Inductees

One of the famous “Whiz Kids” of the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies, spent 12 of his 15 major league seasons as the Phillies center fielder (1948-1949). He sported a .308 lifetime batting average and routinely led the league in fielding percentage. Ashburn was a singles hitter rather than a slugger, accumulating over 2.500 hits against only 29 home runs. Ashburn was traded to the Chicago Cubs following the 1959 season. Playing for the New York Mets in 1962, he hit .306 and retired at the end of the season.
Richie was a six- time All-Star Game participant and two- time batting champion. He became radio and TV color commentator for the Phillies in 1963. After a game he had a heart attack and died in the locker room in 1997. Ashburn was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995.

Henry Bream was born and raised in Gettysburg and graduated from Gettysburg College in 1924, earning letters in football, basketball and baseball. He returned to Gettysburg in 1926 as assistant football and basketball coach and a year later was promoted to head coach in both sports, positions he held from 1927 to 1946. He was named Athletic Director in 1952 and held the position until 1969.
Bream was instrumental in the development of athletic programs and facilities at the college as well as community affairs.

Raymond Grey was a graduate of Lebanon High School and Lebanon Valley College. After graduation, he taught and coached at Marietta High School. He served as a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers and was blinded in February 1943 in a booby trap explosion. After 50 years of blindness he received a corneal transplant and was able to regain some vision. Despite his impairment he was very active in his community and the VA Hospital

(February 20, 1920 – April 1, 1991) Frank had 12 seasons (1939-1950) in the big-leagues and appeared in three All-Star Games (1946-48). He spent the bulk of his tenure (1,176 games played) with the Pittsburgh Pirates, though he also played a season for the Chicago Cubs and played the last nine games of his career with the 1950 St. Louis Browns. The native of Hoopeston, Illinois, threw and batted right-handed. Gustine played all positions in the infield, spending most of his time at first and second base. Gustine collected 1,214 hits, including 222 doubles and 47 triples. His best season was 1947, when he reached career highs in batting average (.297), hits (183), runs scored (102), and runs batted in (67). His roommate during his career with the Pirates was Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner. His best man at his Oakland wedding was Pirate Jim Russell from Fayette City, Pennsylvania. During baseball off-seasons, Gustine coached the basketball team at Waynesburg College. In 1954, Gustine and Lee Handley began a daily 15-minute sports program on KDKA radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Following his baseball career Gustine became a Pittsburgh restaurateur who had a popular sports restaurant near the old Forbes Field on Forbes Avenue. His personality was perfect as a host greeting patrons with his always down to earth, polished, soft spoken manner. While on the inaugural voyage of Riverboat casino The President on the Mississippi River near Davenport, Iowa, Gustine suffered a fatal heart attack.

About This Inductee:

Three-year Washington and Jefferson All-American
Signed with Bulldogs same day NFL organized, 1920
Largest player of his time, 6-0, 250, bulwark of Canton’s championship lines, 1922-1923
60-minute performer, also punted, kicked field goals
Set NFL marks for longest punt (94 yards), longest dropkick field goal (50 yards)
Charter Enshrinee, 1963 – NFL Hall of Fame
Had two nicknames - "Fats" and "Pete"

Wilbur Francis "Pete" Henry was a football player, coach, and athletic administrator. He was a charter inductee into both the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963.

A native of Mansfield, Ohio, Henry attended Washington & Jefferson College where he played at the tackle position from 1915 to 1919. He was selected as a consensus All-American in 1918 and again in 1919.

He next played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Canton Bulldogs (1920–1923, 1925–1926), New York Giants (1927), and Pottsville Maroons (1927–1928). He helped lead Canton to consecutive NFL championships in 1922 and 1923 and was selected as a first-team All-Pro four consecutive years from 1920 to 1923. He also served as head coach with Canton in 1926 and with Pottsville in 1928.

In 1929, Henry returned to Washington & Jefferson as an assistant football coach. He became athletic director in 1932 and held that position until his death in 1952. He was also the head coach of the Washington & Jefferson football team in 1942 and 1945.

He died February 7, 1952 at the age of 54.

