Dick Haffner and the New Ross Blue Jays
By Butch Dale Photo provided.
Dick Haffner, local extra- doinaire of the basketball court. Photo provided.
Haffner showing off his trophy for being the â1956 Outstanding Seniorâ • • • Whenever I hear the Haffner name, I automatically think of the outstanding New Ross teams of the late 1950s and early 1960s. There were three Haffner boys . . . Dick, who graduated in 1956, Phil in 1961, and Ron in 1966 . . . all of them great athletes. The oldest boy, Dick, started every game at center from his freshman year on. During his four years of playing, with Glen Harper as coach, the Blue Jays compiled a regular season record of 65-16, winning their first Sectional Tourney in 1954 when Dick was a sophomore, and then winning both the County and Sectional in 1956 when he was a senior.his team going undefeated with a record o