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The Baltimore Ravens congratulate
Mike Curtis, Art Donovan and Lenny Moore
on their induction into the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame.
B A L T I M O R E
R A V E N S
National Anthem
Tim Konig
Invocation
Rev. Robert Myers
Opening Remarks
Bernie Walter, Chairman
Induction of the Class of 2013
Masters of Ceremonies
Pat O’Malley & Pete Medhurst
Induction Award Presentations
John F. Steadman Lifetime Achievement Award
v Sam Lacy
Acclaimed and Honored Sportswriter
Class of 2013
v Art Donovan (Posthumously) v Baltimore Colts, Boston College, NFL Hall of Fame
v Mike Curtis v Baltimore Colts, Duke University
v Renaldo Nehemiah v San Francisco 49ers, University of Maryland, Track and Field
v Westley S. Unseldv Baltimore Bullets, Louisville University, NBA Hall of Fame
v Lenny Moore v Baltimore Colts, Penn State, NFL Hall of Fame
v Danny Wiseman v Professional Bowlers Association, PBA Hall of Fame
Sam Lacy
In a column he wrote in 1999, John Steadman, for whom this award is named,
wrote of Sam Lacy, “”He was a freedom fighter, a sentinel at the ready. He had a
typewriter that could spit fire.’’
Lacy carried on his pursuit of racial equality in a renowned journalism career that
spanned parts of nine decades from 1920 to 2003 and his typewriter was still
spitting fire as he filed his final column from his hospital bed at age 99 in 2003
just before he passed away on May 8. His legacy as an African-American pioneer in
sports included 60 years with Baltimore’s Afro-American newspaper, TV and radio
broadcasting with WBAL from 1968-76, membership as the first black in the Baseball
Writers Association of America in 1948, the first black journalist to be inducted in
the Maryland Media Hall of Fame in 1984 and a year later he was enshrined in
the Black Athletes Hall of Fame in Las Vegas and in 1991 he received the Lifetime
Achievement Award from the National Association of Black Journalists.
In 1997 he received the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for outstanding baseball writing and reporting which would propel him into the writer’s
and broadcaster’s wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998. He had played a major role in Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier
in big league baseball in 1947. Lacy traveled with No. 42 on his journey through the minors that began with Robinson signing with the
Montreal Royals of Branch Rickey’s Brooklyn Dodgers on Lacy’s 42nd birthday, October 23, 1945.
Robinson knew that Lacy had his back over the next three seasons as they traveled through the bushes on the way to the big show in
1947. Lacy was there to help Robinson get through many bitter racist indignities he faced. Lacy was often barred from press boxes, ate
at the same segregated restaurants as Robinson and bunked down at “”blacks only’’ boarding houses with Jackie. And through it all,
Lacy established a philosophy that he would espouse throughout his entire career - he ignored his personal problems with racism and
kept the spotlight on the athletes he chronicled.
On the 50th anniversary of the Jackie Robinson major league debut in 1997, Lacy received an honorary doctorate from Loyola College
and was also honored by the Smithsonian Institute with a lecture series.
Born in Mystic, Connecticut, Lacy began his illustrious career that began as a part-time sportswriter for the Washington Tribune
while he was attending Howard University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1923 with his sights on
becoming a coach. Lacy had played football, basketball and baseball at Armstrong Technical High School in D.C. and later played
semi-pro baseball pitching for a team in the D.C. area. He also refereed high school, college and rec basketball while coaching
several youth teams.
In 1926 Lacy went full-time with the Tribune and became its sports editor. Lacy covered Jesse Owens’ stellar medal-winning
performance at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, world heavyweight bouts of Joe Louis including his dramatic victory over
Max Schmeling and the Negro Leagues’ big time legends such as pitcher Satchel Paige, catcher Josh Gibson and outfielder Cool
Papa Bell. He wrote about Paige rooming with Cool Papa and saying that he “was so fast that he would flip the light switch and
be in bed before the light went out.’’ After arriving at the Afro-American in Baltmore in 1943, he would cover the FIRST interracial
college football game ever played in Maryland as all-black Maryland State College took on all-white Trenton, N. J. College in
1949 and he wrote: “Down here on the Eastern Shore, where 32 lynchings have occurred since 1882, democracy lifted its face
toward the sun on Saturday.’’
Lacy also fought major league baseball to induct deserving Negro League players and ripped the Hall for setting up a separate
wing for those players. He consistently came down on sports and business institutions that ignored the achievements of African
Americans. In contrast, he criticized those who appeared hypocritical in terms of race, such as the Milwaukee Braves in 1954.
