Max Burnell

Coach was a great man and passed his values onto two generations of Sweeney's. My dad, Frank; St George 1952, thought Coach walked on water and still quotes him to this day. We had the pleasure of having Coach stay with us while he was at Driscoll Catholic, Addison IL., in 1979.
As a young man, Coach took me on my first visit to Notre Dame and to New Buffalo ,MI. I remember like it was yesterday. He also made me the team manager of the Highlanders even before I was enrolled in the...