His attention to detail was superb. His devotion to being the best that he could be never was in question.\u00a0 His willingness to help others set an example for many to follow.\u00a0 2001 Branford Sports Hall of Fame inductee Bob Vishno demonstrated a zeal for life as an athlete, a teacher, an administrator, a coach,\u00a0 and a close friend.<\/p>\n
Bob attended Branford High School from 1946 to 1949, where he\u00a0 played football, baseball and basketball , and won eight varsity letters under former Branford Sports Hall of Fame inductee and coach, Warren Sampson ( class of \u201892).\u00a0\u00a0 As an\u00a0 end and receiver on the football squad first team, he was a teammate of Hall of Fame inductees,\u00a0 Joe Chandler (\u201890), Blake Lehr (\u201897), and Vincent Casanova (\u201898).<\/p>\n
\u201cVish\u201d, as he was known in high school by many,\u00a0 was an integral part of the Branford Hornets basketball squad. During his sophomore year,\u00a0 Bob contributed to the\u00a0 team\u2019s sweep of both the Housatonic and State Class B titles. Branford finished the year undefeated with a record of\u00a0 21-0, including 18 regular season wins and three tournament victories.\u00a0 With the titles earned that season, Branford claimed a second consecutive Housatonic League championship and a \u201cthree-peat\u201d as state champions.\u00a0 In the Class B Tournament , Branford defeated Milford, Stonington and later, Wilcox Tech,\u00a0 in the title game, 33-31.\u00a0 As a junior, Bob led the Hornets to a 13-6 record, which included a 19 point effort\u00a0 versus Windsor High School in the C.I.A.C. playdown game, a contest Branford won by the final score of 66-38.\u00a0 The team would eventually fall\u00a0 to Sacred Heart 41-38, in the quarterfinals of post-season play.\u00a0 During the 1948-49 season, \u201cVish\u201d played in all 19 games, was third on the team in field goals (66), points scored (174), and average (9.1), in addition to being co-captain.\u00a0 Bob also was a pitcher and third baseman on the Branford High School baseball team.\u00a0 During his senior year, Bob was voted \u201cMost Athletic\u201d by his classmates.<\/p>\n
After graduation, Bob continued his education on a scholarship\u00a0 to Milford Prep from 1949 to 1950.\u00a0 While there, he played football, basketball and baseball and was named the \u201cBest Senior Athlete\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tonight\u2019s inductee won a football scholarship to the University of Colorado from 1950 to 1951.\u00a0 Bob later\u00a0 went on to earn his Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Connecticut State University from 1953 to 1956 and his Masters\u2019 Degree in 1960, where he played three seasons\u00a0 of varsity football for coach Jess Dow and was selected to the All-Connecticut Small College Honorable Mention Team\u00a0 in 1955.\u00a0\u00a0 Bob also was a three year\u00a0 varsity golf member at Southern and captain in his senior year.\u00a0 Following college, he played semi-pro football for Branford Laurels and Roesslers of New Haven.<\/p>\n
As a professional, Bob was hired by Sag Harbor (New York) Board of Education as a teacher\/coach for Pierson High School for 31 years from 1956 to 1987.\u00a0\u00a0 While there, he coached several sports on the junior varsity and varsity level in basketball, baseball and golf and won Coach of the Year honors in each of the three sports as part of the New York State Coaches Association.\u00a0 Bob was one of only three coaches in the Suffolk County to win over 100 contests in three sports.\u00a0 The 1978 basketball team won the State Class C Championship in Rochester, New York.\u00a0\u00a0 Bob later served as Athletic Director for seventeen years and honored by the Suffolk County Athletic Directors in 1986 for service to the county.<\/p>\n
Currently,\u00a0 tonight\u2019s inductee has been a teaching golf professional for the past thirty years at the Poxabogue Golf Center. Bob, who has been married to his wife, Lillian, for 49 years, and resides in Sag Harbor, New York,\u00a0 is the father to three,\u00a0 daughters, Dana Truxillo and MaryBeth Armstrong, and a son, the late Robert Vishno, Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":805,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/branfordsportshalloffame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inductee\/804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/branfordsportshalloffame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inductee"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/branfordsportshalloffame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/inductee"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/branfordsportshalloffame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/branfordsportshalloffame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}