Leo began boxing in 1902 as a flyweight and fought successfully in every weight division up to heavyweight. During his career he fought many boxing hall of famers; including the likes of Harry Greb, Gene Tunney and Mike Gibbons. He later served as the boxing coach at Penn State from
1922 to 1949. He also worked as a boxing referee and Judge in Pennsylvania. Houck had 144 wins, 21 by KO, 36 losses and 23 draws. He was inducted into the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame
and the International Boxing Hall of Fame,

Stan Jones attended Lemoyne High School and the University of Maryland. He played on some of Maryland’s most successful teams. They were Southern Conference Champs in 1951. In 1952, they moved to the Atlantic Coast Conference and were co-champions. That season they were named National Champions, Jones was awarded the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as the nation’s outstanding lineman and was a unanimous All-American selection. Maryland awarded him the Anthony Nardo Award as the best lineman. Jones was drafted in the 5th round by the Chicago Bears and started in 1954 at tackle. In 1955 he switched to guard and remained there for the next eight seasons. From 1962 to 1964, he moved to defensive tackle. In 1965, he asked coach Halas to trade him to the Washington Redskins so he could play a his final season close to home. He retired after the 1966 season. Jones missed only two games in his first eleven seasons and was an All-Pro guard in 1955, 1956, 1959 and 1960, and played in seven straight Pro Bowls (1955-1951). He was an assistant coach for various NFL teams from 1967 to 1992. Named one of the “100 greatest Bears of All-Time”.

Robert Keller spent 11 years as the sports voice of WLBR Radio broadcasting Lebanon County football and basketball games in addition to Lebanon Valley College basketball games that saw the 1952-53 team make it into the NCAA tournament where the Flying Dutchmen defeated Fordham 80-67 in the opening round.

Plank pitched for Gettysburg College although not enrolled there. He was attending a prep school associated with the college. He signed his first pro contract with Connie Mack and the Philadelphia Athletics in 1901. He was 17-13 with 28 complete games his first season. Plank won 20 games in 1902, helping the Athletics win the American League pennant. He won 23 in 1903 and led the league in starts. He made his first trip to the World Series in 2005. He started two games and gave up only three runs in 17 innings but did not get a win. The Athletics went to the World Series in 2011 (Champs) and 2014 (Losers). Plank won two games in the 2011 Series and lost in 2014. During his time with the Athletics he was the most consistent pitcher in the game, winning over 20 games seven times. In his four World Series he had an ERA of 1.32, but only a 2—5 record. For his career, Plank had a record of 326-194, an ERA of 2.35 and 2,246 strikeouts. He is on the “Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame”.

In Ken’s 15- year career in major league baseball he played for Chicago (2), Philadelphia (5) and Cincinnati (8). He had a record of 119-154 with 806 strikeouts and a 3.60 ERA. Despite these numbers, Raffty made the National League (NL) All-Star team in 1944, twice led the NL in strikeouts, led NL in games started twice and led (NL) in strike outs to walks (3.02) in 1944.

Star quarterback and defensive back at Northeast Catholic High School leading the team to championships in 1935 and 1936. He was voted 1st Team Scholastic his senior year. He moved on to the University of Pennsylvania where he was an outstanding running back in Coach George Munger first three years at Penn. He scored 103 points as a senior, including a great individual performance against Princeton; rushing for 200 yards, scoring five touchdowns and 31 points. Reagan was named a 1st Team
All-American back for 1940. A captain of both the football and baseball teams. He was awarded the “Class of 1915 Award” He was a second- round pick of the New York Giants leading the NFL in interceptions in 1947. He was traded to the Eagles in 1948 and helped the Eagles repeat as NFL Champions in 1949. During his career Reagan averaged 40.9 yards on 224 punts. Upon retirement, he became head coach at Villanova, (1954 – 1959) and Athletic Director until 1961.

Vic graduated from William Penn Charter School where he was a tennis star. He took his racket to North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). He was 63-3 at UNC, won the Southern Conference singles championship in 1948 and the doubles in 1949 and was an All-American. UNC awarded him the
Patterson Medal, the school’s top medal in athletics. He served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II for three years, which interrupted his tennis career. Vic was ranked in the ”Top Ten” thirteen time in the US between 1942 and 1956. He was ranked No. 4 in the World while he was No. 1 in US ranking. In his career he won 15 Major championships. He won Wimbledon, US Open,
Australian Open and French Open (2x) singles and the US Open twice in doubles. The French Open, Wimbledon (4x) and the US Open (3x) in mixed doubles. Seixas was inducted into the International Hall of Fame, the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame and the Southern Conference Hall of Fame.