Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame Facts for Kids

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Delaware Sports Hall of Fame
Museum entrance
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Established	1976
Location	801 Shipyard Drive, Wilmington, Delaware, United States, 302.425.3263
Type	Sports museum
Public transit access	DART First State bus: 12

The Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame was founded in 1976. Al Cartwright, who helped found it, was its first president, as well as being inducted to its hall of fame in 1980.

The Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame is a member of the International Sports Heritage Association.

The Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame contains, among other things, the Izzy Katzman Sports Library. Katzman was inducted into the hall of fame in 1993, before the Izzy Katzman Sports Library, named after him, was created.

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Backwall next to museum with I-95 in background.
Museum building

Inductees to the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame

A complete list of inductees to the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame is as follows:

1976: Jimmy Caras, William "Judy" Johnson, Marion Jessup MacLure, Ed Michaels, Creighton "Cotton" Miller, Edward "Porky" Oliver, Victor "Vic" Zwolak
1977: Ed Koffenberger, Bill McGowan, Frank Newlin, Nancy Sawin, Al Tribuani, Ron Waller, Vic Willis
1978: Bob Carpenter, Dave Douglas, J. Dallas Marvil, Dim Montero, Dave Nelson, Caleb "Tex" Warrington, Charles M. "Buck" Wharton
1979: William Cole, William duPont Jr., John B. "Cap" Grier, John Joseph "Matchie" McMahon, Millard Naylor, George Schollenberger, Chris Short
1980: John J. "Johnny" Aiello, Walter "Huck" Betts, Al Cartwright, Gerald P. Doherty, II, Philip Bryan Field, Tom Hall, Madge "Bunny" Vosters
1981: Bernard "Bunny" Blaney, George V. "Shorty" Chalmers, Edward J. "Eddie" Cichocki, Matthew M. "Matt" Donohue, Pat Knight, Ralph Sasse, William A. "Bill" Skinner
1982: Frank Coveleski, Cliff Garvine, Charles A. "Chip" Marchlewicz-Marshall, Reverend James O'Neill, Frank Shakespeare, John Tosi
1983: John Cooper, George "Dallas" Green, Eddie Hazewski, Rosemary Miller, Jack Mulvena, Bill Murray, Jackie Pitts
1984: Paul Chadick, Nate Cloud, Billy Doherty, Cas Klosiewicz, Rea McGraw, Dave May, Al Neiger
1985: Lou Brooks, Al Crawford, Jack Crimian, Gerald P. "Doc" Doherty, Walter Hayes, Jim Krapf, Willard McConnell, Kevin Reilly, John Wilcutts, Walter Zablotny
1986: Charlie Givens, Conway Hayman, John Hickman, George Johnson, Vic Lichtenstein, Willie Roache, Doug Turley
1987: Ruly Carpenter, Bennie George, Grant Guthrie, Jim Hagan, Johnny Morris, Joe Pennock Pankowski, Harry Rawstrom
1988: Reverend John Birkenheuer, Carlton Elliott, George Estock, Robert Hoffman, Rita Justice, Russ Snowberger, Hymie Swartz
1989: Brandon "Brandy" Davis, Chris Dunn, Steve Gregg, Jennifer Franks Hilliard, Robert Kelley, Francis Lore, Gretchen Vosters Spruance
1990: Mike Brown, Dom "Quack" Carucci, Bill Chambers, Patsy Hahn, John "Cookie" Lucas, Herm Reitzes, Bob "Peanuts" Riley
1991: Bill Bruton, Forrest "Spook" Jacobs, Dave Johnson, Tom Mason, Pete Salvatore, Franny Walsh, Tim Wilson
1992: Harry Anderson, Joe Campbell, William V. "Dick" Hawke, Gary Hayman, Bill Passmore, Audie Kujala Showalter, Howard Wills
1993: John J. Brady, Izzy Katzman, Henry "Hank" Milligan, Harold "Tubby" Raymond, Milt Roberts, Steve Watson, John Wockenfuss
1994: Anthony Anderson, Bill Gerow, Steve McBride, Lou Moser, Art Redden, Wally Sezna, Herb Slattery, Al Sund, Randy White
1995: Anne Brooking, Robert F. Dowd, Sterling "Terl" Johnson, John Lesher, Renie Martin, Hans "Gus" Seaburg, Carol Thomson Slowik
1996: Dorothy Baker, Bert Cunningham, Scotty Duncan, Mike Hall, Rodney Lambert, C. Roy Rylander, Irvin "Ace" Taylor, Harold "Buck" Thompson
1997: Renee Baldwin, Laura Capodanno, Dan DiPace, Roger Franks, Mary Ann Hitchens, John Land, Frank Masley, Mike Meade, William A. "Bill" Thomson
1998: Bill Billings, Bill Collick, Bob Hannah, Felmon Motley, Lennell Shepherd Sr., Costen Shockley, Janet Smith, Leonard "Lenny" Sund
1999: Charlotte Kaufman Balick, Margaret Osborne duPont, Eugene "Buzzy" Gillen, Carl Hanford, Spencer Henry, Reverend Robert Kenney, Bubby Sadler
2000: Dale C. Farmer, Sr., Robert "Clyde" Farmer, Howard "Toots" Ferrell, C. Walter Kadel, Ron Ludington, Elizabeth "Betty" Richardson, Henry G. White, Jr., Matthew "Matt" Zabitka
2001: Rosemary "Roe" Bianchini, Norman Hanna, Dionna Harris, Jimmy Lewis, Robert "Robbie" Robinson, Earl Sheats, R. Benjamin Stansky, David Tiberi, Pat Williams
2002: Eddie Davis, George Frick, Melvin Joseph, Joseph Kane, Francis J. "Mike" McCall, Margaret "Missy" Meharg, Vicki Huber Rudawsky, Harold Trotter
2003: Herm Bastianelli, Roman "Ray" Ciesinski, Lawrence "Laudy" Damico, Julie Ann Dayton, Pat Ryan Ferguson, William Pheiffer, Bruce Reynolds, Kenneth D. Steers, Steve Taylor
2004: Martin Apostolico, Hal Bodley, Nicholas Bucci, A. J. English, