Inducted 2001

Career
Highlights

• NPA - Paddleball State & National Champion
• NPA Earl Riskey Award Winner
• National Paddleball HOF Inductee -- Ann Arbor
• Organized City-wide High School & Jr High Paddleball Tourney
• 1990 State & National Singles & 1990, 2004 National Doubles Champion
• 1999, 2001, 2006 & 2007 Men's Masters Division Doubles Champ

Inducted 2004

Career
Highlights

• Mt Morris High School - All-State Football - 1963
• University of Michigan Football - 1964-67
• Football Coach Freeland High School - Playoffs 4 Times
• Football Coach - Pinconning - Three-Time Regional Coach of the Year
• Track Coach - Mt. Morris High School - Two-Time SVL Coach of the Year
  
  

Inducted 2012

Career
Highlights

• WBCM Radio Sports Announcer 1957-1987
• The 'Dean' of Saginaw Valley Sports Broadcasting
• Premier High School Football & Basketball Announcer
• 'The Voice' of WBCM Sports Broadcasting for Three Decades
  
  

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Inducted 2000

Inducted 1997

Career
Highlights

• Bay County Golf Champion - 1968, 1971, 1982, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
• 1967 - Junior Chamber of Commerce State Champ - 15-16 Age Division
• 1968 - PGA Qualifier - Buick Open - 16 Years Old
• 1969 -- Michigan Public Links 36 Hole Qualifier Medalist - 17 Years Old
• JCC - Many Local and Regional Titles
  
  

Inducted 2000

Career
Highlights

• Free Style Swimmer BCC - 1947-48
• Outstanding Swimmer Bay City JC - 1950-5
• All-American JC Swim Team - 1951 (4 Events)
• Varsity Swim Team Michigan State University
• Warden at Jackson (MI) Prison
  ** Died in 1977
  
  
  
  

Inducted 2010

Career
Highlights

• Football & Wrestling Coach at Bay City Central
• 4 Year Football Player at CMU
• Coached Rick Czap to State Wrestling Championship 1961
• Superintendent of Bay City Public Schools
• Assistant Football Coach to Art Nixon & Elmer Engel During 37 Year Coaching, Teaching Career

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Inducted 1993

Career
Highlights

• Football First Team All-State & All-Valley
• Basketball First Team All-State; Season Leading Scorer
• Track First Team All-State Shot Put

Inducted 1995

Career
Highlights

• Central Michigan University Track, Football, Gymnastics All-American 1939
• 20-Year Bay City Central High School Head Coach - Track
• 27-Year Assistant Football Coach - 5 Class A State Championships
• 1988 CMU Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee

Inducted 2016

Inducted 2006

Career
Highlights

• Varsity Baseball 3 years T.L. Handy (1956-59)
• Golf Champion 2 years Tri-county Chamber of Commerce
• Led Handy Golfers to State Finals
• Basketball - All Time B.C.J.C. Scoring Leader 23.1 per game. High game score of 37 pts. (1959-61)
• Basketball - Golf Scholarship Aquinas College (1961-63)
• As Golf Team Captain, Led Ferris State to N.A.I.A. State Championship & on to N.A.I.A. Nationals
• Coached High School Basketball & Golf
• Basketball Official - 12 yrs.

Inducted 1997

Career
Highlights

• Outstanding Baseball Player - Pitcher and Centerfielder Noted for Long Ball Hitting
• Tried Out With the Detroit Tigers
• Played Triple-A Baseball
• Played City Federation Baseball with Gulf Oil, Bay City Police Dept. & West Side Wenonas
  
  

Inducted 2014

Career
Highlights

• Lifetime All-Sport Umpire, Referee (50 Years)
• Charter Member Bay Metro Officials
• 1991 Refereed State Final Football at Silverdome
• Athletic Administrator at Visitation High School
• Athletic Director at West Catholic Central
• Taught Officiating at Delta College

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Inducted 2010

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Western High School Wrestling Stars 1976-1980
• U of Michigan Stars *Scott - All American 1986 *Rick- Fastest Pin (15 sec) in U of M history
• WCW Heavyweight Tag Team Champs (6 times)
• WWF Heavyweight Tag Team Champs
• IWJP Tag Team Champs
• World Heavyweight Champion WCW, WWF

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Inducted 1992

Career Highlights

• High School All-American - Football
• Purdue University - Football
• National Football League - Philadelphia Eagles

Inducted 2001

Career
Highlights

• CMU Graduate - 1990
• Softball, BCC Catcher, 1st Team All State 1984
• 1st Team All-MAC, Softball, CMU Senior Yr
• Inducted CMU Athletics HOF 5/12/2000
• 1990 - Softball - 2nd Team NCAA Div II All American
• Teacher/Coach Bay City Central

Inducted 2009

Career
Highlights

• The driving force with husband, Bud, behind the very successful Bay City SW Little League
• Over 42 Years SW Little League Volunteer as President, Player Agent & Board Member
• Assistant Little League District 14 Administrator for 27 Years
• T.L. Handy High School Pride Association Treasurer from inception until 1990
• Recipient of 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award

Inducted 2002

Inducted 1997

Inducted 1997

Career
Highlights

• 1990 Won World Powerlifting Championships - Pescara, Italy
• 1991 - Set World Record Bench Press (Age/Weight)
• 1991 - Set Michigan Powerlifting Record (Age 50 & Over)
• 1992 - Stone, England - Won World Powerlifting Championship
• Holds Many Powerlifting World Titles

Inducted 2007

Career
Highlights

• Handy High School, Co-Captain, All City, All State Football - Honorable Mention All State Baseball
• Played in Cincinnati Reds Farm Team
• U.S. Air Force Baseball
• Bay City Federation Baseball
• Bay County Fastpitch Softball
• Coached South West Little League, Pony League Baseball, Youth Hockey

Inducted 2015

Career
Highlights

• Two Time National Silver Gloves Boxing Champion
• Played in Pony, Colt, and Connie Mack World Series
• High School All-American Dream Team in Baseball
• Drafted 5th Round Cincinnati Reds in High School 110 Pick Overall
• Started as a Freshman at the University of Michigan
• Drafted by Chicago Cubs - Played Four Years in the Minors
• Professional Walleye Angler for 13 Years

Inducted 2008

Career
Highlights

• Athlete Bay City Central 1929-1931
• Premier Fastpitch Softball Pitcher for 20 Years
• 12 No Hitters, 5 Perfect Games
• 4 City Softball Champions 1937, 43, 46 & 51
• YMCA State Basketball Championship 1939
• 4 City Basketball Championships
• Pitched for Numerous Teams in The Tri-Cities & Around the State

Inducted 2004

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Central High School Golf 1971-1975
• University of Michigan Golf 1975-1979
• Golf Coach - BC Central, Delta College, Pinconning H.S.
• Bay County Golf Championship - 1979, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987
  
  

Inducted 1999

Career
Highlights

• 1972 All State Dream Team (Football) - Bay City Central
• Saginaw Valley Most Valuable Player 1972 -- Coach's Choice
• Albion College Grad -- 1976 -- 1st Team All MIAA
• Albion College Hall of Fame Inductee
• Captain 1972 BCC Undefeated Championship Football Team
• Class A Golden Helmet Award 1972
  
  
  
  

Inducted 2012

Career
Highlights

• Local Boxing Icon -- 50 Years
• Professional Boxing Coach
• Golden Gloves Boxing Coach
• Junior Olympic Coach - Jordan Wesphal
• Coach: Murray Sutherland,
• Coach: Brandon Arsenault

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Inducted 2015

Career
Highlights

• Started all 23 games in 2000 and 2001 at Michigan State University
• Named MSU Co-Special Teams Player of the Year 2001
• Academic All-Big Ten in 2000 and 2001 and Academic All-American Nominee in 2001
• Rated the #1 Long Snapper in College Football 2001; Signed by the Washington Redskins in the 2002 NFL Draft
• Received 8 Varsity Letters at Western High School in Football, Wrestling & Baseball
• Football 1996 Team Captain, 1st Team All-Saginaw Valley, Golden Helmet Recipient, Midland Area Dream Team, Detroit Free Press All State and Starter in the East/West All Star Game
• Wrestling Four-Year Starter at Heavyweight, 1996 Team Captain, Two-Time All-State (4th Place in 1997), 133 All-Time Wins
• 1996-1997 Western High School Scholar Athlete of the Year and Detroit Free Press Scholar Athlete

Inducted 2000

Career
Highlights

• Women's Fastpitch Softball in the 1960's & 70's
• Class C Amelith Softball State Champion - Pitcher, Shortstop
• Field Hockey - Valparaiso University
• Bay County Women's Golf Champion
• 1st Woman to Officiate State Championship Basketball Game
  ** Died in 1979

Inducted 1998

Inducted 2007

Inducted 2014

Career
Highlights

• Michigan ASA Softball Hall of Fame
• Bay County Sports Hall of Fame, A & B Fastpitch Softball State Champ (2 Teams)
• State Champs Fastpitch - 2 Times (Runner-Up 3 Times)
• National Class A Championship -- Lake Tahoe, CA
• USAF All Star Fastpitch Softball Team, Chanute AFB
• President Bay County Softball Association - 9 Years
  
  

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Inducted 2002

Career
Highlights

• Handy High Saginaw Valley Champion - Baseball
• Central Michigan University Baseball
• 1st Team All-American at CMU
• All Time CMU Best Season Batting Average - .441
• Drafted by Detroit Tigers
• Batted .500 in Rookie Season in Minor League Baseball

Inducted 1995

Career
Highlights

• Co-Founder Bay County Speed Skating Club
• Coached Bay City Skaters to State, National, North American & Olympic Championships
• U.S. International Skating Association Board Member
• Elected to American Skating Union Hall of Fame in 1992

