Longtime Philadelphia high school sports writer Ted Silary has passed away aged 72 on Thursday. The news of his death was revealed by Pat McLoone on Twitter.
He wrote, “I am sad to pass word that Ted Silary, a great friend to many, has passed at 72. I owe my career to him. I strongly believe to no one anywhere, at any time, covered high school sports better than Ted. It is mind-boggling to think of how many young lives Ted Silary touched and influenced in a positive way. Just the nicknames alone had to be in the hundreds.”
Who was Ted Silary?
For many years, Silary covered high school sports for The Philadelphia Bulletin and The Philadelphia Daily News before launching his well-known website TedSilary.com. His website was renowned for having all the information you could possibly need about high school sports in the area.
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“The site, a Mount Everest of information staring at you right from the home page, wasn’t just living history. It was a bulletin board for a community,” The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Mike Jensen had wrote back in 2019 in an article shortly after Silary announced that he would no longer be adding to the page.
“Maybe the best part of the site is that you didn’t have to be the best player in the city to get your recognition. It’s one thing to have a list of top Philadelphia scorers from 2000 through 2015. It’s quite another to list everyone who scored at least 15 points a game,” he had added.
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The public and his fans have expressed their grief on his death and poured tributes on Twitter.
“RIP the great Ted Silary,” Mike Jensen said on Twitter. “If I’ve talked to 700 Philly hoops people over the years, 500 brought up Ted’s name. Ted was so generous with (post-retirement) ideas. Pre-retirement, he was fiercest of competitors for all us Inquirer folks. He could have covered anything, chose HS’s.”
