Fifty-four years ago, on June 27, 1955, Harry Agganis – proclaimed the greatest athlete in the history of Lynn in an end-of-the-century Item survey – died tragically, the victim of a pulmonary embolism.At the time, Agganis was more than simply “The Golden Greek,” which was his nickname. He was the pride of Lynn. As a high school quarterback, he helped take Lynn Classical to dizzying heights. And then, with Boston University, he did the same.By 1955, he was a first baseman with the Red Sox, hitting over .300, and beginning to master a game that – by his own admission – came much harder to him than the football for which he was more celebrated.His funeral might have been Lynn’s largest ever, with throngs of fans lining the route from St. George’s Church to Pine Grove Cemetery (including 12-year-old Frank Carey, who later starred for St. Mary’s and has won more than 650 games as North Reading’s baseball coach).Upon his death, Lynn lawyer Charles Demakis prevailed upon both the Red Sox and Item publisher Peter Gamage to start a scholarship foundation in Agganis’ memory. And that foundation – thanks to a number of volunteers that include Demakis’ son, Attorney Thomas Demakis – has flourished and grown to the point where it has awarded $1,314,525 in scholarships to 813 student-athletes.Tomorrow, beginning at 10 a.m. at Manning Field, the legacy will be celebrated for the 49th time as Agganis Week – as it has now come to be called – commences with the annual awards breakfast.Along with honoring this year’s scholarship recipients (the 12 Lynn-area winners were profiled over the last month in The Item), the foundation will recognize five additional people for their efforts on behalf of both the Agganis cause and youth sports in general.The awards are the Charles Demakis heritage award, which recognizes a person of Greek heritage; The David C. Weidner media award, Dr. Elmo Benedetto Athletics Award; Paul Cavanagh Community Award; and the Harold O. Zimman Founation Award.Along with Demakis, all the awards are named for people connected with the Agganis cause. Zimman and Benedetto were contemporaries (and benefactors) of Agganis’, Cavanagh was on the board of directors prior to his death in 1990; and Weidner, as an intern, and then sports reporter with The Item, worked tirelessly to promote the games and high school sports.The week of games begins at noon Sunday with the Agganis Softball Classic at Fraser Field, followed at 2 p.m. by the baseball classic.The action switches to the Lynn English gym Monday (6) for the women’s basketball game, with the men’s contest to follow at 7:30. We’re back at Manning Field Tuesday for women’s (5:30) and men’s soccer (7:30), and the games culminate Wednesday (7) with the 49th annual Agganis Football Classic.The games will give fans the chance to see players they’ve heard and/or read about for the last time before they head to college. Four members of this year’s state champion St. Mary’s softball team (Jenna Fraher, Kristen Mondello, Chelsey Paone and Emily Olson) will play, as well as Courtney Finn of Winthrop and Marissa Gambale of Swampscott (who will play in soccer and basketball as well).The baseball game will feature Item Player of the Year Hunter Gordon of Swampscott, as well as four members of the 2003 Saugus American Little League World Series squad: Dario Pizzano (Malden Catholic), Tyler Calla (Saugus) and Joe Kasabuski and Anthony Disciscio (St. Mary’s).See Page B3 for a complete set of baseball and softball rosters.