Seems the Braves held a day in honor of a black rookie who was just two months into his playing career. His name was Hank
Aaron and Lacy wrote in a column, “Why? Why is it we feel every colored player in the majors is entitled to a day? Why can’t we
wait until, through consistent performance or longevity, the player in question merits special attention?’’
In 1999 colleague Moses J. Newsom, former exceutive editor at the Afro-American, helped Lacy write the latter’s autobiography
- Fighting for Fairness: The Life Story of Hall of Fame Sportswriter Sam Lacy.
One of his final awards came in 2003 when the Sports Task Force wing of the National Association of Black Journalists commenced
the Sam Lacy Pioneer Award that goes to those sports figures “”who had direct impact on the communities they served.’’
Sam Lacy sure left his mark.
ArtDonovan
Art Donovan was a Hall of Fame defensive tackle, United States Marine and storyteller. In fact,
there has never been anyone quite like him in Baltimore sports.
After fighting for his country during World War II, Donovan went on to play 12 seasons and
138 games in the National Football League, the last nine (1953-61) with the Baltimore Colts
and became their first inductee into the NFL Hall of Fame in 1968. Following his NFL career,
Donovan became one of the funniest people in the nation appearing on television, radio
and in person spinning hilarious pigskin yarns and also became the first pro football player
enshrined in the U.S. Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.
Donovan will be inducted posthumously tonight in light of his respiratory disease death
in August of this year. Dorothy, who met Art on a blind date and was his wife for 57 years,
their four children (a son and four daughters) were among nearly 20 family members at
his side when he passed at age 89 on August 4 at Stella Maris Hospice in Baltimore.
A native of the Bronx in New York, Donovan was the son of popular boxing referee, Arthur Donovan, Sr. and grandson
of Professor Mike Donovan, the world middleweight champion during the 1870’s. Senior officiated 14 heavyweight title bouts
including several with Joe Louis fighting and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Artie received a scholarship to Notre Dame in 1942 after playing at Mount Saint Michael Academy in the Bronx. After just a
semester in South Bend, Donovan joined the United States Marine Corps and would spend four years with the corps during World
War II. Assigned to the Pacific Theatre, Donovan was an anti-aircraft carrier gunner and he took part in several high powered
battles, including the Battle of Luzon and Iwo Jima earning such citations as the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the Philippine
Liberation Medal. Former teammate and fellow NFL Hall of Famer Raymond Berry once asked Artie about his service in the war and
the latter answered, “Raymond I got shot in the ass on Iwo Jima.”
With the war behind him, Donovan yearned to play football again and enrolled at Boston College completing his collegiate career
before being selected in the third round by the Colts in a special NFL draft in 1950. Artie was a 26-year old rookie on that Colts team.
The Colts would be one of three teams Artie played for only to have each fold - the Colts after 1950, the New York Yanks after 1951,
then the Dallas Texans after the 1952 season. The Texans moved to Baltimore the following year and became the second Baltimore
Colts with Artie returning to Charm City.
Donovan became an instant star as a 6-foot-3, 300-pound defensive tackle who at times was immovable. Named to five consecutive Pro
Bowls from 1953-1957, Donovan was also a four-time All-Pro from 1954 through 1957. He helped lead an outstanding Colts’ defense
that played a major part in back-to-back NFL World Championships in 1958 and 1959. The first one went down as “the Greatest Game
Ever Played’’ as the Colts outlasted the New York Giants, 23-17 in the NFL’s first sudden death overtime in front of over 64,000 at Yankee
Stadium. Viewed by over 45 million fans on nationwide TV, the game put the NFL on the map. Artie was later named to the NFL’s 1950’s
All-Decade Team.
After never making more than $22,000 in a season, Donovan attempted a 10th season with the
Colts in 1962, but announced his retirement on August 30 of that year. The Colts retired his No.
70 in front of over 54,000 fans before the first 1962 home game at Memorial Stadium. The team
presented him a Cadillac and 70 pounds each of potato chips and pretzels. Upon retirement,
Donovan ran his liquor store and Valley Country Club in Towson founded in 1955.
Artie worked as an analyst on Colt games, co-hosted a local radio show with the
late Charley Eckman and later hosted a popular and usually hilarious TV show
during the 1990’s with ex-Colt Ordell Braase and sportscaster Tom Davis called
Braase, Donovan, Davis and Fans on WJZ-TV. In 1987 he wrote his autobiography
entitled “Fatso’’ and endeared himself to national audiences telling many fabled
stories in his unique style and contagious laughter while appearing on such late
night talk shows as David Letterman, Jay Leno, Craig Kilborn and Tom Snyder.
