Last Name YOPP
First Name Willie
Address 59 Melinda Lane
City/ST/Zip Bristol, CT  06010
Telephone 584-8779
Date of Birth 5/12/1949
Place of Birth New Orleans, LA
Elementary School Stafford School
High School Bristol Eastern
College  
Bio Information Sports Category:  TEAM NOMINATION!

 

Sports Participated In. Bristol Eastern High School 1964-1968, Cross Country & Track Team

 

Championship Teams:

C.C.I.L.  1965 – Cross Country – C.C.I.L. undefeated conference

1967 – State C.C.I.L. Sectional Champions; 1968 Track Division Champs and State C.C.I.L. Sectional Champs.

 

All League/All-Conference:

All C.C.I.L. Team; All State Team.  Team Members:  Scott Carter, Willie Yopp, Richard Atwell, Thomas Silva, Robert Gagnon, Robert Castonguay.

 

Personal Statistics:1967 was the first State Championship for B.E.H.S. and the first title for Bristol Eastern since 1941.  To date BEHS still holds the Cross Country record in-town.

 

The following names are submitted as a team to be inducted into the Bristol Sports Hall of Fame.

Thomas V. Silvia, Esq.; Box 7515; Ann Arbor, MI. Phone: 734-662-7866

Richard Atwell; 6157 Alvis Circle, SW; Albuquerque, N.M. 87105. Phone: 505-873-4174.

Willie Yopp; 59 Melinda Lane; Bristol, CT; phone: 860-584-8779;

Robert (Bob) Gagnon; 279 Simsbury Road; West Hartford, CT;

Scott Carpenter (was on the nominees list for 2005)

Robert Castonguary (not sure of his location at the present time)

   

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