Brookline High School

John J. Hurley “Red”

John J. Hurley (“Red”), Brookline High School class of 1929 (Brookline, Massachusetts). The entry prints: General course; activities listed: Baseball and Hockey; lived at 335 Heath Street.

Class of 1929

249 in the class of 1929 · 46 more named Hurley

Full name: John J. Hurley
Known as: Red
Lived at: 335 Heath Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Course: General
Ambition: “To be successful”
Pastime: “Football”

Also searched as: Red Hurley; Jack Hurley; John Hurley; Johnny Hurley.

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Household 2
Clubs & teams 199
Neighbours 10
Same surname 38
Classmates 248

In context

Of the 249 entries from the Brookline High School class of 1929 read for this site, John's is 104th alphabetically. John's portrait is on scan page 58, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 31 to 96. Across 9 classes of Brookline High School on this site, from 1923 to 1931, 52 people are named John; the class of 1931 has the most, 11. John is one of 53 listed under General among the 239 classmates whose course is printed (22%). The class of 1929: 76% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 78% in 1928 and 76% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Winnifred E. Hurst, Elliott Hurwitz, Betty Jacobs
Same club	Baseball: 31 other classmates
Same club	Hockey: 16 other classmates
Same course	General: 53 of 239 classmates with a course (22%)
Same first name	John: 7 other people in the class

At home, 335 Heath Street

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

The 1928 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Hurley at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

James J Hurley (wife Grace), gard householderpage
John J Hurley, student lived herepage

The Hurley household is listed here in 1931 too.

What John did at school

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What the yearbook said

They shall not pass

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John J. HurleyLawrence, Mass. Mayors Photograph Collection 1916

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1929, page 58. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1929broo).

Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Public Library of Brookline via the Internet Archive.

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