Edward Maguda graduated from Berlin High in 1937. He played baseball for the first three years of the start of the program, being selected as a co-captain his senior year. He also played two years of football starting in the 2nd year of the program being organized at Berlin High. In basketball as in football he started in the school’s 2nd year and played for two years before graduating. He was one of Berlin’s first three sport athletes and the Berlin Beacon referred to him as the second Babe Ruth because of his baseball prowess. In addition to his playing varsity baseball and basketball he also played on the intramural teams at the same time.