Big 33

Organized in 1957, the Big 33 Football Classic started life that year as an honorary All-Star team meant to showcase the top 33 high school players in the state of Pennsylvania. Although no game was played in ’57, the following year of 1958 saw the PA squad take to the football field as they lined up against a team made up of star players from around the country. The Keystone boys won that first contest, 6-0, with another 6-0 win in 1959 as well. The last game against a United States All-Star squad, in 1960, ended in a 0-0 tie.

Thereafter, and just as in ’58 through ’60, the game has continued to be played on an annual basis; however, some years have seen the Pennsylvania squad take on stars from the states of Texas, Ohio or Maryland while others have seen the state split down the middle and the two squads identified as “East” or “West” (with a total of 66 players then selected to fill out the rosters for both teams). And a couple of seasons have seen the two PA teams referred to as “Blue” and Grey” rather than “East” or “West”. Still, regardless of the opponents or team names, the game has continued to attract top talent as evidenced by the fact there has never been a Super Bowl played that didn’t have at least one Big 33 alumni on the field.

Finally, with the Big 33 players representing the best of the best, Neshaminy has seen 20 of its sons selected to play in the big game through the 2014 contest. Starting with Harry Schuh in 1961, Redskins have suited up in 15 of the contests with the most recent being Luke Carrezola in the 2014 edition (several years saw multiple players from Neshaminy in the same contest). Set out below is a complete list of all the Langhorne gridders who have starred in the summer classic. They are identified by the year they played (the summer following their graduation) along with their position and the college they attended. For example Antoine Lovelace played his senior season in 1998 but played in the 1999 Big 33 game.

BIG 33 Redskins

Year	Player	Position	College Attended
1961	Harry Schuh	FB	Memphis State
1964	Bob Baxter	FB	Memphis State
1966	Jim Colbert	QB	Penn State
1966	Fred Conger	OL	Kentucky
1969	Tim Michaels	C
1971	Mike Emanuel	LB	Kentucky
1972	Dale Forchetti	WR	Southern Miss
1972	Chuck Lodge	C/LB	NC State/Villanova
1974	Matt Bahr	K	Penn State
1990	Mike Frederick	DL	Virginia
1999	Antoine Lovelace	WR	Rutgers
2002	Jamar Brittingham	RB	Bloomsburg
2002	Keith Ennis	WR	Kutztown
2005	Kevin Kelly	K	Penn State
2006	Chris Daino	DL	Delaware
2006	Tom McEowen	DL	Penn State
2009	Dan Shirey	DL	Villanova
2009	Jay Colbert	DL	New Hampshire
2011	Corey Majors	LB	Villanova
2012	Kiser Terry	DL	Temple
2014	Luke Carrezola	DL	University of Connecticut
**2020	Ian Sheehan	WR	Shippensburg

** Game cancelled due to Covid 19