a tackle, rambles 62 yards for a first quarter touchdown as Medford wins Suburban League championship, 7-0, and drops Malden from the unbeaten ranks. 1924: Crowd of 15,000, the largest crowd to date by far, watches quarterback “Sheep” Jackson direct Malden to four second-half touchdowns and a 27-6 win. 1925: First-half touchdowns by Jack Mangan and Morris Spector propel Malden to an unbeaten season with a 13-0 win – in front of another huge crowd of 15,000plus. Malden tied for the Eastern Mass. title. 1926: Three quick touchdowns give Medford 20-0 first quarter lead and Mustangs hold on for a 20-6 upset. 1927: John Baxter scores twice, once on a 90-yard sprint, earning Malden a 13-13 tie. 1928: Medford finishes the season unbeaten with a 7-0-3 record and gains a share of the Eastern Mass. championship with Newell Wilder leading the way to a 14-0 victory. 1929: With both teams coming into the game undefeated, an alltime series record crowd of 18,500 The 2019 Malden High team celebrated a 29-0 shutout win over Medford High, the Tornadoes’ fifth straight Thanksgiving Day victory, at Hormel Stadium in Medford. (Courtesy Photo/Malden High Athletics) 1937: Charlie Hanifan’s fourth-quarter touchdown decides it for Malden, 6-0. 1938: Medford turns to defense and the punting of Bob Margarita to battle Malden to another scoreless tie, 0-0. 1939: Norm Brown returns an inless tie, 0-0. 1945: Wet weather and soggy grounds hold Medford to 36 yards in total offense and Malden to just 14 yards in second straight scoreless tie, 0-0. 1946: Capt. Warren McFague and Jackie Feltch score as Medat (8-0-0) and Malden at (7-0-1). The Golden Tornadoes win gave the Class A title to Weymouth. 1952: Five different players score as Medford rolls, 27-0. 1953: Phil Gagliardi sprints 47 yards for the winning touchdown with little more than three mininside the fence and an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 outside saw Malden Captain Sam Fishman lead the Golden Tornadoes to an unbeaten season (9-0-1) and a share of the Eastern Mass. title by returning a punt 55-yards for the only score of the game as Medford (71-0) fell, 6-0. 1930: Malden’s Warren Mulrey scores a third-quarter touchdown as the Golden Tornadoes upset Medford, 7-2. 1931: Malden finishes with an unbeaten (9-0-1) record and claims a share of the Eastern Mass. championship on touchdowns by Sam Pashoian and Lloyd Tupper in a 12-2 victory over Medford (2-4-3). 1932: Lefty quarterback Joe Kelly passes Malden to 20-0 victory. 1933: Joe Kelly clinches ninewin season for Malden, 21-0, by setting up two second-quarter TDs with his passing, and running for a third score in the game’s closing minutes. 1934: Malden’s defense and the punting of Medford’s Torby Macdonald are the keys in a scoreless tie, 0-0. 1935: The punting of Malden’s “Chuckin” Charlie O’Rourke and Medford Capt. Art Wareham dominate in a battle of lines in a scoreless tie, the second straight in the series, that enables Malden to win the Eastern Mass. Class A title. 1936: Dexter Shaffner scores twice, but “Chuckin” Charlie O’Rourke steals the show for Malden in a 13-0 victory. utes remaining in game to give Medford a 6-0 victory. 1954: Malden gains only 49 yards on the ground, but quarterback Billy Brown throws for 135 yards and two touchdowns to pace Malden, 27-9, as Malden shares the GBL title with Somerville. 1955: A second-quarter safety The Malden High School 1925 Golden Tornadoes football team was undefeated and Suburban League and Eastern Mass. Champions. (Courtesy Photo) terception 90 yards in the second quarter, and Patsy Darone kicks the winning conversion as Malden knocks Medford from the unbeaten ranks, 7-6. Al Zarella’s touchdown on a pass gave Medford its first offensive point against Malden in 10 years. 