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Title |
Bill Daskarolis San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame Plaque, 2015 |
Object Name |
Plaque, Award |
Description |
Plaque commemorating Bill Daskarolis of Aragon High School being inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame on July 23, 2015. The plaque is silver acrylic mounted with golden screws onto a dark wooden base. Plaque includes headshot image of Daskarolis, he is wearing a white shirt and the background is dark. A brief biography is also on the front, "Loyalty and dedication. No two words better sum up what Bill Daskarolis has meant / to Aragon High School. By the spring of 2015, he had been coaching student-athletes / on the cross-country and track and field teams at the San Mateo school for more than / a half-century. In all, it has been estimated that he has coached as many as 5,000 / student-athletes during those fifty-plus years of service. In 2014, he was awarded / the coveted Dan Fukushima Lifetime Achievement Award by the California Coaches / Association. The new Aragon track has been named in his honor." The back of the plaque has an oval sticker with the logo and contact information for Spotlight Impressions, the manufacturer of the plaque. |
Date |
July 23, 2015 |
Creator |
Spotlight Impressions (San Mateo) |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
2015.016.002 |
Dimensions |
H-12 W-9 D-1 inches |
Collection |
3D - Personal Symbols |
Inscription Text |
"2015 Peninsula Sports / HALL / OF / FAME" (text on front left upper corner); "BILL DASKAROLIS / ARAGON HIGH SCHOOL / Inducted July 23, 2015" (text on front middle); additional text on front includes biography; "SPONSORED BY / San Mateo County/Silicon Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau / IN COOPERATION WITH / San Mateo County Event Center / PRESENTING SPONSOR / San Mateo Daily Journal" (text on front lower middle); "spotlight impressions / your source for name badges, signs and awards" (silver oval sticker with black text on back complete with location, address and contact information) |
Provenance |
Sponsored by the San Mateo County/Silicon Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau |
Notes |
"Loyalty and dedication. No two words better sum up what Bill Daskarolis has meant to Aragon High School. By the spring of 2015, he had been coaching student-athletes on the cross-country and track and field teams at the San Mateo school for more than a half-century. In all, it has been estimated that he has coached as many as 5,000 student-athletes during those fifty-plus years of service. In 2014, he was awarded the coveted Dan Fukushima Liftetime Achievement Award by the California Coaches Association. The new Aragon track has been named in his honor." [San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame] |
Search Terms |
Aragon High School Coach Cross-country running Daskarolis, Bill Memorabilia San Mateo Sports Track and field athletics Track athletics |
Subjects |
San Mateo Sports Track and field athletics Coaching (Athletics) Cross-country running Memorabilia Schools |
People |
Daskarolis, Bill |
Credit line |
Courtesy of the San Mateo County/Silicon Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau |