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FROM KEITH GROLLER
Saunders "Foo" Belfield, who was the first African-American basketball coach in Lehigh Valley sports history, died on Friday according to reliable sources from an apparent heart attack.
Belfield, who was one of the most iconic figures in Dieruff basketball history, was a 1975 Husky graduate and went on to play at Tennessee State under legendary coach Eddie Martin.
As a player at Dieruff, he scored 1,121 points while playing for Dick Schmidt and Terry German.
He then coached the Husky girls from 1988-92 and his teams went 35-81.
He was more successful as the school's boys basketball coach from 1996-2002, posting a 76-76 mark in six seasons and leading Dieruff to the 1996-97 East Penn Conference championship.
Also during Belfield's stint, Dieruff made the 2000 District 11 4A finals and posted a PIAA first-round victory over heavily favored Harrisburg. Anthony Ross, current coach at Penn State-Lehigh Valley, led Dieruff that year. Ross thrived under Belfield, registering a school-record, 1,419 points.
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