Inducted in 1980 … Blauvelt native, he graduated from Clarkstown H.S. in 1956 … All-County performer in soccer (goalie), basketball and baseball in 1955 and 1956 for Clarkstown High … played varsity basketball at St. Michael’s College from 1956 to 1958, then transferred to Manhattan College and played varsity basketball for the Jaspers from 1959 to 1961 … he made the All-Metropolitan team as a senior at Manhattan in 1961 … Orlando also was a varsity baseball pitcher at Manhattan from 1959 to ‘61 … good enough in baseball to be offered a bonus by the St. Louis Cardinals as a pitcher … he began his coaching career right out of Manhattan, returning home to Clarkstown and coaching the Clarkstown High School junior varsity basketball team from 1961 to 1970 … during that period he guided the team to several undefeated seasons, and groomed players who would later form the backbone of all those winning Clarkstown varsity basketball teams under Ed McGrath … Orlando was the first varsity basketball coach at Clarkstown South, piloting the team during the school’s first three years of existence, 1971 through 1973 … he organized basketball teams to play at Letchworth Village and Sing Sing prison … he was a social studies teacher at Clarkstown from 1961 to 1970, and also was assistant principal at Clarkstown South from 1971 to 1974 … Orlando died of a heart attack in 1974, at age 36.