A lover of Schlitz, salami, bologna and hot dogs, he told the SUN that “if my wife
doesn’t send me off with a case of Schlitz in the coffin, I’m gonna haunt her.’’
Rumor has it, that Artie is having one right now.
Photos provided by the NFL Hall of Fame
Mike Curtis
Mike Curtis was to the Baltimore Colts what Ray Lewis was to the Baltimore Ravens - a fierce,
hard-hitting linebacker, competitor and leader.
Ernie Accorsi, former Colts public relations director and later General Manager, said that Curtis, the
only linebacker ever named National Football League All-Pro at both outside and inside linebacker,
was “the Dick Butkus (Chicago Bears NFL Hall of Famer) of his era.’’
A native of Rockville in Montgomery County, Curtis played his high school football as a fullback
at Richard Montgomery High before moving onto Duke University where he was a two-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference
performer and was named to the Blue Devils’ All-Century Team in 2000. After his stellar career at Duke, Curtis was drafted
as a fullback by the Colts on the 1st Round and the 14th player overall in 1965 but was moved to linebacker. The Kansas City Chiefs also selected
Curtis in the American Football League Draft, but as the 21st player in Round: 3.
Curtis chose to sign with Baltimore and would go on to play 14 seasons as a 6-foot-3, 235-pound punishing defender in the NFL. Because of his
aggressive style, he earned the nickname “Mad Dog.’’ Curtis played 11 of those seasons with the Colts from 1965 to 1975 and in 1976 he played with
Seattle after the Seahawks selected him in the Expansion Draft. He closed his career playing his final two seasons with the Washington Redskins.
No doubt, Curtis made his mark with the Colts. Four times, Curtis was a Pro Bowler in 1968, 1970, 1971 and 1974 and was named the American
Football Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 1970 when he posted five interceptions. In the ensuing Super Bowl V on January 17, 1971 in
Miami’s Orange Bowl , Curtis was nearby as a Craig Morton pass was bobbled by Dan Reeves into No. 32’s hands with time running out. The Curtis
pick would set up the game winning field goal by Jim O’Brien to give the Colts a 16-13 Super Bowl victory and give Duke its first Blue Devil to ever
play in “THE GAME’’ in pro football.
Curtis and NFL Hall of Famer Ted Hendricks formed a dynamic duo at linebacker for the Colts from 1969 to 1973 before the latter was traded
away. The following season, Curtis was named the Colts Most Valuable Player. During his tenure in the NFL, sacks were not official statistics, but
a blitzing Curtis had 22 per film evaluation and rung up 25 interceptions in his career. One of his sacks received quite a bit of national attention
as it depicted Curtis tackling the head quarterback Roman Gabriel.
A fan once ran on to the field during a Colts’ game and had the misfortune of running by Curtis, who promptly leveled the guy. The video of the
incident is unforgettable. That fan never ran on to a field again.
Former Colts’ center Bill Curry said that Curtis was absolutely “crazy’’ in practice sessions and his teammates feared him because whether
it was a game or practice, “it was like war for Mike. Getting through practice with him made the games easy.’’
Many former Duke and Colts’ teammates, not to
mention former coaches, friends and fans are
campaigning for Curtis to be inducted into the NFL
Hall of Fame as he approaches his final year of
eligibility since his retirement in 1978. Curtis himself
has low-keyed such an enshrinement, but those who
saw him play are strongly supportive and it’s safe to
say unanimous in their opinion.
An NFL historian by the name of Jonathan Rand wrote
a book entitled “The Gridiron’s Greatest Linebackers.’’
Rand listed 25 premier linebackers from the anals of
the NFL, and Curtis was No.19 among them.
Curtis has written one book - “Keep Off My Turf’’ and
in it he wrote that the 1968-69 Colts, who were on
the short end of arguably the most stunning upset in
sports history when they lost to the New York Jets in
Super Bowl III, were “twice as good as the Jets.’’
Many believe that Curtis was “twice as good as most
linebackers who ever played in the NFL,’’ and that he
belongs in their hallowed halls.
RenaldoNehemiah
Domination is the word that best describes Renaldo “Skeets” Nehemiah’s career in the running world.
He held world records in eight different hurdle events and broke world records over 20 times.