Inducted 2009

Career
Highlights

• All Saints 1973 - 1st Team All State Basketball, Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, U.P.I. & A.P.
• Two Year Starter & Team Captain - Delta College
• Two Year Letterman - Hillsdale College
• Basketball Coaching: Bad Axe HS, Houston Baptist Univ., Jersey Shore Bucs, US Military Academy
• 25 Consecutive Winning Seasons for Track at USMAPS
• Author of many articles in Basketball Professional Publications

Inducted 2000

Career
Highlights

• BC Handy All Conference Football 1958-59
• All-State Honorable Mention - Football - 1958-59
• Central Michigan - All Conference Wrestling 1960
• Wrestling Coach - Bay City Central
• Wrestling Coach Bay City Handy
• Michigan Wrestling Hall of Fame 1993
  
  
  

Inducted 1991

Career Highlights

• Bay City Central High School - Football, Basketball, Baseball
• Professional Basketball Player - Detroit Vagabond Kings

Inducted 2004

Inducted 1993

Career
Highlights

• Bay City T.L. Handy High School - MVP Softball 1972-1974; MVP Basketball 1971-1974
• Central Michigan University - Sports Hall of Fame Inductee 1992
• United States Olympic Team - Field Hockey 1978

Inducted 1998

Career
Highlights

• Graduated BC Central 1968 - Football, Wrestling, Track
• 1967-68 Class 'A' Football Champions 'Athlete of the Year'
• CMU Graduate - Magna Cum Laude
• 1972-1997 Teacher/Football Coach John Glenn HS (143-42)
• AP Class 'A' Coach of the Year 1979 & 1986
• 8 White Pine Titles, 6 Undefeated Seasons
  
  
  

Career
Highlights

• 1981 – U.S.B.A Light-Heavy Boxing Champion
• 1982 -- Moved to Bay City, started a family and set up training camp to advance boxing career
• 1984 – I.B.F.  World Super Middleweight Champion and U.S.B.A Super Middleweight Champion
• 2014 – Honored at the I.B.F/U.S.B.A. Convention in Atlantic City for being the Inaugural  I.B.F. Super Middleweight Champion
• Career Record – 49-13-1 (40) KO’s
• Greatest Accomplishment – “My Family”

Inducted 1997

Career
Highlights

• Central High School 1951 - Football All-State Class A Quarterback - High School All-American
• MSU Football - 1955 Rose Bowl Team
• 1956 - Professional Football - Canadian Toronto Argonauts
• 1957-1977 - High School Football Coach - 112-65-2 Record

Inducted 2003

Inducted 2012

Career
Highlights

• Member CMU Top Ten National Wrestling Teams -- 1972-73
• 28 Year Wrestling Coach - Pinconning
• Coached 478 Team Match Wins
• Coached 11 Conference Titles, 7 District Titles
• Winningest Wrestling Coach in Bay County History
• Top 10 Winningest Coaches in Michigan Wrestling History
  
  

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Inducted 1998

Career
Highlights

• Boxing Lightweight Champion of the World 1896-1899
• Born in Bay City, Mi - December 6, 1869
• Elected to Michigan Sports Hall of Fame
• 'Pound for pound, one of the greatest fighters who ever lived'
• Defeated Dick Burge (British) to win World LW Title
• Defeated 'Giant Killer
  
  

Inducted 1997

Career
Highlights

• 1927-1932 - Head Coach, Bay City Eastern Jr. High School
• Men's Athletic Director, Bay City Junior College
• 1932-1941 - Central High School Assistant Coach: Football and Basketball
• 1932-1941 - Central High School Head Coach: Swimming, Tennis, Golf
• 1942-1967 -- First Full Time Bay City/County Recreation Director for Multiple Sports
  
  

Inducted 2005

Career
Highlights

• BC Central High School - Volleyball, Basketball & Softball
• Captain & Catcher BCC Softball Team
• Division 1 Softball Player at CMU
• Projected All American Catcher at CMU
• Named All District, All Region & All State
• Died at the age of 20
  
  

Inducted 1996

Career
Highlights

• 1st Place 11 Times Port Huron-to-Mackinaw
• 1st Place 1987 Port Huron-to-Chicago
• 1st Place 1985 Monaco-to-New York
• 7-Time North American DN Ice Boat Champion
• 4-Time World DN Ice Boat Champion
• Won Great Cup of Siberia Race - Russia - 1989

Inducted 1995

Career
Highlights

• Pioneered Bay City Central High School Girls' Athletic Program
• Varsity Softball Coach - 1970-Present
• 500-Plus Varsity Softball Victories - 1976 State Championship
• 1995 Michigan High School Softball Coaches Assn. Hall of Fame Inductee

Inducted 2000

Career
Highlights

• NFL Football, NY Jets, Cleveland Browns
• Grand Valley State Football
• GLIAC Football Champion 1977
• NAIA All-American First Team
• All Great Lakes Conference 1977
  
  
  

Inducted 2014

Inducted 2013

Career
Highlights

• Baseball Coach at Bay City Western Since 1993
• State Champion Baseball 2013
• Over 500 Wins as Baseball Head Coach
• Teams Have Won 4 Saginaw Valley Titles
• All-American Pitcher at CMU, 36 Wins, No-Hitter
• Inducted CMU Hall of Fame 2000
  
  

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Inducted 2000

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Central High School 1951-1955
  9 Varsity Letters
• All-City, All-Valley, State Honorable Mention
• Valley Football Scoring Leader
• CMU Track Relays Champion
• BCC Football Half-back 1953-55
  BCC Athlete of the Year -- 1955
• Michigan State University Football Scholarship
  
  

Inducted 2005

Career
Highlights

• 1994 BC Central High School Graduate
• 1994 First Team All State Free Press Dream Team
• 1994 Three-year Varsity Letter Winner - Football, Basketball
• Unites States Air Force Academy Graduate
• 1994 Two-year Varsity Letter Winner in Basketball
• Played in the 1997 Las Vegas Bowl

Inducted 2005

Career
Highlights

• Won 12 Varsity Letters at Visitation High School
• Hearst State All Star Baseball Tournament at Tiger Stadium in 1955
• Quarterbacked the U of D football team 3 years
• Catcher for U of D Baseball Team for 2 Years
• Leading hitter in 1959 U of D
• Played in the NCAA Baseball Tournament in 1959

Inducted 1993

Career
Highlights

• American Legion Baseball Promoter & Coach 1960-1983
• American Legion "Man of the Year" 1980
• A Lifetime of Devotion and Fund-raising for American Legion Baseball

Inducted 2003

Inducted 1991

Career Highlights

• Golf
• U of M Big 10 Champion
• State Champion

Inducted 2004

Career
Highlights

• St. Mary's High School - 1957-1961
• Football, Track, Basketball - 4 Years - All-State Basketball
• Olivet College - 1961-1965 - Track, Cross Country - 4 Years - MVP - 1962
• John Glenn High School - 1966-1995 - Teacher, Athletic Director, Coach
• Michigan High School Regional Athletic Director of the Year - 1995
• John Glenn - Bay County Girls Track Champs - 11 Years
  
  

Inducted 1994

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Central High School 1954-1957 - Football, Track
• All-State Football Bay City Central High School - 1956
• State Track Champion 100-Yard Dash - Bay City Central High School 1956

Inducted 1998

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Central Football 1930-31 /Back-to-Back Undefeated Seasons
• U of Detroit Football 1933-34 (Gus Dorais)
• Played 74 Games in 10 Yr Pro Football Career (12 Teams)
• Star Player for Undefeated LA Bulldogs - Champion 1937
• Passed for 5 TDs for Providence Steamrollers - Last Game
• Star Softball Player for Joe Lewis Team )Brown Bombers)
  
  

Inducted 2005

Career
Highlights

• Played fast pitch softball for 28 years and won Classes A B C & D Fast Pitch State Championships; placed 3rd at National Finals in Fargo, North Dakota
• Started competitive Basketball for girls in Bay City Intermediate Schools
• Coached High School and Intermediate Softball, Basketball, Volleyball and Track & Field for Bay City Public Schools
• Inducted twice into the Bay County Sports Hall of Fame in Softball as a team player for White's Drive Inn and Cubby's Bar
• Coordinated, planned and organized the installation of lights and water at Defoe Park for Girls Softball

Inducted 2015

Career
Highlights

• 3 Sport Athlete - John Glenn High School - 10 Varsity Letters
• Class A All State Swimming 1988
• Area Leader in Every Individual Swimming Event - 1988; only time this ever happened in area history
• Undefeated in Dual Meets and Invitationals Junior and Senior Seasons
• Michigan State University Varsity Swim Team - 1988-1992
• Varsity S Club Member
• Head Coach - East Lansing High School, Okemos High School, John Glenn High School
• Career Head Coaching Record - 117-10
• Coached 35 All State Swimmers and Divers
• Coached 6 All American Swim and 5 Individual State Championships
• Coached 31 Conference Championships

Inducted 2013

Career
Highlights

• Football Coach Bay City Central Since 1986
• Saginaw Valley Championships 1996 & 2007
• Class AA State Runner-up 1994 With 11-2 Record
• Michigan Coach of the Year 1996
• Inducted Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame 2012
• 146-114 Record at Bay City Central
  
  

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Inducted 2002

Career
Highlights

• Football - Central Michigan University
• 37 Year Coaching Career
• Michigan H.S. Asst Coach of the Year - 1992
• Inducted Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame 1977
• Coached at: Beaverton, Saginaw MacArthur
• Coached at: Saginaw Eisenhower, Saginaw Heritage

Inducted 2003

Career
Highlights

• 1961 St. James - 1st team All-Valley Football 2 years.
• City/County Football Scoring champ senior year (1961)
• Football scholarship to Eastern Kentucky State University
• JV Football Coach St. James High School
• Head Varsity Football Coach All Saints 1982-2003
• All Saints Athletic Director 1988-2003. Total 38 years high school football coach.
  
