SPHS Athletes Muglia, Longo & Papa Honored

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Katie Muglia, Philip Longo, and Dylan Papa were honored Friday as UNICO Plainfields Chapter's 2010 Brian Piccolo award winners.  

The award recognizes high school athletes who also excel in academics. Joining the three winners in the picture below are Councilman Rob Bengivenga, Debbie Boyle of the South Plainfield Board of Education,  former BOE member Bob Jones, and Anthony Bengivenga, President of the UNICO Plainfields Chapter.  

The award is named after Brian Piccolo, who was a professional football player for the Chicago Bears for four years. Brian died from embryonal cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of testicular cancer, which was first diagnosed after it had spread to his chest cavity. He was the subject of the 1971 TV movie Brian's Song. Piccolo was portrayed in the original film by James Caan and by Sean Maher in the 2001 remake.