1940: Sal “Crazy Legs” Cannava and Bud Mahoney score fourth-quarter touchdowns to rally Medford to a 14-6, come-frombehind upset in the first Mustang win over the Golden Tornadoes in 11 years. 1941: Paul O’Brien returns an interception 65 yards to set up a second-quarter touchdown in a 6-0 Medford victory. 1942: Hank Corrado’s two second-half touchdowns pace Medford to Eastern Mass. Class A championship and unbeaten season, 13-0. 1943: Capt. John Giannelli and Joe Corbisiero do all Medford’s scoring in a 21-0 victory – four in a row for the Mustangs. 1944: Underdog Medford stalls at the Malden six-inch line as the close of the first half and fights the Golden Tornadoes to a scoreford upsets Malden, 14-6. The Mustangs are unbeaten in seven straight Thanksgiving games. 1947: Dick Lawrence sprints 51 yards with a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter and earns the Class A Champion Mustangs a bid to the ’Gator Bowl, 13-7. 1948: Dan Duggan scores twice and leads ’Gator bowl–bound Malden to undefeated season and Class A title, 33-14, ending an eight-year unbeaten streak by Medford. 1949: Medford’s Joe Gnerre scores a second-quarter touchdown and the Mustangs hold Malden at own two-yard line later in frame for 6-0 victory. 1950: Steve O’Brien throws touchdown pass to Buddy O’Shea in second quarter after fake field goal in 7-0 Malden victory. 1951: Hank Lindberg races 60 yards with an interception to set up a seven-yard catch by Paul Hurton with two minutes left in the third quarter, breaking a scoreless tie and starting Malden on a 19-0 victory. This was only the second game in the series in which both teams came in unbeaten, Medford and a 20-yard interception return late in the frame by Bob Del Isola, son of Coach John Del Isola, lead Medford to an upset, 8-7 victory. 1956: Dom Fermano scores twice and Jason Mantia once to lead Malden to a 20-6 win. 1957: Dom Fermano races 40 yards for a game wining, fourth-quarter touchdown and leads Malden to a come-from-behind victory and GBL championship, 19-14. 1958: Sophomore Lou Lemmo scores twice as Malden romps, 26-0. 1959: John Keats, Ken Puleo and Mac Singleton score to give Malden the GBL title, 20-0. 1960: Co-Capt. Vic Lemmo scores three touchdowns as Malden romps to second straight GBL title, 50-6, in the highest scoring game (so far) of the series. 1961: Senior Steve Desimone scores four touchdowns and rushes for a conversion to set a series scoring record with 26 points while pacing Malden, 34-2. 1962: Bill Gouvalaris scores two touchdowns, including the tying one, as Malden rallies from a 20-0 deficit and fights to a 20-20 tie. Medford stops what would have been the winning conversion with 2:30 left in the game. 1963: Bob Baker intercepts a Mustang pass and returns it 88 yards for the Golden Tornadoes touchdown, and George Scrimone recovers a fumble in the end zone for the winning two-point conversion in a Malden 8-6, comeback victory. 1964: Paul Finn and John Salmon score two touchdowns each to lead Malden, 24-0. 1965: Joe Fermano and Nick Esposito score as Malden rallies, 14-6. 1966: Bill Croken and Ed Hichborn lead Malden’s 25-13 upset with two touchdowns each. 1967: Jim Reid scores twice as GBL champs Medford earns share of Class A championship with Weymouth, 22-0. 1968: Ken Rideout equals series record with four touchdowns while leading Medford, 32-14. 1969: Co-Capt. Dave Moulton, sidelined with 60 stitches in his head after an automobile accident the night before the game, comes off the bench in the second half and scores two touchdowns to lead Malden to share the GBL title with Quincy, 26-6. 1970: Mike Byrne passes for 207 yards and a 26-6 Malden win. 1971: Mustangs conclude best SPORTS| SEE PAGE 14

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