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This week's achieves in sports
CAROL R. COHEN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
PHOTOS BY BILL GEMMELL
Senior Division
NAME: Al Delidow
JOB: Oak Park High School phys-
ical education teacher
DEED: Delidow, 56, is in the midst
of his 34th consecutive year of
teaching physical education and
athletics in the Oak Park School
District. He spent the first 10
years at Roosevelt and Pepper el-
ementary schools and the next 24
at Oak Park High School.
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Delidow admits he has never
asked his students to do anything
he could not do. Even now, if he
asks them to run or swim a mile,
he does it with them.
THE SKINNY: Delidow is a South-
field resident and has a wife and
two grown daughters. He was
born in Detroit and became in-
terested in teaching physical ed-
ucation from Mort Levitsky, his
elementary-school gym teacher.
Delidow graduated from De-
troit's Central High School, where
he ran varsity track and cross
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For the past 35 years, Delidow
has also been doing extensive vol-
unteer work for the American
Red Cross. He started out teach-
ing inner-city kids how to swim.
A few years later, Delidow was
the instructional supervisor for
Oak Park's Learn to Swim Pro-
gram as well as an instructor
trainer for the Red Cross. He also
taught water safety instruction,
first aid and lifeguarding classes.
Delidow coached the Oak Park
High School men's varsity track
team for eight years. In 1972, his
team won the state Class A track
championship.
In addition, Delidow coached
the school's cross country team
for eight years. He also coached
men's and women's varsity swim
teams for 15 years.
A lot of his swimmers qualified
individually for the state cham-
pionships and several earned col-
lege scholarships, including to the
U.S. Air Force Academy.
In 1972, Delidow was named
Michigan's Class A high school
coach of the year by the Detroit
News and the Detroit Free Press.
In 1973, the Oakland Press gave
him the same award.
Delidow also was honored by
the National High School Coach-
es Association in 1992 for his ded-
ication to high-school athletics. In
1993, Delidow received an award
from the National High School
Athletic Association and the
Michigan High School Athletic
Association for his 30 years of con-
tributions to high-school sports.
country for three years. He
then attended Wayne State
University, where he ma-
jored in physical education
and was a member of the
school's track, cross country
and wrestling teams for four
years.
Delidow is active in Tem-
ple Beth El's Brotherhood
and has been a member of
the temple for 20 years.
QUOTE: "I have enjoyed work-
ing with young people all
these years. Physical edu-
cation and fitness have im-
portant roles to play in
today's society and schools,"
Delidow said. "I have
watched many youngsters
develop and mature. Teach-
ing's greatest reward is see-
ing former students, who
have gone on to do bigger
and better things after high
school, come back to visit me."
Senior Division
NAME: Bert J. Green
TEAM: Summer Men's Golf League
at Rogell Golf Course in Detroit
DEED: Green, a 32-year-old resident
of Farmington, recently placed sec-
ond in the Monday night men's
golf league at Detroit's Rogell golf
course. The league consisted of 20
players and ran for 16 weeks.
In his first year in the league,
Green was tied for fourth place go-
ing into the championship round.
He moved up three spots over the
final nine holes.
Green also tied with two other
players for the season's low round
with a 39 (four over par), and he
won the playoff on the first hole
with a par. Green had a nine-hole
handicap of 5.9, and the league's
second-lowest average with 41.2
strokes per nine holes.
In addition, Green recently com-
peted in the hole-in-one contest at
Rogell, open to players who have
had an ace on a regulation golf
course. Green has had two holes-
in-one.
The contest was held on the par-
three 15th hole, which played 146
yards. Using a seven-iron, Green
hit his shot 8 feet 9 inches from the
cup and tied for 12th place.
Green has a United States Golf
Association Handicap Index of
12.9 and is also a member of the
Golf Association of Michigan.
THE SKINNY: Green began golfing at
age 23. It was important to learn
how to play the sport for his sales
job because a lot of business is con-
ducted on the golf course.
Green is a self-taught golfer and
has never taken a lesson. He said
he played and practiced as much
as possible and watched a lot of
golf on television to improve his
game.
Green was born and raised in
Ann Arbor. He attended Pioneer
High School, where he was a mem-
ber of the tennis team and played
the trumpet in the marching band.
However, when it was time for
college, Green chose Michigan
State University, where he re-
ceived a bachelor of art in com-
munications in 1984.
At MSU, Green played intra-
mural softball and football. He was
also chairman of the school's Unit-
ed Jewish Appeal student com-
mittee.
Every summer, from 1978-1984,
Green worked at Camp Tamarack
in Ortonville as a counselor and
supervisor of DeRoy Village.