Saturday, July 2, 2016
For those that don’t realize it, Wayne was an incredible athlete. He was one of the main players on the Niskayuna HS basketball team that won the NY State Sectionals in 1961. Wayne was never afraid to shoot, and one game he scored 30 points. He was good. We were on the soccer team together and he was a 3 year starter and he was not afraid to play rugged in those games. But golf was his best game. He was 2nd in the Schenectady County Amateur tourney as a high school player. He hit the ball so well. He was so good at golf that we often would start a round at 7 PM and play the last 3 holes in the dark because he was so accurate, he always knew where the ball would land, even in the dark. At the Edison Club in those wonderful summers so long ago, we would play 36 holes every day, then go swimming, then go back to the school and play Babe Ruth baseball at night, usually running across the field late for the game, putting our uniforms on as we ran and laughing all the way. He was fun to be with.
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