  

Inducted 2011

Career
Highlights

• President's Award

Inducted 2001

Career
Highlights

• 1946-47 -- 6 Letter Winner at Bay City Central
• 5 Year Standout Halfback with Bay City All Stars
• Basketball - All State & All Valley Honors
• 3 Sport Coach at Bay City St Mary's - District Titles
• 20 Year Coaching Career - St Stans, St James, St Joes
• St Stans AC Basketball Standout - Guard

Inducted 2009

Career
Highlights

• Boys & Girls Club, United Way, Civic Arena, Elks Club
• Hall of Fame, Women's Center, Lions Club
• Chamber of Commerce, Bay Medical Foundation, Mich Petroleum
• Major Philanthropic Spirit in Bay County
• Player & President - Bay County Baseball Federation

Inducted 2012

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Inducted 2004

Career
Highlights

• 1961 Graduate Bay City St. James High School - 3 sport star (Basketball, Football & Baseball)
• 1965 Graduate - University of Notre Dame
• 1976-1984 Published Sports Page Magazine - Coverage of all sports in Bay County area.
• Has served as President of the Bay County Sports Hall of Fame since 1995

Inducted 1995

Career
Highlights

• First Team All-State Class A Quarterback Bay City Central High School 1952
• University of Michigan Quarterback 1954-1955
• Mid-Michigan Class B Football Coach of the Year 1969
• 10 All-Class State Softball Championships as Pitcher 1951-1984

Inducted 2015

Career
Highlights

• Garber Varsity Baseball Coach 1973-1998
• Varsity Record, 494-242 - Record Unbroken for 19 Years
• Conference Championships 1978-1979-1980-1981-1982-1983-1985-1986-1987-1988-1990-1991 and 1995
• District Championships 1993 and 1994
• Regional Championship 1993
• Class B Coach of the Year 1993
• Regional Coach of the Year 1993
• District Coach of the Year 1985-1987 & 1993
• Michigan High School Athletic Association Sportsmanship Award 1993 and 1994
• Garber Baseball Teams Finished in the Top 10, Six Times
• Inducted into the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame 1992
• Coached MHSBCA All Star Game 1991
• Coached Many All State, Division 1, Division II Players and One Professional Player

Inducted 1994

Career
Highlights

• Bay City St. Mary's High School 1929-1932 - Basketball
• First Team All-Catholic Basketball - 1931 & 1932
• Bay City St. Mary's High School State Basketball Champion - 1931 & 1932

Careeer
Highlights

• 1991: MHSAA First Team All-State (B.C. Central)
• 1991: Most Valuable Player MHSAA All-Star Game *Scored Upper Deck Home Run at Tiger Stadium
• 1994 and 1995: McNeese State Home Run (31) and RBI (118) Record Holder; 1ST Team Southland Conference
• 1995: Candidate - NCAA Baseball Player of the Year
• 1995: 17th Round Draft Pick - Baltimore Orioles
• 1995-1998: Hit .252 and Scored 42 Home Runs with the Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Inducted 1997

Career
Highlights

• Coached Handy High School Baseball Team to 1987 State Championship
• Coached Handy High School Baseball Team to 8 Saginaw Valley League Championships
• 1975 Class A Coach of the Year
• 1988 - Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame Inductee
• 1997 - Reached 500 Career Wins in Varsity Boys + Girls Basketball

Inducted 1992

Career Highlights

• High School Basketball Coach - 545 Career Victories
• Michigan High School Coaches Hall of Fame Inductee

Inducted 1994

Career
Highlights

• Sports Editor - Bay City Times 1948-1984
• Bay City Central High School Graduate 1938
• Introduced High School Football "Golden Helmet" Award
• Past President Michigan Sports Editors Association

Inducted 2008

Career
Highlights

• Assistant Bay County Recreation - Director 1969-77
• Bay County Recreation & Parks Director 1977-92
• Procurement of Grants for Parks, Ball Field Complex, & Other Recreation Programs
• Athlete at Bay City Central High School
• Semi-Pro Football: Bay City All Stars & Bay City Blazers
  
  

Inducted 2004

Career
Highlights

• 1980 Bay City Softball Player of the Year
• 1985 ASA Fastpitch Softball All American
• 2003 MASA Hall of Fame Inductee - Fastpitch
• ASA State Champion Fastpitch Softball 1972, 1979, 1980,1981, 1983, 1994
• Coach/Manager Midland Explorers 1999 to Present
  
  

Inducted 2004

Career
Highlights

• Edenville High School - Graduated 1938 - Baseball, Basketball, Soccer
• Softball Pitcher - 1941 - 2003 (601 Victories)
• Pitched 4 No-Hitters - Softball 1941to1980
• 1980 - Re-Hab Blooperball Tourney - Perfect Game - Named Tourney MVP
• St. Maria Goretti/Bay View Bar - League Champs 1987, 88, 89
  
  

Inducted 2013

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Inducted 2001

Career
Highlights

• 1957-61 - Saint Stanislaus (Stags) 3-Sport Standout
• 4 Yr Shortstop at Central Michigan University
• 12-2 Record as Pitcher at CMU - Senior Year
• Inducted Into CMU Athletic Hall of Fame
• 1967 - Drafted by Major League Baseball - Chicago Cubs
• Played with St Louis Cards & San Diego Padres
  
  

Inducted 1996

Career
Highlights

• John Glenn High School - 10 Varsity Letters
• Western High School Track Coach - 13 City Titles
• Western High School Track Coach - 8 County Titles
• 4-Time SVL Coach of the Year
• Albion College Football & Track

Inducted 2005

Career
Highlights

• Bay City St. Marys - Football, Basketball
• Member of the Bay City Times 1944 All City Parochial Basketball Team
• Received a berth for 3 consecutive years BCT Team
• Member of City League Champions Monitor Coal.
• Signed by Tigers in 1944
• Canadian - American Champion Team 1948
  
  

Inducted 1996

Career
Highlights

• Central Michigan University Track Records - NAIA Indoor Champion - 3-Time League Champion
• John Glenn Track Coach 1969-1984 - White Pine Conference Champs & Bay County Boys Track Titles
• 16 All-Americans - Men
• 13 All-Americans - Women
• SVSU Track Coach 1985 - Present

Inducted 2005

Career
Highlights

• The First BC Central High School 12 Varsity Letter Winner
• Won 1st Team All Valley & Honorable Mention All State Honors
• Named Athlete of the Year 1998
• Four-year Letter Winner at MSU
• Captain of the Volleyball Team at MSU
• Won the Academic All Big Ten Athlete Award at MSU
  
  
  

Inducted 2013

Career
Highlights

• President's Award
  
  

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Inducted 1998

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Handy 1959-1962 Football
• All Valley, All State, All American 1962 - Football (End)
• University of Michigan Football 1964-66 / 3 Yr Letterman
• 1963 - Outstanding Freshman U of M - John Maulbausch Award
• 1965-66 Academic All Big 10 & Yost Award Winner for All Around Student-Athlete
• Member 1965 Rose Bowl & Big 10 Champion Football Team
  
  
  
  

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Inducted 2003

Career
Highlights

• Michigan Open Singles Handball Champ - 1955
• 7-Time YMCA Handball Champion Between 1950-1960
• High School Basketball Referee - 40 Years
• Halfback - Football - Bay City All Stars (Semi-Pro Football)
  
  

Inducted 1998

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Central
• 1935 - 1st Bay City Boxer to Claim State Golden Goves Championship
• 1935 - Won NE Michigan Novice Middleweight Championship
• 1936 - Open NE MIchigan Boxing Champion
• 1936 - State of Michigan - Open Middleweight Champion
• One of Bay City's Most Popular Athletes of the 1930s
  
  

Inducted 1999

Career
Highlights

• Handy High School 1949 Grad -- 14 Varsity Letters (Basketball, Football, Baseball, Track & Swimming)
• Quarterback for BC Handy in 26-0 Win over Bay City Central (1948)
• Catcher/Pitcher Kiwanis Club Baseball 1947
• Pole Vaulter, Track Relay Runner & Swim Team Diver
  
  
  
  
  

Inducted 2006

Career
Highlights

• BC Handy 1952 Graduate - 11 Varsity Letters in Football, Baseball & Basketball
• Made last basket in 37-36 win over BC Central as freshman in 1st Handy/Central Basketball game
• Times First All-City Grid Team 1949 - Quarterback
• Football Co-Captain 1951 - Arrowhead Conference Champs
• Offer to play for Detroit Tiger farm team in Jamestown NY in 1952
• Officiated High School Football & Basketball 15 Yrs.

