Sid Young
Football, 1959
2001 Letterwinner Distinction
2001 Letterwinner Distinction
A varsity football student-athlete, Sid Young graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959 and received his Master of Science degree in 1961. Prior to entering SU he served as a member of the military with the 11th Airborne Division in 1953 and 1954 at Fort Campbell, KY. He played in the 1957 Cotton Bowl and in the 1959 Orange Bowl. He was a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, the Phi Epsilon Kappa Fraternity for Health and Physical Education and was an officer in the fraternity. He joined the ROTC and served in the campus security office.
Young began teaching health and physical education at Haverford Senior High School, where he remained for almost 40 years before retiring. During his tenure Young was a teacher, coach and referee, coaching football, wrestling, basketball and softball and officiating high school football and college baseball, basketball and lacrosse. He also served as an assistant football coach at Villanova University.
Very active in his community, Young worked for the Red Cross, teaching basic life saving courses. These courses came in handy one day when he saved the life of a student using the Heimlich maneuver. Young was been involved with the CYO youth leagues as a coach and a referee. He is one of the founding members and served as the chairman of the Haverford High School Sports Hall of Fame for several years. As the chairman of the National Football Foundation Philadelphia chapter at Villanova University, he received an award from the National Football Fund from the National Office. He was inducted into his High School Hall of Fame (Roxborough High School, Philadelphia), the Community Hall of Fame and his County Hall of Fame. 
