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The Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame was chartered in 1962. It is the only community based Hall of Fame in the Country and its present twenty-eight (28) Chartered Chapters serve more than 300 communities throughout the state of Pennsylvania. Each year the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame inducts area greats of yesteryear and endeavors to include athletes, administrators, coaches, officials, sports medicine and the sports media. The Chapters of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame also honors the scholastic, collegiate, community service and courageous athlete awards within those communities.

The Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame concludes its calendar year with its annual business session and showcase. This Convention and Induction ceremonial normally seats ten living and two deceased inductees (based on the voting results and action of the Board of Governors, it may be nine living and three deceased) inductees on its Dais of Honor who are presented with a Gold Inductee medallion with pendant after a rigorous screening and selection process from a highly disciplined governing structure. The ceremonial is hosted on a rotating calendar among the chapters of its Western, Central, Northern and Eastern Regions.  The 2022 Ceremonial was held in Reading PA on Saturday October 29, 2022

Perhaps one of its Past Presidents best summarized the philosophy of The Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, Inc when he responded to a news media inquiry by saying:

“A Hall of Fame is a lot more than an overblown closet for some old relics. It is intended tobe a repository for all things great about a sport: its moments, its men and women, its methods.
Most of all it is supposed to be about Hall of Famers who define the quality of athletics and who lead the right kind of life—a life of integrity for which there is no compromise.”

State Officer Directory

Office Full Name Address/Phone/Email
President Dan Carr 1629 Augusta Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
412- 364-4643
[email protected]
Executive Vice President Jim Parrella 625 Hermitage Street
Philadelphia, PA 19128
267-977 -7442
[email protected]
General Counsel
State Treasurer Parker D. Lerew 232 Latimore Rd.
Gardners, PA 17324
717-253-1326
[email protected]
Executive Director Dale L. Hamer (PP) 4701 Cooper Lane
Murrysville, PA 15668
724- 733-4735
[email protected]
State Secretary Suzanne B. Sutcliffe PO Box 300
Mt. Gretna, PA 17064
717- 821-0833
[email protected]
Chairman of the Board Edward L. Ludwig (PP) 126 S. Center St. Box 233
Fredericksburg, PA 17026
717-507-4758
[email protected]
Past President (PP) Dr. Stephen George(PP) 235 Copper Beach Lane
Womelsdorf, PA 19567
610-406-3547 
[email protected]

 Executive Officer Directory

Regional Vice-Presidents Full Name Address/Phone/Email
Senior Regional Vice President (Central Region) Rodney Laub 236 Plank Road
Jersey Shore, PA 17740
570-220-5793
[email protected]
Vice President (Central Region) Robert A. Gustin 5221 Meadowbrook Dr
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
717-761-5813
[email protected]
Vice-President (Central Region) David Bentz 204 White Oak Circle
Lebanon, PA 17042
717- 821-5723
[email protected]
 Vice-President (Central Region) Dave McCoy 804 Crestview Avenue
Shillington, PA 19607
610-777-6616
[email protected]
Vice-President (Eastern Region) Paul Bennett 413 Dandelion Drive
Blue Bell. PA  19422
[email protected]
Vice-President (Eastern Region) Sheila Murphy 14001 Kelvin Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19116
215-676-1622
[email protected]
 Vice-President (Eastern Region) Steve Cwitkowitz 610-703-8479
[email protected]
Senior Vice-President (Eastern Region) Katie Rose Thornton 20 Reese Avenue Apt C
Newtown Square, PA 19073
484-222-1851
[email protected]
Vice-President (Northern Region) Joe Bordell 1307 W. Independence Street
Coal Township, PA 17866
570-648-4117
[email protected]
Senior Vice-President (Northern Region) James T. Martin 109 Slocum St.
Forty Fort, PA 18704
570-817-2933
[email protected]
Vice-President (Northern Region) Judy Igoe Carr 453 Spring Hill Drive
Falls, PA 18615
570-407-1101
[email protected]
Vice-President (Northern Region) Danny McGinley 259 W. Broadway Street
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229
570-325-3550
[email protected]
Senior Vice-President (Western Region) Paul Palmer 3277 Long Meadow Drive
Allison Park, PA 15101
412-213-3765 612-803-7872c
[email protected]
Vice-President (Western Region) Stephen Russell 1106 Stanton Street
Monongahela, PA 15063
412-292-2483
[email protected]
Vice-President (Western Region) Al Dick 900 Washington Road #311
Pittsburgh, PA  15228
412-443-6299
[email protected]
Vice-President (Western Region) Donald Woodward 680 FIlbert Heights Road
New Salem, PA 15468
724-245-2433 
[email protected]
The Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame honors the lifetime sports contributions of Pennsylvanians. We are a 501 (c) (3) non-profit community-based organization.
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4701 Cooper Lane
Murrysville, PA 15668
[email protected]
724-733-4735

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