Nehemiah, who attended the University of Maryland, ruled from on high. His primary event was the 110 meter hurdles. He was world No.
1 in that event for four years, from 1978 through 1981.
He also became the first man to run the high hurdles in under 13 seconds.
A native of Newark, New Jersey, Nehemiah, now 54, has always seemed to love running. By the time he graduated from Scotch PlainsFanwood High School in his hometown of Scotch Plains, in 1977, he was the national junior champion.
He had a personal best of 12.9 in the 110 hurdles in high school and also clocked 35.8 in the 300 meter hurdles. How good was he then?
His coach had him compete over collegiate height hurdles of 42 inches, just to give the competition a chance at being competitive.
From there, it was on to the University of Maryland where he won three NCAA titles. His best year as a Terp came as a sophomore. That
year, he broke the world record in the 110 meter hurdles – twice in two weeks – running 13.16 and 13.00, respectively.
That same year, 1979, he won the Pan American Games and IAAF World Cup. He also won the second of four U.S. national titles and at the
Penn Relays anchored Maryland’s shuttle hurdle relay, 4X400 meter relay and 4X200 meter relay and was named meet MVP.
The next year, he was the run-away favorite to win the 110 meter hurdles in the 1980 Olympics. But that was the year 64 nations, led by
the United States, boycotted the Games.
While the boycott may have delayed Nehemiah’s exploits, it didn’t stop them. The following year (1981), at the Weltklasse meeting in
Switzerland, Nehemiah broke the 110-meter hurdles world record and became the first person to ever run the race in less than 13
seconds. He hit the finish line in 12.93.
In 1982, Nehemiah changed sports, turning to the NFL for a new challenge. He joined the San Francisco 49ers, where he became a
wide receiver. Over three seasons he caught 43 passes for 754 yards (a 17.5 per catch average) and scored four touchdowns.
Afterward, he returned to track and field events from 1986 to 1991.
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Westley S. Unseld
When you are considered one of the 50 greatest players in the history of the National Basketball Association, your biography should
be glowing and Westley (Wes) Sissel Unseld’s is fluorescent.
From Louisville, Ky., Unseld led his Seneca High School team to two state championships. At the University of Louisville, he earned
All-America honors as the Cardinals’ 6-foot-7 center, shot .558 from the floor while averaging 20.6 points and 18.9 rebounds
during his varsity career. He was also a Dean’s List student, earning his degree in physical education and history.
And the future NBA Hall of Famer was just warming up.
In 1968, the Baltimore Bullets made Unseld, now 67, the second overall pick in the NBA draft and that was the beginning of a long,
storied relationship with the team and the state of Maryland that continues today.
He and Wilt Chamberlain are the only players ever to earn Rookie of the Year and league Most Valuable Player awards in the same
year. Unseld is a five-time NBA All-Star (1969, 1971-73 and 1975). He is also an NBA champion, having captained the Bullets to its
only title in 1978. He was the NBA Finals MVP that year, too. And in 1975 he was the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award winner.
Over his 13-year playing career – all with the Bullets/
now Wizards organization – Unseld collected 13,769
rebounds (14 rpg), 10,624 points (10.8 ppg), and
3,822 assists (3.9 apg). The rebounds were seventh
all-time in league history at the time and still rank
11th all-time. He is one of few competitors who
reached the 10,000 rebounds and 10,000 points
plateau in a career. His total rebounds, total assists,
games played (984) and minutes played (35,832)
are still franchise records. He was elected to the NBA Hall of Fame in 1988, and
in 1996 was named to the NBA’s 50th Anniversary
All-Time Team.
He did all of this as an undersized 6-7 (actually 6-6)
center. What he lacked in height, he made up for
with determination and intelligence. He used his
247 pounds, physical strength, talented hands,
quickness and – like great athletes in every sport
– his great anticipation to outplay legends of the
game like Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
in the lane and on the boards.
His granite-like picks and sublime outlet passes
were the envy of the league.
After retiring in 1981, Unseld spent time as the
team’s vice president, coach and general manager.
He retired as coach after the 1993-94 season
and then served as general manager from 1996
through 2003.
Unseld currently lives in Westminster. After two
knee replacements and one shoulder replacement,
he has left basketball behind. Unseld currently
works as an administrator at the Unselds’ School
in south Baltimore, where he helps his wife Connie
and daughter Kimberly with the program that
teaches infant/toddlers through eighth grade.
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Lenny Moore
Recently a street in Randallstown of Baltimore County was named after this inductee. It
is now “LENNY MOORE WAY.’’
