Tony Gaffney
Anthony Joseph "Tony" Gaffney, Jr. (born November 14, 1984) is an American professional basketball player currently with Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball at the University of Massachusetts. During the 2008–09 season, he received numerous honors from the Atlantic 10 Conference including Defensive Player of the Year, All-Defensive Team, and Second Team all conference.
Early life and High School
Gaffney was born in Boston, Massachusetts on November 14, 1984, and grew up in Berkley, Massachusetts. He played four years of high school basketball at Somerset High School in Somerset, Massachusetts. In 2002, Gaffney helped turn a 2–20 Raiders team into the 21–4 Massachusetts Division 2 South Sectional Champions. That season Gaffney averaged 23 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists and 11 blocks a game. He was rewarded for his strong play in his senior season with the title of the Eastern Athletic Conference Most Valuable Player, All State honors, and Rivals Massachusetts Player of the Year. After his senior season, Gaffney played a prep season at Northfield Mount Hermon School in Mount Hermon, Massachusetts. He averaged 13 points a game along with 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks.
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by John Campbell
Tiny Coffin
by: John CampbellIt takes a tiny coffin for a six year old,
It takes a small hole in the ground.
It takes a tiny coffin for a six year old,
It takes a small hole in the ground.
You could fill it up with my tears and rage,
As they lowered Billy down.
Shotgun blast from a moving car,
It just don’t make no sense.
Shotgun blast from a moving car,
It just don’t make no sense.
They say they were aiming for someone else,
But they put Billy in the past tense.
I knelt by his mama as she weeped in pain.
I asked her what could I do?
I knelt by his mama as she weeped in pain.
I asked her what could I do?
She said, “Pray for me and the neighborhood,
And pray the next time it ain’t you.”
They piled in the Chevy – five angry young men,
It’s the law of the jungle for them.
They piled in the Chevy – five angry young men,
It’s the law of the jungle for them.
They know where to find the gunman,