Squeaky Melchiorre inducted into his high school's Hall of Fame

[Da Coach]

Former BU great Squeaky Melchiorre was inducted into the Highland Park High School Hall of Fame. Congrats Squeaky!-

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-melchiorre-0116-20120116,0,4521953,full.story

[TNel]

My boyhood hero. Congratulations and God bless, Squeaky. Hope to see your number retired and your jersey hanging from the rafters in Carver Arena one day.

[tornado]

Here's an article on Squeaky by a foreign news service...

http://www.farodevigo.es/deportes/2014/12/15/hay-perdon-pequeno-squeaky/1150095.html

Here's the translation

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.farodevigo.es/deportes/2014/12/15/hay-perdon-pequeno-squeaky/1150095.html&prev=search

Here's another one from last June

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/27/sports/basketball/gene-squeaky-melchiorre-holds-unique-nba-draft-distinction.html

[TNel]

Squeakt

Thanks, Tornado. Warms the cockles of an old (BU) man's heart. Always made it a point to shake his hand when he came back for games.

[Chico]

Thanks, Tornado. Warms the cockles of an old (BU) man's heart. Always made it a point to shake his hand when he came back for games.

He was my hero. I remember watching him play baseball for Bradley when they played on campus. Him and Billy Mann opened a sporting goods store on Main St downtown before the scandal hit.

[TNel]

He was my hero. I remember watching him play baseball for Bradley when they played on campus. Him and Billy Mann opened a sporting goods store on Main St downtown before the scandal hit.

Yep. I was there for the grand opening. As I recall, they had a fancy outdoor neon sign ("Melchiorre & Mann")with a basketball bouncing up and down. What a collector's item that would be.

[Chico]

Yep. I was there for the grand opening. As I recall, they had a fancy outdoor neon sign ("Melchiorre & Mann")with a basketball bouncing up and down. What a collector's item that would be.

I was there with ya.