Lenny Moore’s way meant winning football for the Baltimore Colts from 1956 to 1967
as No. 24 established himself as the greatest running back/flanker in Baltimore football
history and was inducted into the National Football League Hall of Fame in 1975 after
being named to the NFL 1950’s All-Decade team. Born in Reading, PA, Moore was
drafted out of Penn State in 1956 as the Colts’ first round pick and the ninth player
overrall in the NFL Draft. He went onto prolific stardom on and off the field and adopted
the Baltimore metro area as his home.
Moore, who was known to Colt fans as “Sputnik’’ and “Spats’’ because of his speed,
dazzling moves that you can’t teach and impact on opposing defenses, routinely taped
his high-top shoes giving them the appearance of low-tops. Named NFL Rookie of the
Year in 1956, Moore went on to score 113 touchdowns in his 12 seasons with the Colts.
His most productive scoring season came in his MVP season of 1964 when he tallied
20 six-pointers and totaled 138 points in leading the Colts to a 12-2 regular-season
record and to the NFL championship game for the third time in seven seasons. Moore,
who played at 6-foot-1 and 191 pounds, is the only man to score at least 40 receiving
(48) and rushing (63) touchdowns.
Named All-Pro seven straight seasons from 1956 through 1962 and again in his potent 1964 campaign. Moore was also named to seven
Pro Bowls, the same seasons except for 1957. Moore scored at least one touchdown in an NFL-record 18 consecutive games starting
in 1963 after an injury plagued 1962 season and ending in 1965. Lenny’s record was tied by LaDainian Tomlinson of the San Diego
Chargers in 2005.
He was an integral part of the Johnny Unitas (Md. State Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee, 2012) -led World Championship offense in 1958
and 1959. In those two seasons in which the Colts knocked off the New York Giants twice to claim the NFL crowns, Moore caught 97
passes (career high 50 in 1958) for 1,784 yards and 13 touchdowns.
Had ESPN, the NFL Network and the others been around during his era, Lenny would have provided the TV crowd with many a
highlight featuring his incredible moves stopping on the dime to juke a defender and then adios to paydirt. For those who followed
the Colts back then, who can forget his acrobatic catches of Unitas aerials in the end zone, usually with the game on the line? With
Lenny on one side and Raymond Berry the other, the Colts patented the 2-minute drill. Lenny provided scores of unforgettable
catches and runs, such as the time he backed into the end zone against the 49ers in 1958 to complete an incredible second half
comeback in which the Colts scored 28 points in the final two periods.
Down 27-7 at the half in a must win situation on the way to their first World Title, the Colts got a late TD run by Moore to tie the
game at 27 and Steve Myhra put the team ahead with the extra-point kick. Lenny electrified 49er fans in San Francisco by dashing
and dancing 73 yards to paydirt. Teammates, fans and reporters said it was Lenny’s greatest run ever. The News American’s John
Steadman wrote that, “”it comes close to being the greatest individual running effort in the history of the franchise.’’
Lenny finished his career with 5,174 rushing yards, 6,039 receiving yards, the aforementioned 113 touchdowns and 678 points.
After the Colts retired his number following his final season in 1967, a panel of sportswriters named Lenny to the NFL 50th
Anniversary All-Time Team in 1969. The Hall of Fame would follow six seasons later and in 1991 Lenny was ranked No. 71 on
the Sporting News list of 100 Greatest Football Players. Lenny was also inducted into the East-West Shrine Game Hall of Fame
in 2008 and the following year he became the first Nittany Lion alumnus to participate in a pre-game coin toss at his alma mater,
Penn State.
Moore has also spent a lot of time speaking to high school students in the Baltimore area about what it was like to be a black profootball player during the 50’s and 60’s era and has quietly comforted people sick and/or in need. In recent years, Lenny has served
as a boxing commissioner for the State Athletic Commission.
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Danny Wiseman
Danny Wiseman likes signature flamboyance, as in bowling perfect games and designing his image.
One thing, it seems, has led to another. Wiseman, 46 and a Baltimore native, started bowling at age
5. His first taste of the sport came in the duckpin lanes, but he quickly learned tenpins were his sport
of choice.
The result of that long ago decision is that he is the first tenpin bowler ever inducted into the
Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame.
He is also a member of the Maryland State Bowling Association Hall of Fame in the Superior
Performance category. And this spring he was inducted into the Professional Bowling Association
Hall of Fame, with 12 PBA National Titles and one major (the 2004 USBC Masters Tournament) in
the last 26 years.
