Derby High vs.
Shelton High School
Silver Turkey Award Winners
The annual Derby/Shelton Football game doesn't have a Most
Valuable Player Award. Instead, it has a tradition all its own in the form
of the "Silver Turkey Award" which has been presented every year since the
defunct Suburban News first presented the award. The tradition is now
carried on by The Valley Times.
The award has been given 42 times so far with Shelton
players winning 24 times to Derby's 18. Only seven underclassmen have ever
won the award, and Jeff Schultz is the only repeat winner having pulled off
the feat in 2006 and 2007. Running backs have dominated the award having won
the award 19 times. Quarterbacks are next with six winners. Shelton players
have won the award for the last six years and nine of the last eleven. The
six year streak is the longest by either team in the history of the award.
We want to thank Bill Pucci, editor of the Valley Times for
providing the listing.
|
Silver Turkey Winners |
|
Year |
First |
Last |
Position |
School |
Class |
|
1967 |
Mike |
Carroll |
QB |
Derby |
Senior |
|
1968 |
Nick |
Serdenitsky |
LB |
Derby |
Senior |
|
1969 |
Frank |
Baczek |
QB |
Derby |
Senior |
|
1970 |
Danny |
Allen |
RB |
Derby |
Senior |
|
1971 |
Dennis |
Wanzie |
RB |
Shelton |
Junior |
|
1972 |
Rick |
Uluski |
WR |
Derby |
Senior |
|
1973 |
John |
Pagliaro |
RB |
Derby |
Senior |
|
1974 |
Dave |
Krill |
QB |
Shelton |
Senior |
|
1975 |
Mark |
Cramer |
QB |
Shelton |
Junior |
|
1976 |
Tom |
Biga |
RB |
Derby |
Senior |
|
1977 |
Ron |
Diotalevi |
LB |
Shelton |
Senior |
|
1978 |
Kerry |
O'Connell |
C |
Derby |
Senior |
|
1979 |
Bob |
White |
LB |
Shelton |
Senior |
|
1980 |
Rick |
Dunne |
DE |
Derby |
Senior |
|
1981 |
Bob |
Orchano |
RB |
Derby |
Senior |
|
1982 |
Jim |
Stephan |
RB |
Derby |
Senior |
|
1983 |
Walt |
O'Shea |
DB |
Shelton |
Senior |
|
1984 |
Jeff |
Roy |
QB |
Shelton |
Senior |
|
1985 |
Mike |
Bucci |
RB |
Shelton |
Senior |
|
1986 |
Tom |
Oko |
RB |
Shelton |
Senior |
|
1987 |
Greg |
Pettinella |
WR |
Derby |
Senior |
|
1988 |
Steve |
Anderson |
DB |
Shelton |
Senior |
|
1989 |
Scott |
Demarco |
C |
Shelton |
Senior |
|
1990 |
Jason |
Palmieri |
RB |
Derby |
Senior |
|
1991 |
John |
Eason |
RB |
Shelton |
Junior |
|
1992 |
Mike |
Potkay |
WR |
Derby |
Junior |
|
1993 |
Jemal |
Baskins |
RB |
Derby |
Junior |
|
1994 |
Kevin |
Ranger |
RB |
Shelton |
Junior |
|
1995 |
Steve |
Darby |
DT |
Shelton |
Senior |
|
1996 |
Henry |
Alicea |
TE |
Derby |
Senior |
|
1997 |
Mark |
Novack |
RB |
Shelton |
Senior |
|
1998 |
Gene |
DiGiovanni |
LB |
Derby |
Senior |
|
1999 |
Kofi |
Wilson |
RB |
Shelton |
Senior |
|
2000 |
Mike |
Curran |
RB |
Shelton |
Senior |
|
2001 |
Tim |
Samoskevich |
RB |
Shelton |
Senior |
|
2002 |
Adam |
Manning |
WR |
Derby |
Senior |
|
2003 |
Joe |
Czarnecki |
TB |
Shelton |
Senior |
|
2004 |
Semil |
Desai |
QB |
Shelton |
Senior |
|
2005 |
Eric |
Konopka |
RB |
Shelton |
Senior |
|
2006 |
Geoff |
Schultz |
RB |
Shelton |
Junior |
|
2007 |
Geoff |
Schultz |
RB |
Shelton |
Senior |
|
2008 |
Doug |
Cummings |
|
Shelton |
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