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Longtime Classical hoop coach Brenner dies

Steve Krause

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LYNN – Herb Brenner, who coached boys basketball at Lynn Classical from 1954 through 1977, died Monday night. He was 93.Brenner’s Rams won 258 games over his career, and went to 16 state tournaments.A Lynn English graduate and basketball star, Brenner also played baseball for The Bulldogs as well as the Post 291 American Legion team.Brenner is in both the Classical and English Halls of Fame, and Salem State’s as well. The gym at the former Classical building – now the Fecteau-Leary school – is named in his honor.See Thursday’s Item for a complete story.

  • Steve Krause

    Steve Krause is the Item’s writer-at-large. He joined paper in 1979 as a copy editor and later created a music column, called Midnight Ramblings, which ran through 1985. After leaving the paper for a year, he returned in 1988 as a reporter and editor in sports. He became sports editor in 1998; and was named writer-at-large in 2018. Krause won awards for writing in 1985 from United Press International; in 2001 from the Associated Press; and again in 2020 from the New England Newspaper & Press Association. He is a member of the Harry Agganis Foundation Hall of Fame, a past winner of the Moynihan Lumber Scholar-Athlete Community Service Award, and was the 2012 recipient of the Jack Grinold Media Award for MasterSports, an organization that conducts high school and college coaches’ clinics. He lives in Lynn, is active on Facebook, and can be found on Twitter @itemkrause.

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