Inducted 1996

Career
Highlights

• All-Sports Standout at Bay City Central High School
• Football Coach - Bay City All Stars 1947-1951
• Champions 1950 & 1951
• Played on the 1929 Bay City Central High School Undefeated Football Team - Record: 7-0-2

Inducted 1997

Career
Highlights

• Central High School Football All-Valley, All-State, All-American, Bay City Times MVP
• 1956-1957 Central High School Valley Baseball Champions
• 1958-1960 U of M Football All-American, Honorable Mention, 1961 Big Ten Champions
• Detroit Tigers Minor League System - 1961
  
  

Inducted 2008

Career
Highlights

• 1971 Graduate Bay City Central - 1975 Graduate CMU
• Member of 1976, 1977 State Champion Cubby's Bar Fastpitch Softball
• Coached over 50 High School Volleyball Invitational Tournament Victories
• Combined 539-143 Volleyball Coaching Record with Nine District Titles & Three Regional Championships
• Coached 1988 State Softball Championship Team at Bay City Handy
• 1988 Class B Softball High School Coach of The Year
  
  

Inducted 2011

Career
Highlights

• Organized First Amateur Baseball Leagues in Bay County


• Manager of Local Baseball Teams For Over 25 Years


• 1943 Monitor Coal - Manager - County Champs


• 1945 Auburn Merchants - Manager - Federation Champs


• 1952 St. Paul - Manager - American Legion Champs


• Former President of Bay County Recreation
  
  

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Inducted 2011

Career
Highlights

• Central 1995 Class A State Golf Champion
• Central MHSAA Class A State Super Team
• MSU - Captain of Spartan Golf Team - 4 Yr. Letter Winner; 3 Time Academic All Big Ten
• U.S. Open - Qualified 4 Times
• Michigan PGA's Central Chapter - Player of the Year 3 Times
• 2 Time Bay County Golf Champion
• 2 Time Saginaw Valley League MVP

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Inducted 2013

Career
Highlights

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Inducted 2010

Career
Highlights

• Bay City St. Mary Football 1963-64-65
• First Team All-State 3 years 1963-64-65
• BC TIMES Gold Helmet Player of the Year 1965
• Northwood University Two Time All American
• Team Captain Jr. and Sr. Years at Northwood

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Inducted 2014

Career
Highlights

• Original Member of South Bend Blue Sox 1943
• Blue Sox Were Part of the All American Girls Pro Baseball League
• Graduated BC Junior College
• Ruth Has Her Own Baseball Card
• Inducted MLB HOF at Cooperstown
• Pitched for Valpo Queens & Men's Teams During WWII
  
  

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Inducted 1999

Career
Highlights

• East Jordan HS Graduate -
  1955 (Baseball, Tennis, Football, Basketball, Track)
• 1955 MHSAA State Singles Tennis Champion
• Alma College 1955-57 (Basketball, Tennis)
• Central Michigan University 1957-59 (Tennis Singles # 1)
• 40 Years Swimming & Tennis Coach
  (419 Swim Meet Wins) (Handy, John Glenn, Western)
• MISCA HOF 1989
  MHSCA HOF 1998
  MHSTeA HOF 2001
  John Glenn H.S HOF 2011
  
  
  
  

Inducted 2002

Career
Highlights

• AAA Baseball Texas League - 15 Years
• 10 Time Texas League All-Star
• .385 Season High Batting Average
• Never Hit Below .320

Inducted 2011

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Inducted 2006

Career
Highlights

• Master of Ceremonies Bay County Sports Hall of Fame 11 Years*
• Master of the Sports-related Anecdote
• Graduate Bay City Central
• 2006 - Voted Earth's Most Passionate Golfer
• Jester, Jokester, Quipster, Punster & Toastmaster Supreme

Inducted 1999

Career
Highlights

• High School All-American in United States Jr. National Track & Field Championships - 1988
• Co-Holders of the Golden Helmet Award
• Northwood University - Full Football Scholarship
• Dan: NAIA Academic Collegiate All-American - Junior Year
• David: Voted Most Valuable Player and Field Performer at the Midland Graves Relay
• David - The Only Bay County Athlete to Ever Win This Award
  
  
  
  

Inducted 1991

Career Highlights

• Bay City Central High School - Football, Basketball, Baseball
• Michigan State University Football
• Football Coach Central State University
• Inducted into Central State University Hall of Fame

Inducted 2008

Career
Highlights

• BC Central HS Varsity Swimmer 1948-52
• State HS Champion, 200 Yard Freestyle, State HS Championship, 200 Yard Freestyle
• Two Event All-American - Junior Yr., Three Event All-American - Senior Yr.
• Michigan State University Varsity,1952-56 - NCAA All-American
• Recipient of Heusner Award Varsity 2006 by Michigan State
• USMS National Champion, 86-times
• Held Consecutive FINA World Records for 16 Yrs.
  
  

Inducted 2009

Career
Highlights

• Earned 13 Varsity Letters at CMU. Graduated 1940
• Set CMU Single game & Career Basketball Scoring Records
• Led CMU in Basketball scoring 3 Years
• CMU Pole Vault Record Holder. Olympic Trials in Pole Vault
• Inducted into CMU Sports Hall of Fame - Class of 1987
• Teacher, Coach, Athletic Director & Counselor at Handy High School

Inducted 1991

Career Highlights

• Baseball "Lynch the Pinch"
• National League Pinch-hit Home Run Record Holder

Inducted 2006

Career
Highlights

• 1st Bay City Woman to Bowl 300 Game
• Played Semi-pro Fast Pitch Softball
• 9 City Championship Bowling Teams. 1941-83
• Bay City Women's Bowling
• First Team All Star Squad 1963-64 & 1964-65
• Top Performer - Golf, Tennis, Basketball, & Volleyball

Inducted 2011

Career
Highlights

• All Saints Basketball & Softball - 3 Year Basketball Scoring, Record 890 pts. (1980-1984)
• Eckerd College - Basketball 4 Yr. Starter. Team Captain 3 Yrs.
• School Scoring, Record 1259 Pts.
• G.T.E. All-American 1988
• Inducted into Eckerd College Athletic Hall of Fame (First Woman Inducted)
• Named Alabama High School Boy's Basketball Coach of the Year, 3 years in a row
• Director of Athletics Marion Military Institute; NJCAA Region XXII Assistant Region Director
  
  

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Inducted 2014

Career
Highlights

• 40 Years Competing in the Sport of Paddleball
• 24 National Championship Titles (1989-2013)
• Played in 16 Nation Open Singles Championships
• Won 9, Lost 7 Career National Open Singles
• #1 on List of Career National Open Singles Titles
• 2013 NPA Hall of Fame Inductee
  
  

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Inducted 2007

Career
Highlights

• Bay County Sports Hall of Fame Charter Member Secretary Since 1990
• 1942 - Bay City Golden Gloves Champion
• Boxed in the Grand Rapids State Tournament 1942
• 1945 Co-Captain BCC Football Team
• Honorable Saginaw Valley, Honorable Mention All-State Detroit Free Press
• 1946 Michigan State Varsity Boxing Team
• Past President of Bangor High Booster Club & Bangor Board of Education

Inducted 2011

Career
Highlights

• Bay City St. Mary All State Football 1958 - 1960
• High School All American All Conference Basketball & Baseball
• Hillsdale 1963 Football
• Signed by Chicago Bears 1964
• Pro Wrestling Career
  
  

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Inducted 2013

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Handy High School Baseball
• Saginaw Valley State University Baseball
• Drafted by the SanFrancisco Giants 1994
• Holds Home Run Career Record at SVSU -- 26 HR's
• Posted 35-28 W/L Record as AAA Pitcher
• Pitching Coach at CMU & Western Illinois
  
  

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Inducted 2011

Career
Highlights

• Regional Golden Gloves Boxing Champion 8 Times
• Michigan Golden Gloves State Middleweight Champion 1962
• Race Car Driver - Multiple All Points Champion at Tri-City Raceway (1960's & 1970's)
• Popular Aggressive Competitor in 'Toughman' Boxing Events
  
  

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Inducted 1991

Career Highlights

• Women's Softball Pitcher
• Michigan Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame Inductee

Inducted 2009

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Handy Football, Wrestling 1971-1975
• Two Time Class A Golden Helmet Player of The Year 1973-1974
• Two Time All Valley Fullback 1973-1974
• All State Fullback-Linebacker 1974
• Central Michigan University Football 1975

Inducted 2002

Career
Highlights

• 2002 Olympic Bronze Medalist - Bobsledding
• 2-Time National Bobsled Champion
• All State Pole Vaulter - John Glenn
• All-County, All Conference Football - John Glenn
• Purdue University Central Collegiate Champion
• Pole Vault Coach - University of Louisville

Inducted 1993

Career
Highlights

• Bay City T.L. Handy High School Football 1965-1968; First Team All Valley 1968
• University of Nebraska Football 1968-1973; National Champion 1970-1971
• Nebraska Career Record Football - Tight End Most Passes Caught

Career
Highlights

• 1965 - St. Mary High School Father Cahill Scholar-Athlete Award
• 1966-68 United States Navy Seabees - Two Vietnam Tours - Purple Heart Medal
• State Championships Made Rite 72 and 79 AUL 77 83 and MVP ASA 1980
• 1979 - ISC World Champion Saginaw Bolters - Designated Hitter
• 1979 - Play or Coach in 5 ASA National and 7 ISC World Tournaments
• 1984 - Mt. Morris High School Class B State Champions Class B Coach of the Year

Inducted 1991

Career Highlights

• Bay City Central High School Football Coach 1950-972
• Record: 165 wins; 34 losses; 8 ties

Inducted 1992

Career Highlights

• Bay City Central High School - Football
• University of Detroit - Football
• Michigan Outstanding Amateur Athlete University of Detroit

Inducted 1998

Career
Highlights

• Bay City All Saints 1972-75 / Basketball
• Member 1974 & 1975 All Saints State Basketball Champoinship teams
• First Team - All State - Football & Basketball
• Career Scoring Mark - 1,108 Points (Basketball)
• Starting/Winning Pitcher - 1970 Colt Baseball State Championship Game
• Coached 1981 AS Baseball Team to State Title

Inducted 1994

Career
Highlights

• Bay City St. James - Football 1921-1924
• Georgetown University Football All-American 1926
• "Father" of Bay City Parochial High School Football