In the PBA, members have to have bowled for 20 years or have won 10 titles to be eligible. Wiseman
has done both and more.
He has bowled 43 perfect 300 games in PBA competition.
And, he ranks No. 42 on the PBA’s 2008 list of the “50 Greatest Players of the Last
50 Years”.
Along the way he started wearing flamboyant shirts. It became his image. It was how
people got to know him before he became a star. Now he has his own clothing line.
“I was never a natural,” Wiseman told The Baltimore Sun, when he learned of his election
to the PBA Hall. “I’ve studied and learned and watched. I learned a skill and was able to
adapt to the environment throughout my career. I mostly did it on my own, and I’m pretty
proud of that.”
The Dundalk High School grad has earned over $1.55 million in his career and won his
first title in Baltimore at the 1990 Fair Lanes Open.
In 1983 at Fairlanes Dundalk, he became the youngest AJBC (American Junior
Bowling Congress) bowler in Maryland to roll a 300 game and 750 series. When he
was 15 he was averaging 188 a game. He won Bowler of the
Year awards, back-to-back in 1986-87 and 1987-88, from
the Greater Baltimore Bowling Association. But stepping up
to the PBA Tour in 1988 brought a rude awakening.
He had to rebuild his game over the next two years, something he
would do again in 1995. The result in both cases was success.
He won four National and four Regional titles in his first two full
years on the PBA Tour. His first National title being that one in
Baltimore.
And in 2004 he won what may be his most memorable one - the
USBC Miller High Life Masters at Miller Park in Milwaukee. It was
the first time a bowling championship was conducted at a major
league baseball stadium.
It should be noted, Wiseman felt right at home in the ballpark.
When he was nine, he was pitching 50 mph fastballs. It was
baseball’s loss when he chose the career path that has landed
him in multiple Halls of Fame.
MARYLAND State ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME
HONOR ROLL OF INDUCTEES
1956
Frank “Home Run” Baker, Baseball
Jimmie Foxx, Baseball
Robert Garrett, Track
Babe Ruth, Baseball
1963
Bill “Swish” Nicholson, Baseball
C. Loudes Johnson, Yachting
Al Heagy, Basketball, Lacrosse
George “KO” Chaney, Boxing
1970
John Eareckson, Wrestling
Al Houghton, Golf
Pat Smithwick, Horse Racing
Joe Deckman, Football/Lacrosse
1957
Robert “Lefty” Grove, Baseball
H.C. “Curley” Byrd, Football/Baseball
Ned Duvall, Football/Baseball
Vince Dundee, Boxing
1964
Valentine “Dutch” Lentz, Basketball
Bill Werber, Baseball
Bobby Pool, Lacrosse
Bill Schuerholz, Basketball
1971
Redmond Finney, Football/Lacrosse
Gene Shue, Basketball
Fred Stieber, Lacrosse/Badminton
Harry Baugher, Squash
1958
Jack Slagle, Football
Theodore Strauss, Track
Charlie Keller, baseball
Mickey Whitehurst, Football/Track
1965
Jack Bentley, Baseball
Douglas Lee, Wrestling
Edward Jacobs, Tennis
Edgar Allen Poe, Football
1972
Al Kaline, Baseball
Jim Lacy Jr., Basketball/Squash
Gardner Mallonee, Lacrosse/Football
Bobby Matthews, Baseball
1959
Eddie Rommel, Baseball
Burt Shipley, Football/Baseball
Joe Dundee, Boxing
Edwin Harlan, Football/Baseball
1966
Carl “Molly” Twigg, Football/Baseball
Bobby Williams, Football
Douglas Turnbull, Football/Lacrosse
Billy Guckeyson, Baseball/Basketball
1973
Deane Beaman, Golf
John Donohue, Football/Lacrosse
Tommy Mont, Football/Lacrosse
Joe Gans, Boxing
1960
“Bozey” Berger, Baseball/Basketball
Joseph M. George, Skeet Shooting
Lenore “Kight” Wingard, Swimming
John Turnbull, Basketball/Lacrosse
1967
Albert Hobelman, Tennis/Volleyball
Philip Jackelski, Walking
Harry Wright, Skeet Shooting
John “Kid” Williams, Boxing
1974
Judy Devlin Hashman, Badminton
Bill Brozey, Bowling
Sam Boulmetis, Horse Racing
Spike Webb, Boxing
1961
Tom Kibler, Baseball/Football
Elizabeth “Toots” Barger, Bowling
Johnny Neun, Baseball
Fred Linkous, Basketball/Football/Lacrosse
1968
Benny Alperstein, Boxing
Jessie Krajovic, Football
Tommy Thomas, Baseball
Emery Lavelle Ensor, Horse Racing
1975
Joseph Aitcheson Jr., Horse Racing
Arthur Bragg, Track
John Lambros, Basketball/Softball
Ronald Abercrombie, Lacrosse
1969
Charley Ellinger, Football/Lacrosse
Donaldson Kelly, Basketball/Lacrosse
Dick Porter, Baseball
John N. Wilson, Basketball
1976
Jack Portney, Boxing
Bill Brown, Track
Tom Scott, Football/Lacrosse
Tom Biddison, Lacrosse
1962
Fritz Maisel, Baseball
Harry Jeffra, Boxing
Bill “Moon” Evans, Lacrosse
Buck Herzog, Baseball
Integrity. Knowledge. Results.
