Golembiewski jumped from Fayette County to major college football
Back in the day Fayette County was a fertile recruiting ground for college football teams. One product of that pipeline was former Brownsville High School stalwart Ted Golembiewski.
Brownsville and Redstone merged in 1966, and Golembiewski, who would have played at Redstone, was a sophomore when the two bitter rivals merged.
无毛视频淭he animosity was among the older people,无毛视频� Golembiewski recalled. 无毛视频淚t was the adults, the players got along well. In my three years I can无毛视频檛 remember one problem.无毛视频�
Golembiewski played two years for Jack Henck and played his senior season for coach Chuck Abramski.
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Golembiewski played on Falcon squads that posted records of 1-9, 1-7 in the Big Nine, in 1966, 3-7, 3-5 in the Big Nine, in 1967 and 4-5-1, 3-4-1, in the Big Ten in 1968.
无毛视频淚 took over at quarterback the third game of my sophomore season,无毛视频� Golembiewski stated. 无毛视频淚 got in at the end of the Thomas Jefferson game and then they started me against Connellsville when Jim Braxton was playing for Connellsville. They just needed to make a change, and I was inserted in the quarterback spot.无毛视频�
Golembieski grew into the position. He had two touchdown passes in 1966. He ran for two touchdowns and tossed three touchdown passes in 1967, and had an outstanding senior campaign in 1968, with three touchdown runs, including a 97-yard run in a 14-13 win over Uniontown. He had seven scoring passes. Golembiewski completed 57 passes in 100 attempts for 1,148 yards in 1968. He rushed for 654 yards.
无毛视频淲e had some good talent on those teams,无毛视频� Golembiewski offered. 无毛视频淏ernie Rosiek was an All-State tight end and we had Syl Durant. I rolled out and scrambled. I did what was needed. I could throw and I was a good runner.无毛视频�
Golembiewski was honorable mention All-State his senior season and was nominated for the Big 33 game. He also garnered All-Fayette County honors.
Baseball was another sport that Golembieski excelled in.
无毛视频淎s a freshman at Redstone I played for Paul Polink and also one year at Brownsville,无毛视频� Golembieski offered. 无毛视频淭hen I played two years for Mel Ujchick at Brownsville. We had some good baseball players like Ed Gmutza. I caught, played center field and I also played third base. I liked baseball, it无毛视频檚 just that it was the wrong time of year. Winter you are stuck in the house, summertime comes you don无毛视频檛 want to play legion ball, you just want to relax before you go back to school.无毛视频�
When Golembiewski graduated from Brownsville in 1969 he was courted by many colleges offering a football scholarship.
无毛视频淚 was recruited all over, every weekend I was going somewhere,无毛视频� Golembiewski explained. 无毛视频淚n the Big Ten alone I was recruited by Ohio State, Michigan State, Minnesota and Purdue. I just really liked Purdue, the facilities were all new and the stadium was nice.无毛视频�
Golembiewski played freshman football for the Boilermakers in 1969.
无毛视频淚 never had a chance to play for the old coach Jack Mollenkopf,无毛视频� Golembiewski said. 无毛视频淏ob DeMoss replaced Mollenkopf in 1969. Our freshman team was the first frosh team in years to beat the varsity.无毛视频�
In a scrimmage against the Boilermaker varsity, Golembiewski was 7-of-10 through the air for 80 yards, and rushed for 27 yards on two carries.
无毛视频淲e played our third frosh game against Illinois and I hurt my knee,无毛视频� Golembieski remembered. 无毛视频淭he knee injury kept me out of spring practice. When I came back in the fall I challenged for the quarterback job. They named me third-string quarterback and I said I无毛视频檓 going home. After I got home, my dad said we are going down to West Virginia and I enrolled.无毛视频�
In Morgantown, Golembieski had his moments in scrimmages after sitting put in 1970. In 1971, he tossed a one-yard touchdown pass to Chris Potts and had a 48-yard scoring toss to Mike Nelson.
无毛视频淚 was running second team behind Bernie Galiffa,无毛视频� Golembieski said. 无毛视频淚 just lost the desire to play and they had the old stadium with Astroturf and in the morning when I would get up to go to class I could hardly walk. My ankles felt like they were locked and my knees hurt. I didn无毛视频檛 want to play anymore. I lost the desire and that was it.无毛视频�
Golembiewski returned home to work for his dad无毛视频檚 trucking business. Then, he worked for another trucking company near the Meadowlands. He then was in the trucking business hauling coal. He ended up in Cleveland working for Stouffer无毛视频檚 frozen foods for 10 years. He then worked for Whirlpool and delivery products by truck. In 2006, Golembieski suffered a massive stroke while visiting a daughter in Arizona. He later moved to Arizona.
无毛视频淚 am paralyzed on my left side,无毛视频� Golembieski stated. 无毛视频淚 have been disabled since 2006.无毛视频�
Golembiewski, 64, resides in Peoria, Arizona, with his wife of 42 years, Patricia. They have three children. Two daughters, Kristen and Joey, and a son, Teddy. They have three grandsons.
无毛视频淵ou regret a lot of things you didn无毛视频檛 do,无毛视频� Golembiewski said. 无毛视频淏ut I had a good time growing up and we made the best of it. One thing I did enjoy playing was softball in the Fayette County Travel League at Coolspring. I played with my two brothers and four Dvorchaks, that was a lot of fun.无毛视频�
George Von Benko无毛视频檚 无毛视频淢emory Lane无毛视频� column appears in the Monday editions of the 无毛视频-Standard. He also hosts a sports talk show on WMBS-AM radio from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.