Inducted 1992

Career Highlights

• Sports Medicine - Bay City Public Schools
• Athletic Trainer - Bay City Central High School

Inducted 1998

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Central 1960-64 / Football, Wrestling, Tennis
• Earned Full Football Scholarship to U of Missouri
• Missouri - 1964-68 / Football & Wrestling
• 1966 Sugar Bowl Starter - Offensive Guard
• 1966 Sugar Bowl - Bell Trophy Winner
• 15 Yr Wrestling Coach - BCC - 3 Conference Championships

Inducted 2007

Career
Highlights

• 1974 State Champs, All Saints Basketball
• 1st Team All State Basketball
• City Scoring Champ, Basketball 1974 - (20.5 ppg)
• Honorable Mention All American
• All Saints Leading Scorer All-time
• McLennan Community College - Starting Point Guard
  
  

Inducted 2012

Career
Highlights

• 1932 -- Basketball -- St. Mary's
• 1932 -- Football - Two-way Player St. Mary's
• Amateur Baseball Player-Coach
• 2nd Leading Scorer - City High School Basketball - 1932
• Bay City Police Force -- 32 Years

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Careeer
Highlights

• Participated in Golden Gloves for 5 years
• Coach, Trainer and Manager of World Champion – Super Middleweight, Murray Sutherland
• Coach, Trainer and Manager of World Champion and Heavyweight, Earnie Shavers
• Originator of the Nationally known “Toughman Contest”
• Sponsored amateur boxing in Bay City/Bay County for 55 years
  
  

Inducted 2002

Career
Highlights

• State Champ - Heavyweight Wrestling
• All-State Tackle in Football
• 3 Year Defensive Starter - Nebraska Football
• All Big 8 Defensive Tackle
• Associated Press Lineman of the Week
• Shot Put State Finalist

Inducted 2009

Career
Highlights

• Four State Softball Championships (88,91,99,08)
• 907 Softball Wins Through 2009
• Five State Runner-up, 23 District & 13 Regional Titles
• Two-Time State Coach of The Year
• MHSAA Coaches Hall of Fame
• Runner-up 2009 National Coach of The Year
• All State Captain of 1978 State Champ Baseball Team

Inducted 2014

Career
Highlights

• 2001Jr. National Champion, 2-Time Junior World Team Member 2002-03
• 2003 Junior World Champion200m Relay Silver Medalist, 8th Place Overall
• U.S. Junior Record Holder for 3000m and 1500m in 2002 (Still Standing)
• 2006 Olympic Team Trials: 2nd Place 1500m and 100m Time Trial, 3rd Place Overall
• 2006 Olympic Games: Bronze Medalist 500m Relay, 1500m Semifinalist, 12th Place Overall
• 6-Time Wold Cup Team Mem, 7-Time Olympic Training Ctr Resident & Nat Race Team Member 2002-2008

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Inducted 2004

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Central High School - 1985-1989
• Volleyball - 4 Years Varsity Team
• 1989 Senior Woman Athlete of the Year Award
• Western Michigan University - 1989-1993
• Attended 1989 NCAA Volleyball Tournament
• Attended 1991 Olympic Sports Festival

Inducted 2009

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Central - Athlete of The Year 1956
• All State Quarterback, All Valley Point Guard, Standout Pole Vaulter
• Member of 1957 National Championship Football Team at Michigan State
• Long & Successful Coaching Career at Oak Park High School
• Member of Oak Park (ILL) High School Hall of Fame 1998
• Led Central High School in Basketball Scoring & Assists - 1956

Career
Highlights

• Thirty (30) years of coaching football and basketball in Bay County (St. James, St. Stanislaus, All Saints and John Glenn)
• Assistant Coach with the Bay City All Saints 1974 and 1975 State Boys Basketball Championship Teams
• Associate Head Coach with the Delta College 1989 NJCAA Men's National B-Ball Championship Team
• Coached 11 current Bay County Sports Hall of Fame members
• Nine (9) years as Athletic and Recreation Director of Bangor Township Schools
• Served on the MHSAA Football, Swimming and Scholarship Committees

Inducted 1996

Inducted 2007

Career
Highlights

• 9 Varsity Letters - Track, Football, Basketball - St. Mary High
• Valley Parochial, Regional Champion, Pole Vault, High Hurdles
• State Champion, Pole Vault 1962
• First Team VPL,, Associated Press All State Football
• 4 Varsity Letters, Track, CMU, MVP 1965 & 1966
• CMU Triple Jump Record Holder 8 Years

Inducted 2005

Career
Highlights

• National Indoor and National Outdoor Champion 1975
• North American Outdoor Champion 1976
• U.S. National Speed Skating Team, 1979, 1980
• Placed 14th in 1979 Junior World Championships , Grenoble, France
• Placed in top 12 of U.S. World Team in all-around trials 1980
• Received Evans Scholarship Award by Western Golf Assoc. to MSU

Inducted 2015

Career
Highlights

• SVSU Men's Bowling Coach for 22 Years
• Took Team to 18 National Tournaments
• 12 Top 3 Finishes
• 4 National Championships - 1991-1992-2006-2007
• Coached 24 All Americans, 7 PBA Bowlers and 3 National MVP Bowlers
• Inducted in the Michigan State Bowling HOF in 2013
• Inducted into SVSU Sports HOF September 2015
• 1990 MSBA HOF and Man of the Year
• Bay City Bowling HOF in 1991

Inducted 1995

Career
Highlights

• 48-Year Sanctioned ABC Bowler
• Seven 300 Games
• Bay City Men's City Tournament Champion 8 Times
• Merit Award Recipient
• Bay City Bowling Hall of Fame 1983 Inductee

Inducted 2014

Career
Highlights

• Track Phenom at Western 1991-93
• Saginaw Valley Hurdle Record -- 100m & 300m
• State Indoor Hurdle Champ 1993
• All-State & Midwest Champion in 1993
• Set Pentathalon, Heptathlon & Mile Relay Records at WMU
• Set Heptathalon Records at WMU

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Inducted 2007

Career
Highlights

• Little League, Pony League, Colt League All Star Teams
• American Legion Baseball League & District Champs
• Drafted by Cleveland Indians Out of High School
• Accepted Full Scholarship to Central Michigan University
• Starting Pitcher for CMU 1967-70
• Drafted by San Francisco Giants

Inducted 1998

Career
Highlights

• Bay City All Saints - 1981
• 8-Time Mi State Speed Skating Champ
• 1975 National Speed Skating Champion
  
  

Inducted 2003

Career
Highlights

• 5-Time City Golf Champ ('48, '49, '54, '55 and '57)
• Bay City Central Golf Captain - 3 Years
• Teamed With John Tews in 1948 to Defeat Hand/MacKenzie for City Golf Title
• Initiated Golf Lesson Program - Essexville Schools

Inducted 2010

Career
Highlights

• Football Running Back *Petoskey HS *CMU *
• Coaching Record *BC St. James HS *BC All Saints
• *Undefeated (9-0) in 1972 *Overall Record 93-45-6
• Win Total (93) Second only to Elmer Engel when he retired in 1977

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Inducted 1994

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Central High School 1942-1945 - First Team All-State Football 1945
• Michigan State University 1946-1949 - Football Varsity Letter
• Delta College Athletic Director, Basketball Coach 1956 - Present
• MCCAA Athletic Director of the Year - 1991

Inducted 2015

Career
Highlights

• Legendary Lifetime Pinconning Sports Booster and Distinguished Community Volunteer
• 50 Year+ Volunteer Member Pinconning Spartan Sideline High School Football "Chain Gang"
• 2012 - Pinconning Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year
• 2012 - Pinconning Spartan Booster Club President
• Named Honorary Member of the High School Football Coaches Association
• 1958 - Golden Gloves Boxer
• 1956 - Member of NEMC Champion Pinconning Spartan High School Football Team

Inducted 2008

Career
Highlights

• Coached St. Joseph 5 years 1956 Team Won 9 Lost 0
• BCC Line Coach 1957-1972 - State Champs 1965, 1967, 1969, 1972
• Bay City Central Basketball Coach District Champs 1975
• Bay City Schools Administration , District Athletic Director
• Elementary Principal, Director of Adult Education
• Past President of Bay County Sports Hall of Fame

Inducted 1992

Career Highlights

• Tennis - 3-year Letterman
• NCAA Tennis Champion - University of Michigan
• NEM Singles Champion 19 Consecutive Years

Inducted 2002

Career
Highlights

• All Valley and All State Football 1969-70
• BCC Wrestling Co-Captain 1970
• Cheboygan Football Coach 1974-80
• Football Coach Bay City Western - Vally Champ 1985
• Football Coach - Saginaw High - State Champ in 1999
• BCC Co-Athlete of the Year - 1969-70

Inducted 1993

Career
Highlights

• Football
• Bay City T.L. Handy High School - Class A State Champs 1961
• University of Nebraska - All-American 1966 & 1967
• National Football League - Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings
• NCAA Hall of Fame

Inducted 1993

Career
Highlights

• Football
• Bay City Central High School All-State First Team - 1958
• Michigan State University Most Valuable Lineman 1960-1962
• National Football League - Cleveland Browns, New York Giants

Inducted 2006

Career
Highlights

• Bay City American Legion & Bay County Federation Baseball Star
• State Champion Pole Vaulter, MVP All Valley Halfback
• City Scoring Leader B. C. Central 1952-56
• Central Michigan University (1957-61) Football, Baseball
• 3 Varsity Letters, Captain
• Held stolen base record
• Coach for Special Olympics, Area Director
• Director Boys Club, Head Start Program, School Principal 25 yrs.
  
