Daily News | Ted Silary covered city high school sports like nobody ever did or could
It was a blessing, the cordial and respectful relationship I had with Ted Silary over the years. I always understood, it could have been different. I’d gotten my start at the Inquirer in 1988 covering high schools. Ted owned the city covering schools for the Daily News, but since I covered Delaware County schools, I wasn’t the competition.
The man who died this week at age 72, after retiring in 2013, could have had any sports beat in the city. He chose his own calling. He charted the history of a city’s high school athletes, for the papers, and then the gloriousI wrote about the site in 2019, letting Ted know I was doing it.“If you decide to ditch the project, you’ll be my favorite sports writer ever ,” Ted e-mailed back.
His site wasn’t just for superstars. It had all the facts. A list of 15-point scorers each season in each of Ted’s leagues. Summer league sign-up announcements. Donofrio Tournament roundups. The city, for Ted, was the Public League, Catholic League, and the Inter-Ac, regardless of the actual location of the schools within.He was serious about the competition.
He was kind in semi-Ted-style-retirement. Last year, he e-mailed me a story tip, relating the story behind a story, from the early ‘90s. “If you’re already on this, good luck!” I wasn’t. I used it to flesh out a profile.» READ MORE:
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