Somerville High School

William McNamara “Benny”

Class of 1931, Somerville High School, Somerville, Massachusetts: William McNamara (“Benny”). The yearbook entry prints: College Course; activities listed: Football and Baseball; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1931 yearbook, page 73.

Class of 1931

563 in the class of 1931 · 44 more named McNamara

Full name: William McNamara
Known as: Benny
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Course: College Course

Also searched as: Benny McNamara; Bill McNamara; Billy McNamara; McNamara, William.

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Clubs & teams 177
Same surname 41
Classmates 562

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Of the 563 entries from the Somerville High School class of 1931 read for this site, William's is 334th alphabetically. William's portrait is on scan page 73, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 27 to 102. 75 people named William turn up in 13 Somerville High School classes on this site, 1917 to 1931; 1931 has the most with 17. William shared “Football” with 39 graduates, going by what the yearbook prints. First names that recur in the class of 1931: John (23), William (17) and Dorothy (16). In the class of 1930: John (18), Mary (16) and Edward (11).

On the same scan page	Helen McNaught, Aretta McNeil, Robert McNeilly
Same club	Football: 39 other classmates
Same club	Baseball: 38 other classmates
Same course	College Course: 79 of 535 classmates with a course (15%)
Same first name	William: 16 other people in the class

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Somerville High School yearbook, 1931, page 73. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervi1931some_0).

Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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