Hall of Fame
LOUIS J. "DUKE" ABBRUZZI, '41, was an outstanding coach and star athlete for local schoolboy, Rhode Island State College, and professional teams in football, basketball and baseball. Named All-New England in football for three years at RISC, he captained all three sports, and was All-East in football in 1941. He played professionally in the Colonial Baseball League and for the Boston Yankees and New York Bulldogs in football. Abbruzzi was a teacher-coach at DeLaSalle Academy, Rogers High and Thompson Junior High, Newport. His 1971 Rogers baseball team won the state championship. Named the 1971 Words Unlimited Hugh J. McGowan award winner, he was inducted into the Providence Gridiron Club Hall of Fame. A native son of Warren, R.I., he was All-State in three sports there and is a member of the Warren Hall of Fame.