  

Inducted 1993

Career
Highlights

• Fastpitch Softball Pitcher - State Champion - Class C; House of Fogerty
• State Champion - Class B; Larry's Bar - 1971
• State Champion - Class B; Made Rite - 1972
• 80 No-hit Games

Inducted 2004

Inducted 2000

Career
Highlights

• 3-Sport Star at BC Western (Football, Basketball, Baseball)
• Football Golden Helmet Winner 1974-75
• 3-Year Varsity Basketball at Western
• U of M Baseball Full Scholarship
• 1978 Regional & National Baseball Champion at U of M
• Fast-pitch Softball - Bay City Mariners
• ** Died in 1994
  
  
  
  
  

Inducted 2007

Career
Highlights

• All Saints Softball MVP
• Delta College Softball All Conference, All State
• Ferris State University Softball MVP, All-Conference, All State
• Women's State Fastpitch Class A Champions DeWyse Builders
• Softball Coach, Coloma High School
• Lieutenant, Michigan State Police Distinguished Service Award

Inducted 2006

Career
Highlights

• BC Handy Graduate (1971-75) Football, Basketball, Baseball
• 1975 All State Class A Baseball
• Alma College Baseball records hits, runs, bases, triples
• Batting Average 1978 - 505
• Four Years Varsity Basketball - Top Ten Alma field goal percentage
• Honorable Mention All MIAA
• All MIAA outfielder, 1978 MIAA League Champions
• 1978 Career Leader Batting 415
• Drafted by Kansas City Royals
• Inducted into Alma College Hall of Fame 1994

Inducted 2006

Inducted 2001

Career
Highlights

• Bay City All Saints Football1969-73
• 1973 -- First Team All-State
• 1973 -- All Saints Most Valuable Player
• 1973 - Bay City Times' Player of the Year
• Alma College - All Conference 1975, 76, 77
• Alma Football Most Valuable Player 1976 & 1977

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Inducted 2003

Inducted 2007

Career
Highlights

• Little League 'Pony' Federation Baseball
• Pee Wee Jr. Sr. Mens Ice Hockey, Flag Football Mens Sr. League Bay City
• Varsity Wrestling , Baseball T.L. Handy
• Amateur Boxer 1957-68 Pro Boxer 1968-79.
• Coached Boxing 1965-79. Started Jr. Olympics.
• U.S.A. Boxing Coach 1977-78-79, Originator of Toughman Contest 1979, Pro Spar Partner
• Operates Oswalds Bear Ranch Since 1984
  
  

Inducted 2014

Career
Highlights

• 1st Team All White Pine Conference Baseball
• 4-Year Letter-Winner at Saginaw Valley 1979-1982
• 23+ Years Baseball Head Coach at John Glenn
• Has Coached the Most Baseball Wins in Bay County History
• State Baseball Coach of the Year 1992
• MHSBCA Hall of Fame Inductee 2004

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Inducted 1999

Inducted 2001

Inducted 1996

Career
Highlights

• 1950 - All-City Football - Handy
• 1st Team - Detroit News Baseball
• County Federation Batting Champ
• Flint NW - Baseball Coach - State Champs
• Inducted Michigan Baseball Coaches HOF

Inducted 2003

Career
Highlights

• 1951 - Bay City Central Football - All Valley
• 4-Time Letter Winner Football - Central Michigan University 1952-55
• Played QB and Wide Receiver - CMU Football
• Led CMU To 30-6-1 Record and 4 IIAC Football Titles

Inducted 2005

Career
Highlights

• Founder - Bay County Sports Hall of Fame
• First President - Bay County Sports Hall of Fame 1990
• Founder - Green Hut Charities
• Public School Teacher - 10 Years
• Sports Bar/Tavern Owner and REC Team Sponsor 28 yrs.
• Past President Michigan Licensed Beverage Assoc.

Inducted 2003

Career
Highlights

• 1957 - BCJC - Cross Country Team Captain
• 1958 - BCJC Track Team Captain and All Conference
• CMU Cross Country and Track - 1959-1961
• Founding Father of Bay Area Runners' Club (BARC)
• Founder - St. Pat's Road Race

Inducted 2003

Career
Highlights

• 41 Year Veteran Fastpitch Softball Pitching Career
• Pitched Softball for the U.S Army - Kentucky, Washington, Korea
• Played Organized Rec Softball in Bay City from 1950s thru 1980s
  
  

Inducted 2013

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Inducted 2002

Career
Highlights

• Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs & Houston Astros ML Baseball (1993-2000)
• All Valley Baseball and Football at BC Western
• Western Michigan - 3 Year Baseball All-American
• Holds 8 WMU Baseball Records
• 2 Year Member of Team USA Olympic Squad
  
  

Inducted 2003

Career
Highlights

• State Champion Swimmer - Bangor John Glenn
• 200 and 500 Freestyle Champion - Jr & Sr Year
• Collegiate Swim Champion - Old Dominion University
• Most Decorated Swimmer in Old Dominion History
• 4-Time MVP Swimmer at ODU

Inducted 1999

Career
Highlights

• Football Tackle & Linebacker - 1960 - 1961 Elected Most Valuable Player
• 1st Team All Valley - 1st Team All-State
• Earned Fully Tendered Football Scholarship - University of Michigan
• Played in University of Michigan's Big 10 Football Championship Team - 1964
• Played in University of Michigan's 34 - 7 Rose Bowl Victory over Oregon State 1965
• Three-Time Boston Marathon Runner
  
  
  
  

Inducted 2007

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Junior College Basketball, Swimming
• Played Football at Western Michigan University
• Graduate WMU in Physical Education, Science, Math
• Coached Football Cadillac High School
• Head Swimming Coach, Dean of Boys, Central High
• State Meet Finishes 1949-52 - Highest in School History

Inducted 1991

Career Highlights

• USA Olympic Speed Skater
• Gold Medal - 1964
• Silver Medal - 1968

Inducted 2012

Career
Highlights

• President's Award Winner

Inducted 2013

Career
Highlights

• Earned 10 Varsity Letters at Bay City St. Joe's 1959-63
• VPL Football Scoring Leader 1962
• VPL Football Scoring Leader 1963
• All-State Football 1963
• Attended Nebraska University on Football Scholarship 1964
• Knick-Named 'Freight Train' at Nebraska
  
  

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Inducted 2010

Career
Highlights

• BBC All State, Parade All American Football
• Outstanding Baseball Player BCC .400 Batting Average Senior Year
• State of MI HS Athlete of the Year - 1967
• Football Scholarship at Michigan - 1968-1971
• Played on 1969 U of M Big Ten Championship Team

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Inducted 1992

Career Highlights

• Softball Pitcher - City & State Championships
• First Sanctioned 700 Series - Bay City Women's Bowling

Inducted 2008

Career
Highlights

• Football & Basketball Star Handy HS
• Handy QB-All State 1970-71
• U of M QB 1974-75
• 'Leather Neck' Award US Marine Corps
• 1971, Scholastic Magazine Football All-American, Senior year

Inducted 2015

Career
Highlights

• 48th Year of Coaching in Bay City (St. Stan's, All Saints, BC Central and BC Handy High Schools) Still Active
• Honored in 2014 as Assistant Coach of the Year by the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association
• Honored in 1999 by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan for 300 Victories
• Coached 11 Current Hall of Fame Members
• Awarded 10 Varsity Letters at Bay City St. Mary's High School - First Team All-Conference Football 1962
• Son of Hall of Fame Coach Jack Sullivan

Inducted 2012

Career
Highlights

• Father-Son Outboard Boat Racing Legends
• Bay City River Roar Mainstays
• National Outboard Boat Racing Champions
• Crew Chief, Driver, Mechanic -- Outboard Boat Racing
• National Tunnel Boat Racing Champions

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Inducted 1997

Career
Highlights

• BC Western - 1977-80 - Track - Set 1 Mile Run & 220 Yard School Record
• 1980 - 1st Team All State Class 'A'
• Michigan State Basketball - All Big 10
• 1989-97 California Police Olympics
• World Police & Fire Games 1600 Meter Relay Record
• 1993 L.A.P.D. Open 'Athlete of the Year'
  
  

Inducted 2012

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Inducted 2003

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Western - All Saginaw Valley Basketball - 1991-94
• 1st Team High School All State Basketball - 1992-94
• Scored Over 2,000 Points in High School Career
• Lead The Nation in 3-Point Shooting at Western Michigan - 1995-96
  
  

Inducted 2014

Career
Highlights

• 1929 Became Michigan Speed Boat Champ
• 1930 Set National & International Speed Boat Records
• 1930 National Speed Boat Champion
• 1931 Set Six (6) World Hydroplane Speed Records
• Born and Raised in Bay City, Michigan
• 1st Woman to Fly Solo in an Airplane -- James Clements Airport

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Inducted 2006

Career
Highlights

• Starred in Basketball, Volleyball & Track - BC Central (1983-87)
• All Region & Senior Woman Athlete of the Year 1987
• Volleyball starter 4 years Northwood University (1987-1992)
• Conference District, Regional Champs all 4 years
• Played 4 National Tournaments, Top Ten 3 times
• High School Volleyball Coach

Careeer
Highlights

• Member of Bay County Pony League since 1974. Have held offices of Secretary, President, and Treasurer.
• Pony Baseball/Softball Field Director, Region Director, Division Director, and Member of International Board of Directors.
• Joe E. Brown Fellowship Award from Pony Baseball (1991), North Zone Director of the Year (1998), and member of Pony
• Baseball Wall of Fame (2008).
• Essexville Garber Football Coach (1978 – 2013).  Held many positions including Head Coach.
• Essexville Garber Junior Varsity Baseball Coach since 1978. 
• Awarded Assistant Coach of the Year by the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association in 1991.

