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Jack Kaiser
Jack Kaiser (College athletics. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 6, 1926.) A highly-successful baseball coach, John Warren Kaiser served 22 years (1973-95) as St. John’s director of athletics. Kaiser was also one of three founders of the Big East Conference in 1979 (Dave Gavitt of Providence and Seton Hall’s Richie Regan were the others). He played […]
Walter T. McLaughlin
Walter T. McLaughlin (College athletics. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Jan. 21, 1906; died, Largo, FL, Nov. 28, 1989.) When Ray Lynch, the former football coach, left as athletic director at St. John’s in 1933, he was succeeded by Walter T. McLaughlin. Recognizing that the emphasis of the school’s athletics program was now on basketball, McLaughlin worked […]