MARYLAND State ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME
HONOR ROLL OF INDUCTEES
1977
Jack Scarbath, Football
Bill McMillan, Pistol Shooting
Mrs. Maurice Glick, Golf
Darcey “Jake” Flowers, Baseball
1984
Calvert Johnson, Powerboat Racing
Norwood Sothoron, Football/Lacrosse
John W. Voight Jr., Track/Baseball
Pete Reynolds, Lacrosse/Football
1991
George Cusick, Powerboat Racing
Tom Phoebus, Baseball
“Lefty” Stern, Basketball/Football
Tammy Davis Thompson, Track
1978
James C. “Red” Burman, Boxing
Edwin C.K. Calhoun, Skeet Shooting
William “Judy” Johnson, Baseball
Frank “Pat” Dengis, Running
1985
Chuck Foreman, Football
Lloyd W. Keaser, Wrestling
Babe Phelps, Baseball
Debbie Moyer, Swimming
1992
Brian “Moose” Haas
Marvin Webster, Basketball
Nick Kropfelder, Soccer
Luis Warning McGean, Figure Skating
1979
Thomas Joseph Byrne, Baseball
Mary Anne Downey Cooke, Golf
David Volk, Bowling
Gilbert L. Schuerholtz, Soccer
1986
Steve Barber, Baseball
Jimmy Dietsch, Bowling
Calvin Hill, Football
Dave Patrick, Track
1993
Mary Lou Bartram, Jousting
Arthur “Otts” Brandau, Football
Jean S. Fugett Jr., Football
Pam Shriver, Tennis
1980
Charles T. Bassler, Golf,
Rodney Breedlove, Football
Donald J. Christy, Powerboat Racing
Francis I. Foreman, Baseball
1987
Katherine Brooks, Skeet Shooting
Wayne Mulligan, Football
Jim Spencer, Baseball
Larry Surock, Soccer
1994
Ralph M. Bogart, Golf
Tom Gatewood, Football
Phil Grove, Horse Racing
Reggie Lewis, Basketball
1981
Harry C. Clarke, Football
Millard Tuttle Lang, Lacrosse/Soccer
Nicholas T. Lee, Track
Charles “Butch” Schmidt, Baseball
1988
Raymond Chester, Football
Charles Fenwick, Horse Racing
Dr. Ruth White Hooker, Fencing
Bill Hooper, Lacrosse
1995
James H. Belt Sr., Soccer
Lynn Brooks, Triathlete
Charles E. Ernst, Soccer
James T. Gaffney, Football
1982
Donald E. Heinecke, Running
Jimmy McAllister, Boxing
Spencer Overton, Golf
B. Warren Corkran, Golf
1989
Dick Bielski, Football
Emil Budnitz, Lacrosse/Soccer
Ernie Fischer, Wrestling
1996
Dudley Bradley, Basketball
Robert F. Fischer, Wrestling
Irv Pankey, Football
Vic Willis, Basketball
1983
John J. Long, Basketball/Baseball
Alton C. Pierson, Powerboat Racing
Patricia A. Stephens, Badminton/Tennis
Warren W. Weaver, Tennis
1990
Debbie Thompson Brown, Track
Bob Robertson, Baseball
Joseph Cowan, Lacrosse
John Roberts, Auto Racing
1997
Raymond Moore, Baseball
Charles V. Pittman, Football
Ron Swoboda, baseball
Elmer Wingate, Football/Lacrosse
MARYLAND State
MARYLAND
ATHLETIC
ATHLETIC
HALL OFHALL
FAMEOF FAME
HONOR ROLL
HONOR
OF INDUCTEES
ROLL OF INDUCTEES
1998
William F. Currier, Football
William K. Morrell Jr., Lacrosse
David J. Pivec, Football
Wendy Weinberg Weil, Swimming
1999
Rico Chiapperelli, Wrestling
Carole Gittings, Bowling
Gerald Gray, Football
James “Mickey” Webster, Lacrosse
2000
Lloyd Bunting, Lacrosse
Walter C. Greiner, Golf
Randy McMillan, Football
Kelly Ward, Wrestling
2001
George Bartram, Jousting
Jack Fisher, Baseball
Andrew Maynard, Boxing
Ray Truszkowski, Softball
2002
Carlton Bailey, Football
Charles Messenger, Track
Bill Ripken, Baseball
Tim Wittman, Soccer
2003
Harold Baines, Baseball
Vincent Pettway, Boxing
Bill Vondenbosch, Softball
Calvin Williams, Football
2004
Harvey Alperstein, Boxing
Mike Bielecki, Baseball