Inducted 2011

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Inducted 1995

Career
Highlights

• Named to First Bay City Bowling Hall of Fame 1981
• Held Bay City Women's Bowling High Average 24 Years
• City Championship Softball Teams 1934-1939
• City Tennis Champion 1938
• City Women's Golf Champion 1955 & 1957

Inducted 2001

Career
Highlights

• Handy Coach - Basketball, Football, Golf & Wrestling
• Western High - Basketball, Football, Golf & Wrestling
• University of Maryland - All American Football & Lacross
• Boxing Champ - Southern Conference -- 1947
• State of Michigan Golf & Wrestling Official
• Passed Away in 2000

Inducted 2010

Career
Highlights

• All Saints High School Basketball 4 Years.
• Varsity Spring Arbor College, Lettered for 4 Seasons, 3 Year Starter at Point Guard
• Coaching Career: CMU, Army, Tenn Men, Northwood, SVSU
• 1996-97 GLIAC Men's Basketball Coach-of-the-Year
• University of Tenn. Assistant Womens Coach With Back-to-Back
• National Championship Teams '07 '08
• Coached 6 NBA & 10 WNBA Draft Choices in 26 Years of College Coaching

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Inducted 2004

Career
Highlights

• Garber High School Swimming Team
• 1965 & 1967 State Champion High School All-American Team
• 1968-71 Michigan State University Swimming Team
• MSU 1968 Freshman Big Ten Champion - Top Academic Freshman
• 1960 & 1961 State Champ - Bay City YMCA Swimming Team

Inducted 2002

Career
Highlights

• BC Handy Football, Baseball, Wrestling Letter Winner 1968-72
• All State Football Senior Year - 6.9 Yards/Carry Average
• Held Central Michigan Record for Tackles (128) Senior Year
• Team Member - CMU National Champion Football
• Team Member of CMU's First MAC Team (8-1-2 Record)
• Local Baseball Coach - Kawkawlin Youth, PONY and Colt Leagues

Inducted 2006

Inducted 2010

Career
Highlights

• Lettered in Football, Basketball at St. Joseph High School
• Asst. Coach at St. Joseph HS - Including 1967 St. Joseph State Champion Football Team
• Coached Football, Basketball & Track at St. Joseph Grade School - 30 Years
• Many League Championship in Football & Basketball at St. Joseph
• Manager at NELL LL - 20 Years with Mutiple League & County Championships
• Board Member of NELL for 18 Years

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Inducted 1995

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Central High School 3-Year Varsity Basketball & Track All-State Basketball; State High Jump Champion
• University of Michigan 3-Year Letterman Basketball & Track; Big 10 and NCAA High Jump Champion All-American 1953

Inducted 2007

Inducted 2012

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Inducted 1996

Inducted 2005

Career
Highlights

• Selected Regional Coach of the Year 7 times
• Selected State Coach of the Year twice
• Garber won 7 regional championships under Harold
• Selected for the MHSTeCa Hall of Fame in 1992
• President of MHSTeCa in 1982

Inducted 2008

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Inducted 2001

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Central Football - End - 1950s
• Pole Vaulter
• 1st Michigan-Born Pole Vaulter to jump 14' with Bamboo Pole
• 'Greatest Pole Vaulter In CMU History'
• Died in Car Accident (Age 26) in 1960

Inducted 2013

Career
Highlights

• Three Sport Standout at Pinconning High School
• All Conference in Football, Basketball & Baseball
• Team MVP & Leading Scorer - All 3 Sports - Senior Year
• Volleyball Coach at Midland Dow 125-11
• Volleyball Coach at Northwood University 264-102
• Current President - Northwood University Texas Campus
  
  

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Inducted 2012

Career
Highlights

• A.P & Detroit All-State Football 1953
• Led Bay City Central to Class 'A' Valley Title in 1952
• Thom McAnn Trophy Winner
• All City, All Valley, All State & All-American Football 1953
• Famous Statewide For Blocking Punts & Recovering Fumbles
• Blocked One Punt & Three Extra Points in One Game Against Flint Northern -- 1953

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Inducted 2011

Career
Highlights

• Bay City All Saints - 1996 Michigan's Miss Softball
• GVSU Single Season Records for HR (21), RBI (78) and Walks (40)
• GVSU Career Records for HR (46), RBI (238), Walks (110) and Total Bases (445)
• GLIAC Player of the Year 2000, 2nd Team All American - 1999, All Conference & All Region 1999 & 2000
• 1st Team All American - 2000, GLIAC All-Academic Team 2000
• GVSU 1999 & 2000 Co-Female Scholar - Athlete of the Year
  
  

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Inducted 2010

Career
Highlights

• Handy HS-First Team in Baseketball & Baseball
• MVP Michigan Coaches All Star Basketball Game
• Played Baseball at Seminole JC, U of Hawaii & NE Oklahoma State
• Third Team D1 Baseball All American at U of Hawaii
• Played AA Baseball in the Atlanta Braves Organization
• Coaches Youth Baseball & Basketball

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Inducted 2001

Inducted 2009

Career
Highlights

• Six Years Head Football Coach Pinconning High School - 37 Wins, 3 NEMC Titles
• Ten Years Head Volleyball Coach Pinconning H.S. - 536 Wins, 9 NEMC, 10 District, 8 Regional Titles
• MHSAA Volleyball State Champions 1992, Second Place 1989, Third Place 1988
• Twelve Years Head Volleyball Coach Northwood University - 305 Wins, 3 GLIAC & 4 NAIA Titles
• Michigan High School Football Coaches Association Class B Regional
• Coach of The Year 1981
• National High School Coaches Federation Michigan Coach of The Year 1992

Inducted 2001

Career
Highlights

• Football - Bay City Handy - Defensive End
• All Conference & All State Senior Yr at Handy
• Detroit Free Press Dream Team
• 4 Year Letterman at Michigan State
• Academic All Big 10 at MSU Two Yrs
• Michigan College Scholar/Athlete 1988
  
  

Inducted 1996

Career
Highlights

• 1st Woman Coach of Boys' Hockey Team in the U.S. and Canada - The Bangor Bruins
• Head of Bangor Recreation Department 30-Plus Years
• Founder of First Bangor Booster Club
• 1st Woman Elected to Bangor School Board
• Received State of Michigan House of Representatives Resolution of Tribute - 1982
  
  

Inducted 1994

Career
Highlights

• SBay City Central High School 1954-1957 All-American - Football; All-State - Baseball
• University of Michigan 1958-1961 - Football, Baseball
• Head Coach, Assistant Coach - Football, Baseball - Saginaw Valley High Schools 1963-Present

Inducted 2010

Career
Highlights

• Bay City All Saints Letterman Football, Basketball & Tennis
• Tennis - State Champ Singles 1974
• State Basketball Champs 1974
• WMU Mid-American Doubles Champ 1976
• WMU Mid-American Singles Champ 1978
• All Time WMU Tennis Victories 144

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Inducted 2012

Career
Highlights

• 1975 -- Team Member Class 'C' All Saints State Champion Basketball
• Named 'Top 100' By Parade Magazine 1976-77-78
• Leading Scorer - Bay County -- Three Years
• College Career -- West Virginia & Walsh College (Canton, Ohio)
• Played Professional Basketball -- Dublin, Ireland
• Scored 57 Points in Game Against Sts. Peter-Paul

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Inducted 2011

Career
Highlights

• Wrestling Coach 1968-1981 - Bay City Handy & Bay City Western
• Career Record: 108 Wins, 22 Losses, 1 Draw
• Eight Time Champion Saginaw Valley League
• His Teams - Only One Dual Loss Between 1971-1975
  
  

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Inducted 1994

Career
Highlights

• Bay City St. Joseph High School 1948-1952
• University of Colorado 1952-1957 Football
• Head Coach St. Joseph High School 1959-1963 - Football, Basketball, Baseball
• Detroit Lions 1957

Inducted 1993

Career
Highlights

• Football Coach 129-45-6; 3 Undefeated Seasons; 8 Northwestern League Titles
• Member High School Coaches Hall of Fame

Inducted 2010

Career
Highlights

• Delta College - Coached Basketball, Tennis & Golf
• Athletic Director 33 Years
• 1972 MCCAA Service Award
• 1991 MCCAA Coach of the Year
• 1999 MCCAA Distinguished Service Award
• First President of MCCAA

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Inducted 1998

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Central 1926-30
• Football - Halfback - 2 State Champion Teams
• Captain of the 1928 All State Team
• Captain - Central HS Basketball
• Michigan State - 1930-34 - 3 Varsity Letters
• Football Coach - Royal Oak - State Champion

Inducted 2004

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Central 1956-60 - Football, Baseball, Basketball
• BCCentral 1960 - All-State 1st Team - Football
• University of Michigan Graduate - 1965 - Full Football Scholarship
• Bay City Public School Teacher - 32 Years
• President of the Bay City Education Association - 12 Years
  
  

Inducted 2009

Career
Highlights

• Varsity Football Starter as an 8th Grader - Bay City St. Mary's
• Played in Football State Championship Game in 1926 - Bay City St. Mary's
• Basketball Catholic League All Star - Bay City St. Mary's 1926 & 1927
• Semi-Pro Baseball - 1930's
• Coached Bay City St. Mary's Football State Finalists - 1931
• Coached Bay City St. Mary's Baseball State Champions - 1932

Inducted 2008

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Inducted 2013

Career
Highlights

• 35-Year Assistant Football Coach -- John Glenn
• Inducted Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame 2012
• 8 White Pine Conference Championships
• Inducted Central Michigan Hall of Fame 2012
• 14 Straight Winning Seasons at John Glenn
• Two-Time Fastpitch Softball Hall of Fame Inductee
  
