[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 152 (Wednesday, October 12, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1826]
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                           MR. GERRY GRYBOSKI

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                           HON. LOU BARLETTA

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 12, 2011

  Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Gerry Gryboski for his 
performance as an athlete, coach, and role model, and on his acceptance 
into the Plains Sports Hall of Fame in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
  Gerry is a graduate of Sacred Heart High School, where he 
participated in basketball and baseball. He posted a 4-0 record as a 
pitcher in the 1962 Catholic League Championship, and he led the team 
with a .484 batting average.
  Mr. Gryboski was invited to tryouts for both the Pittsburgh Pirates 
and Philadelphia Phillies; however, he ended up serving his country in 
the United States Army from 1963 to 1966.
  Mr. Gryboski coached Biddy league as well as seventh and eighth grade 
basketball. He also coached Little and Teener league baseball for 
eleven years, from 1980 to 1991. He also contributed two All-Star sons 
to the Wyoming Valley Conference, Kevin and Brian.
  Mr. Speaker, Gerry Gryboski must surely be proud of the spectacular 
athletes he has coached and raised, as well as of his career and the 
teams he has coached. It is with great pleasure that I commend him as 
he is accepted into the Plains Sports Hall of Fame.

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