Paul E. Sevigny (Old Timer, Class of 2009, Posthumous)

 

 

 

 

 

In 1935 Warren High School’s baseball team finished as Class B runners-up.  And third baseman Paul Sevigny received All Class B honors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In football Paul was the single wing signal caller for the then-Red Raiders, who captured the Class C Championship while limiting their regular season opponents to only twelve points.  The only "serious" blot on Paul’s gridiron record came when Coach Jim McGeough announced that he had “missed practice because he ran home to hear Jack Armstrong All American Boy on the radio.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the following spring, Paul, Duke Abbruzzi, and Donat Brochu led the high school to the Class C Baseball Championship.  They then downed Class B West Warwick before losing to Cranston in the state finals. 

 

 

 

 

 

With Paul homering in games against Colt Memorial, Cumberland, and Providence Trade, he received  a number of positive press comments: “turned in a fine performance in the field”; “swung a potent bat all afternoon”; “sensational fielding”; “Paulie Sevigny at third has the makings of a really great player”; “sparkling play probably saved the day”; and “starred at the hot corner.”

 

At the end of the season he was named both second team All State and first team All Class C third baseman.

 

Following high school he played on the Warren teams that won the 1936, 1938, and 1939 Little World Series, served as the Lettermen’s (W) Club vice president, and helped his Bristol Twilight League 1940 team finish as league runners-up.

 

Later in life Paul was active in the St. Mary’s Golf League as both an officer and a player.

 

 

 

Pictures from Hall of Fame archives