  

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Inducted 2013

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Inducted 1999

Inducted 1999

Career
Highlights

• 1937 Valley Champion Baseball Team. Pitched Three No-Hitters - Two in Succession
• Detroit Tigers - 1939 - 1940
• Jonesboro, Arkansas - 1941 - 1942 Lead Batting Average: 410
• Chicago White Sox - 1942 - 1943
• World War II All-Major League Team 'Navy Wings'
• Chicago White Sox 1945 - 1946
  
  
  

Inducted 2000

Career
Highlights

• USA AAU All-American Boxing Team
• USA Olympic Boxing Team 1977-1980
• Olympic National Middleweight Champion
• 4-Time State Golden Gloves Champion
• 4-Time State AAU Middleweight Champion
• 1979 Amateur Athlete of the Year - Bay County

Inducted 1994

Career
Highlights

• WBCM/WXOX Sports Radio 1940-1966
• Bay County Parks & Recreation Director 1967-1977
• Co-Founder Bay City Little League Program
• Dynamic Force Behind Procurement of Grants for Bay County Swimming Pool and other Parks & Recreation Programs

Inducted 2006

Career
Highlights

• Little League - 1970, Pony League - 1974, Connie Mack League - 1978
• World Series Championships
• B.C. All Saints 4 yr. Varsity Letterman
• 22-3 pitching record, No-hitter final game (1976-1979)
• 1978 State Champs, 1st Team All State 1979 9-0 recor
• 3 yr Letterman, MVP Basketball
• Central Michigan University (1980-1981
• 3-year Letterman, 2 MAC Championships
• Drafted by San Francisco Giants 1983
• Played 3 years, Retired due to injury

Inducted 2010

Career
Highlights

• Excelled in Swimming at Bay City Central and CMU
• 50 & 100 Freestyle 1982 Qualified for D-1 Nationals in 50 & 100 Free
• Holds 13 CMU Swim Records
• Coached Boys Swimming at Garber & Handy
• Inducted into the CMU Athletic Hall of Fame
• Personal Trainer at Harrington Hill YMCA

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Inducted 1995

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Central High School Track - State, Valley, Regional Champion - State Record Holder - Most Valuable Performer
• Central Michigan University Track - Conference Champion 100 & 60 Yards Record Conference - Most Valluable Performer

Inducted 2012

Career
Highlights

• Three Sport Letterman at Bay City Handy
• Drafted by Detroit Tigers 2002
• Played in Detroit Tiger Organization -- Bristol & Lakeland
• Developed Baseball Program at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU)
• Coached Baseball at Bay City Handy, & Bay City Central
• Co-Founder Peak Performance Baseball
  
  

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Inducted 2014

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Inducted 1997

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Western High School - 1978 Michigan State Finals - 3rd Place
• 1979-1983 Central Michigan University NCAA All-American, Most Valuable Wrestler, 108 Career Wins
• USA Wrestling -- 11-Plus State Championships
• USA Wrestling -- 12 Year All-American
• 1983 USA National Champion
• 1985 Olympic Festival Gold Medal Winner

Inducted 2005

Career
Highlights

• Holder of indoor long jump & triple jump record at CMU
• MAC indoor long jump champion
• Coached women's track and gymnastics
• Presents track & field clinics for youth
• Competes in the Goodwill Games at the National Level
• In 1995 ranked 12th in the U.S. in the long jump

Inducted 2015

Career
Highlights

• 2 Time All State Baseball Garber High School
• 1978-79 Golden Helmet Co-Player of the Year
• 1980 Connie Mack World Series Champion and MVP of Tournament (Means Stamping)
• Division 1 Oral Roberts University - 3rd Team All American
• 2nd Person to Hit a Home Run over Center Field Green Monster at Texas Stadium Off Roger Clemens
• Drafted in 7th Round - Cincinnati Reds 1983; Played 6 years for the Reds, Reaching AAA
• Won 3 Championship Rings in Minor Leagues
• 2 Time Team MVP - Honored at Last Game of the Season - Riverfront Stadium

Inducted 1999

Career
Highlights

• Bay City St. Mary's 1960-64
• Basketball All State, All American, All Conference (1962-64)
• Boston College Basketball 1966-69 (3 Varsity Letters)
• 2 NCAA Basketball Tournaments, 1 NIT Tourney
• John Glenn High School Coach (12 Yrs Varsity Basketball) (22 Yrs Varsity Football)
  
  
  
  
  

Inducted 2008

Career
Highlights

• BCC High School: Basketball, Tennis 1954
• Bay City Jr. College: Basketball, Tennis 1956
• WMU '59 BS Degree - CMU '68 MA Degree
• 43 Yrs. Officiating: Football, Basketball, Girl's Softball & Volleyball
• MHSAA Football State Finals 1988
• MHSAA Softball State Finals 1985 and 1992

Inducted 2005

Inducted 1994

Career
Highlights

• Central Michigan University Coach 1918-1921 - Football, Basketball, Baseball
• Bay City Central High School Coach - Football
• High School Football State Champion - 1924
• Four-time Saginaw Valley Champions

Inducted 2000

Career
Highlights

• BCC All-Valley Football - 1974-75
• U.S. Naval Academy 1976-1980
• Captain of Navy Football Team - 1979
• Winner of Navy's Cook Memorial Award
• Navy Football Coach
• 4 Years U.S. Navy - Naval P3 Pilot
  
  
  

Inducted 2005

Career
Highlights

• Full time Athletic Director for Essexville/Hampton Schools
• 1986 Regional Athletic Director of the Year
• 1993 State Athletic Director Award of Merit
• 1996 State Athletic Director of year, National H S Coaches Assoc. Athletic Director of Year
• 1996 MHSSA Allen W. Bush Award
• Received the coveted MHSAA Charles E. Forsythe Award in 1998

Inducted 1999

Career
Highlights

• BCC Football Letter Winner 1962-63 (All Conference 1963)
• AP/UPI/Detroit News All State (Football)
• Michigan State Football Letter Winner 1965-66
• All Big 10 1965, Rose Bowl Starter 1966
• John Glenn High School Coach, Football, Track, Cross-Country, Basketball
  
  
  
  
  
  

Inducted 2013

Career
Highlights

• 1959 Regional Tennis Champ at BCC
• Varsity Tennis at Vanderbilt University 1962-64
• Collaborated With Billie Jean King on her Biography
• Authored Books on Tennis & Stock Car Racing
• Writer for Sports Illustrated
• Deceased - 2011

Inducted 1998

Career
Highlights

• Graduated TC St. Francis HS - CMU - University of Michigan
• Football Coach - Essexville Garber - 32 Seasons
• 25 Year Head Coach Football Record 142-84-2
• 11 Conference Championships - 4 Playoff Appearences
• 2 Undefeated Seasons
• 1990 Michigan Football Coaches Hall of Fame Inductee
  
  

Inducted 2000

Career
Highlights

• 4-Year Varsity Golf - BCC
• State Golf Champion 1974
• BCC Golf Team Captain -- 1974
• U of M Varsity Golf 1974-1979 (Captain 1979)
• Playboy All-Mid America Golf Team - 1978
• Illinois PGA Golf Pro of the Year 1993 & 1996

Inducted 2002

Career
Highlights

• 40 Year Career as Sports Official
• Officiated in 4 State HS Football Finals
• Officiated in 4 Boys/Girls HS Basketball Final
• Officiated in State Final of Softball and Volleyball
• Vern Norris Award for Sports Officiating
• Inducted Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame

Inducted 2006

Career
Highlights

• Co-founder Bay City Little League (1951-52)
• Co-founder Bay City Pony League
• Coached American Legion Baseball (1936-61)
• Coached Bay County's only American Legion
• State Baseball Champion (Kiwanis -1960)
• Sports Broadcaster, WBCM Radio 25 years
• President Bay County Softball Association 15 yrs.
• State Softball Commissioner 12 years
  
  

Inducted 1996

Career
Highlights

• Bay City All Saints State Baseball Champion - 1981


• 3-Year Letter Winner at Oral Roberts University


• USA Pre-Olympic Baseball 1983 Interational Cup Games


• New York Yankees 1st Round Draft Pick - 1984


• New York Mets 1985-1990


• Kansas City Royals 1991-1995
  
  

Inducted 2004

Career
Highlights

• Bay City Central High School - 1950-1953
• BCCentral Football - Co-Captain & 1952 Baseball Valley Champions
• Central Michigan University - 1953-1957 -
• CMU All-Conference Football (End) & Baseball (Catcher)Minor League Baseball Minnesota Twins - 1957
• Minor League Baseball Minnesota Twins - 1957
• Bay County Parks & Recreation Director 1992-94

Inducted 2002

Inducted 2011

Career
Highlights

• Baseball - 25 Career No-hitters
• Starting Pitcher on 1953 State Championship L.L. Team
• Signed with Cleveland Indians. Played Minor League for 2 Years
• Coached Little League, Pony, Colt & Stan Musial Baseball
• Instrumental in Developing Baseball & Softball Complex for All Saints High School
• Project Director in Developing the 'The Stan Bromberg Sports Complex'  in the community
  
  

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Inducted 1992

Career Highlights

• Major League Baseball
• World Series Champion
• Major League Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee

Inducted 1991

Career Highlights

• Football NFL All-Pro End
• Chicago Bears - 1932-36
• Philadelphia Eagles - 1937-1939
• Phil-Pitt - 1943

Inducted 2006

Inducted 1995

Career
Highlights

• Designer, Builder of 56 Unlimited Hydroplanes
• Designer, Builder, Driver of America's First Jet Powered Boat
• Builder of World's Fastest Propeller Driven Boat
• Member Hydroplane Hall of Fame