EDWARD E. (EDDIE) MONACO

Canon-McMillan High School
Kent State University

MERITORIOUS SERVICE (Posthumous)

Eddie served as treasurer for the Washington-Greene Co. Chapter Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame

He was a member of the 1969 Canon-McMillan football team, which won the conference championship. He was a starting lineman on the 1969 Big Macs’ football team, the last Canon-McMillan team to win a conference championship. That team was inducted into the Hall of Fame, Class of 2005

Eddie was known and cherished as an impeccable treasurer for the Chapter and the cornerstone of the organization

He also provided such tremendous wisdom, insight and vision for all

Eddie introduced the Special Honoree awards the Chapter now presents each year at the annual banquet

He also pushed to have professional athletes and coaches to be automatically elected if they qualified under Chapter guidelines

Eddie handled many tasks in helping to organize and operate the annual banquet

He also helped take the lead of many of the Chapter’s fundraising efforts to enhance the Chapter’s student-athlete scholarship fund and the fund balance