Inductees

Richard was a West Chester University player from 1939 to 1943. He participated in the Military All Stars “Spaghetti Bowl”, in Florence, Italy in 1945. He was admitted to the West Chester Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Phoenixville Hall of Fame in 1987. He played baseball for West Chester and in the Cincinnati farm system as a pitcher. He coached football for the Quakertown High School for 16 years, who were the undisputed Bux-Mont Champions 3 times. He is accomplished in community service being the first president of the Quakertown Little League, Co-Organizer of Midget football and Connie Mack baseball.

Patricia was inducted into the WIBC Hall of Fame in 1989. She was twice voted Woman-Bowler-of- the- Year and is a two time PWBA Champion. She holds the record for winning more tournaments than any other woman bowler, 7 in I year. In 1976 she won the U. S. open with a 226 average, held 5 PWBA titles, 2 LPBA titles, and earned close to $40,000, a record for that year. In 1979, she appeared twice on ABC Superstars. And in 1981 she was elected Professional Women’s Bowlers President.

He played center 9 years in the American and National Football Leagues with the New York Jets and Titans, 1960-1965, the Miami Dolphins, 1966, and the Kansas City Chiefs, 1967-1968. He played for the University of Miami Florida from 1953- 1957. He also played for the College All Stars against the New York Giants in 1957. He was an all sports standout at Tunkhannock High School and received All-American recognition in college.

Better known as “The owl without a vowel”. He was basketball’s 1951 Player-of-the-Year and was All American while attending Temple University. He led the nation in scoring with 29.5 points. He holds 6 Temple University records. Some of his accomplishments are 73 points in 1 game, 55 consecutive points in 1 game, which is still an NCAA record, averaged 19 rebounds per game, and scored 46 points in 1 game which is still a Convention Hall record. He played for the Philadelphia Warriors in the National Basketball Association. He was All-State 1948-1949, All Lehigh Valley 1947-1948, and was All-State at Temple University 1950-1951.

All Oliver played for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1968-1977. He was the National League Batting Champion in 1982 in Montreal. He hit .300 or better 9 consecutive seasons and 11 times during his career. He played on the 1971 World. Championship Pirates and was a National League All-Star 7 times. He was the first player in modern baseball to hit.300, 200 hits, and 100 RBI’s in both leagues. His lifetime batting average is .303, he had 2,743 hits and 1,326 RBI’s. He received the Roberto Clemente Award and was named Rangers and Expos Player-of-the- Year.

Buzz attended the University of Pittsburgh from 1968-1975. From 1973-1974 the Pittsburgh team won 22 straight games and played in the NCAA Tournament Final 8. He was named East Coach-of-the- Year in 1974. He was the Head Coach at Westminster High School from 1956-1968. He was part of the UPI-AP National College Division Championship team at the University of Pittsburgh in 1962 with a 26-1 record. He was NAIA Coach- of-the- Year in 1962. In 1984, he was selected as 1 of the 5 best coaches in history of a 32-team NAIA tournament. His career record is 313-174, 6 time- NAIA Tournament participant, was in the finals once and semi-finals twice. He is also a member of the NAIA Basketball Hall of Fame.

Patricia was a Gold Medalist in the USA’s 1st International softball team in the 1974 World Games. She was a U.S. All-Star team play 5 times and played professional softball from 1976-1978. She was the first female inducted into the PAASA Hall of Fame in 1986. She coached at California colleges and the P A Clippers after graduating North Penn High School in 1957. In her 20 year fast pitch softball career, she has an ERA of .50 and a strike-out average of 12 per game. She pitched the longest game in the ASA history, 28-2/3 innings, and was the Pennsylvania regional tournament Most Valuable Player 12

Played in 3 World Series games, 2 with the Philadelphia Athletics and 1 with the Chicago White Sox, during 11 year major league career. He had a .287 average as lead-off hitter. He was the first major leaguer to bat against Babe Ruth. He kept his reputation clean during 1919 “Black Sox Scandal”, when 8 of his teammates “sold out” during the playoffs.

He was a 1948 Olympic Bronze Medalist. He was the Pitt Long Jump record holder for 23 years. He was a State high school champion in the 100, 200, and the long jump. He is the founder of the Jesse. Owens International Trophy Award. He was awarded the Pitt Letterman of Distinction and was the Bicentennial Medallion Winner. He is also a member of Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World.

Gene Garber is one of major league’s great relief pitchers. He played in 905 games and succeeded in 212 saves in his 18-year career. He played for Pittsburgh from 1969-1972, Kansas City from 1972-1974, 1977, & 1988, Philadelphia Phillies 1974- 1978, and for Atlanta from 1978-1987. His major league career record includes 5th all-time relief appearances and 6th for all-time ERA (3.33), and he allowed less than 1 hit per inning in 1970. He was an outstanding scholastic athlete at Elizabethtown High School were he had 5 one-hitters and recorded 27 strikeouts in an 11 inning game.

Billy Packer, CBS Tv analyst, proclaims “A referee’s referee. Honzo has set a standard by which all other officials should be judged. He was unmatched in his day, 1944-1979. ” He was a semi-professional Penn Jersey League, ECAC 1955, ACC Southern and Southeast Conference, Big 5, NIT Finals, 1959, and a NCAA Final 4 official an unprecedented 7 times. He is a member of the Basketball Officials Hall of Fame.