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70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: Arlingtonkid ()
Date: June 12, 2011 09:05PM

Did anyone here play in Arlington little league or the football league in the 70's? Played on FOP and two season with the Black Knights in baseball. In football played on the Bearcats, which won back to back County titles in the 75lb class.



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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: JustaFan ()
Date: December 16, 2011 08:33PM

Small world ... I played for Washington Police Boys Clubs #4 and #11. We played the "Arlington Black Knights" in football -- 100 pound I think it was. We went unbeaten two years in a row but I rmember coming to Yorktown HS and we barely escaped with a 7-0 win. It was the toughest team we played by far; I still remember since our kids ironically then both ended up playing for Yorktown. Hope you connect with some buds here.

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: BigK ()
Date: December 16, 2011 11:24PM

I was a coach in the late 70's and early 80's for the Black Knight baseball teams at various age levels. Both my sons also played for the Knights for years.

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: fay3161 ()
Date: January 22, 2012 09:17PM

I played baseball for the Black Knights in Arlington during the late 60 and early 70's. Played for coaches Lewin,Breeden and Garcia

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: Bill Woodie ()
Date: May 07, 2013 10:55PM

I played on the Black Knights 120lbs and 130lbs in 1969, 1970 & 1971...we were undefeated in league play for three straight years. Our toughest games were almost always against the Bearcats. However, we did have a few close ones against the Cubs and the Hawks.

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: Bill Woodie ()
Date: May 23, 2013 06:33PM

Does anyone remember the Black Knight's Coach Ed Hunter (1960's & 70's)? If so, whatever happen to him?

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: brandonE74 ()
Date: September 05, 2013 07:27AM

I played for the "Black Knights" baseball program from age 7-8. 8-9 I landed with the Cubs by way of free agency.Lol Good Ole Days '82-'84
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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: Alpha Male ()
Date: September 06, 2013 01:31PM

Bill Woodie Wrote:
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> Does anyone remember the Black Knight's Coach Ed
> Hunter (1960's & 70's)? If so, whatever happen to
> him?

He was caught anally raping a young boy in a McDonald's bathroom, arrested, convicted, and now doing time.

Or it could have been a BK bathroom, I forget the details.

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: Knight4ever ()
Date: November 21, 2013 08:43AM

That's BS. Totally NOT TRUE

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: Yes I did ()
Date: January 16, 2014 10:42PM

Yes, I did.

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: S Wilson ()
Date: July 03, 2014 08:05PM

I played for the Black Knights 1964-1966...75, 80 and 90 lb. Head coach was Mr. McKay and asst. was Mr. Lilly. Won title every year. Last season we scored 161 pts and gave up 6. I still have yearbook. Toughest opponent was the Annandale Bulldogs. Ed Hunter coached the bigger guys at 120 as I remember (my brother played for him). I played tight end, defensive end, punter and kicker. My teammates were a really tough bunch! Sure wish I could see some of them again.

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: Bill Woodie ()
Date: July 26, 2014 01:26AM

I played on the Black Knights with a Jeff Wilson under Coach Ed Hunter back in 1971, we were 130lbs...are you related to him?

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: Gene Maestas ()
Date: December 04, 2014 01:58PM

I played for Coach Kay, Coach McKenny, and Coach Hunter on the Arlington Black Knights from 1969-1973 80lbs, 90 lbs, 120 lbs.

we were champs every year... coach Kay called me "el toro" the bull.

Aloha from Hawaii

Gene "Bull" Maestas

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: mike burzynski ()
Date: January 22, 2016 07:37PM

Bill ... i played with Jeff Wilson at o'connell along with rick saunders

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: Bill Woodie ()
Date: February 23, 2016 01:09AM

Thanks for the response. Say, what years did you play at O'Connell and what happened to Jeff Wilson and Ricky Saunders (I played with him too)?

Regards,

Bill Woodie

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: Richard Hunt ()
Date: June 12, 2016 09:17PM

I played for the BK in the 70's coach Hanna 70lbs Coach McKenny 120 Coach Hunter 130 lbs the Bearcats were tough all right It was one of the best parts of my life Coach Kay came back to help out with 130lbs

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: Dave Doyle ()
Date: June 25, 2017 01:17AM

I played for Coach Kay 80lbs in 1970. I was a teammate of Gene "Bull" Maestas who posted above in 2014. In fact, he and I were next door neighbors in Fairlington. I also played football at Gunston Jr. High.

Dave Doyle
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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: Tracy Harris ()
Date: October 10, 2017 01:39PM

I played on the Bearcats for ever in the 70's
Looking for old teamates

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: mike burzynski ()
Date: October 29, 2018 10:44AM

did you know rick saunders, jeff wilson ??

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: Bill Woodie ()
Date: January 07, 2019 11:39PM

Yes, we played together in 1971 under Coach Hunter...great times!!!

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: Chris Nick ()
Date: January 15, 2019 06:17PM

Arlingtonkid Wrote:
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> Did anyone here play in Arlington little league or
> the football league in the 70's? Played on FOP
> and two season with the Black Knights in baseball.
> In football played on the Bearcats, which won
> back to back County titles in the 75lb class.

i almost got to play for the Black Knights til my mum realised they had night games.

i loved their yellow and black uniforms!

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: History Buff ()
Date: March 09, 2019 11:57PM

Just for the record, back in November of 1971 the 130 lbs Black Knights Football Team defeated in a post-season game against the heavily favored 140 lbs Vienna Raiders 13-6 in Vienna to earn the first annual "Punch Bowl" title. Also, the very next week the same Black Knights team defeated 140 lbs Springfield Indians 16-0 to win the Harvest Bowl trophy ending their undefeated season 12-0...truly remarkable as well as arguably the best team in the state that year.

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: Tell the Truth ()
Date: April 07, 2019 03:52PM

Alpha Male, you need therapy!

Truth is a lion that devours all lies...stay away from lions.

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: steve wolfe ()
Date: March 10, 2023 07:34PM

THIS WAS 1982 FOR THE BLACK KNIGHTS. I PITCHED AND PLAYED FIRST BASE AND WE DESTROYED EVERYONE. IN B LEAGUE I PLAYED FOR THE FIRST VA BANK CUBS. WE BEAT OPTIMIST FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1986. WE WERE AND ARE THE REASON THEY MADE BARCROFT PARK HOW IT IS NOW.

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: Charles Thomas ()
Date: April 19, 2023 01:11PM

I played for the Annandale bulldogs football in the 70's. Always the big game was against the Black Knights. It was always the game of the year we all got so fired up for that one. I remember playing in the All-Star games. Myself and the kid from the black knights were the running backs of course it was a huge blowout for us but so much fun!

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Re: 70's Arlington little league and football league.
Posted by: T Vliet ()
Date: January 07, 2024 08:57PM

I played for the Cubs in football in '74-'78. Went from 80 lbs "B" in 5th grade to 80 lbs "A" in 6th, 100lbs in 7th, then I think the last was 120 lbs (maybe 150 just don't remember. Played for Coaches Mosely, Hale, Mosacci, Erdossy. Then move to Vienna and played for Madison HS for all 4 years graduating in '82.

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