2008 NPAAA Hall of Fame Inductees - North Penn Alumni Athletic ...

2008 NPAAA Hall of Fame Inductees
EUGENE H. SAYLOR
Athlete, Lansdale High School, 1946
Football, Basketball, Baseball
9 Varsity Letters: 3 Football, 3 Basketball, 3 Baseball
1945 Football, Bux-Mont League Champs; All-Bux-Mont League
First Team Quarterback; 1946 Team Captain Basketball; All-
Bux-Mont League 1st Team 1945 & 1946
1944, 1945, 1946 Basketball Bux-Mont League Championships;
Scholastic/Athletic Scholarship to Drexel Inst. of Technology;
School of Engineering; Varsity Letter Winner at Drexel in
Football 1946 and Baseball 1947
1947 Congressional Appointment to U.S. Naval Academy
1947-1948 Naval Academy Freshman Letter Winner in Football
and Baseball; Eastern Collegiate Conference: Baseball; Highest
Batting Average 1951; Most Stolen Bases 1950 & 1951;
Graduated U.S. Naval Academy in 1951, Top 10% of the Class
Career Officer in U.S. Navy, Retired Captain
Eugene Saylor began his scholar/athlete career at Lansdale High School in 1943. He played on
four championship teams and was selected to the All Bux-Mont 1 st Team three times. In 1945, he
played with Lansdale’s American League Baseball Team, and was selected to compete for the “All
American Boy” Award in Shibe Park, Philadelphia.
After his outstanding athlete career at L.H.S., Gene received a scholastic/athletic scholarship to
Drexel Institute of Technology School of Engineering. He played and lettered in Varsity Football
and Baseball.
In 1947, Gene received a Congressional Appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy where he
continued his athletic career in football (2 years) and baseball (4 years). During that time, Gene
was Eastern Collegiate Stolen Base Champion for 2 years, and had the highest batting average his
senior year. He graduated 54 th in a class of 780 in 1951 and was one of 37 U.S. N.A. graduates
listed in Who’s Who in Colleges and Universities (1951).
From 1951 to 1982, he served as an Officer in the U.S. Navy, retiring with the rank of Captain.
From 1954-57, he pursued and received a Master’s Degree in Naval Architecture and Marine
Engineering, as well as a Degree in Naval Engineering with a specialty in Electronics – both
degrees from M.I.T.