Jack McGinley, who played on the St. Peter’s High School team that made it to the 1938 city championship game, returned to make the Eagles the standard against which all Staten Island basketball programs were measured.
McGinley’s teams won 319 games – three wins for every loss – and 14 Staten Island championships in his 21 seasons at the helm. In one stretch the Eagles won 32 straight in the Staten Island High School League.
Class of 1997
Did You Know?
Only three Staten Island boys’ basketball teams made it to a city championship game. The others were the 1977 McKee team led by Hall of Famer Kenny Page and the 1938 St. Peter’s team that included Hall of Famers Jack McGinley and Buddy O’Grady.
