Leo McCaffrey
PHS Class of 1939
Leo was a student body president and star basketball player for the Highlanders. He was the Optimo Award winner for Piedmont’s 1937 ACAL Basketball Championship team. Leo later played on the 1942 Stanford team that won the NCAA Championship.
In 1942 Leo enlisted in the Marine Corps and was with the Marines in the pacific from 1944 to 1946 and took part in several campaigns, including Saipan and Okinawa, and then spent tour months in Japan.
Links:
Chicago Tribune - Stanford’s magical title run of 1942
Leo’s Obituary - San Francisco Chronicle 2005