Anthony’s Philadelphia Public/Catholic League School History Project: Day 3 Frankford High

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Anthony Franklin | May 6, 2026

Frankford High

Mascot: Pioneers

 Current HC: Damon Brockington

Number of Public League Titles: 26

Last PIAA Playoff Appearance: 2006 (35-14 Loss to Liberty HS)

QB: Tim DiGiorgio 

QB: Lamont Brown

QB: Jim Nagle

QB: Ryan Hardy

QB: Steve Szydlik

QB: Darrell Turner

QB: Mikey Morell

RB: Eddie Gaskin

RB: Blair Thomas

RB: Herb Sample

RB: Marcus Waddy

RB: Ralph Hyland

WR: Mike Washington

WR: Renz Compton

WR: Darrell Miller

WR: Esky Lopez 

WR: Denzel Tuberville

TE: Aaron Allison

ATH: Tyrell Martin

ATH: Jaron Whitehead

ATH: Kevin McCoy

ATH: George Benson

ATH: Marquise Poston

OL: Jahri Evans

OL: Terrence Cook

OL: Tracy Williams

OL: Steve Dominico

OL: Tauheed Smith

OL: Brandon Russell

OL: Mark Dooling

DL: Isaiah Thompson

DL: Jeremy Benson

DL: Tyree Dudley

DL: Akeem Smith

DL: Shareef Miller

DL: Kadar Jones

LB: Chris Spence 

LB: Zaire Anderson

LB: Damon Brockington 

LB: Rasheed Muhammed

LB: Danny Owens 

LB: Theodore McNeil

LB: Calvin Spires

LB: Joe Farina

DB: Arnold Mullins

DB: Adam Hartman

DB: Kalif Walker

DB: George Heineman

DB: Renz Compton

DB: Matt Evangelist 

DB: Brandon Norris

 DB: Marcus Serrano

Top Head Coaches:

1. Al Angelo (184-39-5) with 10 PL titles and 1 city championship
2. Tom Mullineaux (145-31-1) with 4 PL titles
3. Mike Capriotti (49-33) with 2 PL titles
4. Will Doggett (37-22) with 2 PL titles

First Year of Football: 1913

Thanksgiving Rival: North Catholic (though 2009)

Fun Facts:

• The backfield tandem of RB Eddie Gaskin & RB Herb Sample combined to rush for 3219 yards 46 touchdowns en route to an 11-1 senior season in 1997 that culminated with a 2^nd consecutive Public League championship. The only loss that team had was to King during the regular season in which Eddie still ran for 110 yards & scored two touchdowns. Eddie would graduate as the city career leading rusher with 6122 yards & 87 total touchdowns. That record will stand for 6 years before being shattered by Curtis “Boonah” Brinkley.
• Frankford Stadium is home to the Pioneers just a few blocks from the school. Legendary Coach Al Angelo has a memorial in the stadium behind the endzone and just outside of the locker room.
• Frankford has won 26 public league titles with the last coming in 2013.
• Current Head Coach Damon Brockington served as a captain and all city selection for Frankford at linebacker during his high school career.