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Honoring the great athletes from Cambria County.

Don Bailey

Football, Class of 2020

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Don Bailey with the Forest Hills Rangers.
Don Bailey
Don Bailey after his 300th career coaching win.
Don Bailey addresses team after practice in preparation for 1994 PIAA Class AA Western Final.
Don Bailey talks to his player.

Accomplishments

  • Led Forest Hills High School football program to a 375-120-8 record during his 45 year tenure.
  • His teams won 10 District 6 or 5/6 championships.
  • Bailey led Forest Hills to four consecutive District 6 crowns from 1991 to 1994.
  • Rangers appeared in 17 of the 34 district championship games in Forest Hills’ classification since the postseason tournaments first began in 1985 until Bailey’s retirement in November 2018.
  • Forest Hills advanced to the Western Finals of the state playoffs five times, winning the West in 1994.
  • Rangers played in the 1994 PIAA Class 2A state championship game and lost to Mount Carmel, 20-14, in double overtime at Mansion Park in Altoona.
  • Forest Hills won 101 games and had an .820 winning percentage under Bailey in the 1990s.
  • Considered the “Dean of area coaches” when he retired after the 2018 season.
  • Presented the Lifetime Contribution to Football Award during the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Central Pennsylvania Chapter’s 20th annual banquet in 2017.
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Classes

  • 1965
  • 1967
  • 1969
  • 1971
  • 1973
  • 1975
  • 1978
  • 1981
  • 1984
  • 1990
  • 1998
  • 2002
  • 2004
  • 2006
  • 2008
  • 2010
  • 2012
  • 2014
  • 2016
  • 2018
  • 2020

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  • Equipment Manager
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Handball
  • Hockey
  • Horse Racing Jockey
  • Hunting
  • Mono Skiing
  • Officiating
  • Skeet Shooting
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  • Swimming
  • Television Broadcasting
  • Tennis
  • Track and Field
  • Trap Shooting
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Water Skiing
  • Wrestling
  • Wrestling Official

Fast Facts

First Banquet: 1965
First Chairman: Richard Mayer
First Banquet Location: Cambria County War Memorial Arena
Number of Banquets: 20 through 2018
Total Inductees: 142
Female Inductees: 20
Male Inductees: 122
Largest Class: 18 in 1965
Most Inductees: Football (44)
2018 Chairman: Bruce Haselrig
2018 Master of Ceremonies: Tim Rigby
2018 Banquet Location: Frank J. Pasquerilla Conference Center

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