Marty Lyons, Football
Edmund Thompson, Powerboat Racing
2005
Otto Greiner, Golf
Johnny Klippstein, Baseball
Cal Ripken Jr., Baseball
Bill Stromberg, Football
2006-2007
Steve Farr, Baseball
Tony Greene, Football
Vaughn Hebron, Football
Greg Schaum, Football
Antonio Freeman, Football
Denny Neagle, Baseball
Joe Speca, Soccer
2011
Sam Cassell, Basketball
Fred Funk, Golf
Tara Heiss, Basketball
Sean Landeta, Football
Travis Pastrana, Action Sports
Hasim Rahman, Boxing
Geoff Zahn, Baseball
2012
Johnny Unitas, NFL
Mario Pino, Thoroughbred Jockey
Carol Mann, Golf
Jimmy Kappler, Lacrosse
Sharmba Mitchell, WBA
Michael Frederico, Lacrosse
Danny Ferry, NBA & NCAA Basketball
Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame
Board of Directors
Officers:
Chairman
Bernard P. Walter, Jr
Vice Chairman
Steve J. Doherty
Secretary
William Dowell
Treasurer
Hugh A. Mallon III
Directors:
Calvin Clemons
Robert Poogach
Pat O’Malley
George Patchell
Franklin Chaney
Sandra McKee
Richard Bielski
Darryl Hill
Joseph Della Rose
Timothy O’Brien
Richard B. Scott
Emeritus:
Vince Bagli
Tom Davis
Richard Jaklitsch
Bucky Kimmett
Patrick Pannella
Jack Scarbath
Robert Scott
John Steadman
Bill Tanton
Phil Wood
Mission:
Recognizing achievement and distinction
■ The Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame recognizes those individuals and teams that have made
significant and lasting contributions to sports and have achieved a high standard of athletic success.
■ The Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame preserves of teams and individuals, and helps to promote the
ideals and traditions of sports as a positive influence on the youth of Maryland.
The Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame (MDSAHoF) is a not-for-profit, charitable organization formed
under Section 501(c)3 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code chartered by Congress and organized under the
laws of the State of Maryland. Donations to the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame are tax-deductible as
charitable contributions for US federal income tax purposes. There are no donation limits or restrictions
on contributions to the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame.
John F. Steadman
Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
The John F. Steadman Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded to a Maryland citizen whose
lifetime career in sports has brought honor and distinction to Maryland and its citizenry.
1997 Jim Phelan, Mount St. Mary’s Basketball Coach
1998 Morgan Wootten, DeMatha Basketball Coach
1999 Walter Youse, Baseball Scout
2000 J. Frank Cashen, Professional Baseball Executive
2001 John Steadman, Sports Editor and Columnist
2003 G
ene Corrigan, Collegiate Sports Administrator
King Leatherbury, Horse Racing Trainer
2004 C. Earl Braman, Baseball Player and Coach Chuck Thompson, Hall of Fame Broadcaster
2005 Edward L. Athey, Washington College Player, Coach, and Administrator
2006 Orlando “Tubby” Smith, Basketball Coach
2007 David P. Smalley, U.S. Naval Academy Player, Coach, and Administrator
2011 Vince Bagli, Sportscaster
2012 Johnny Holliday, Acclaimed and Honored Sportscaster
2013 Sam Lacy, Acclaimed and Honored Sportswriter
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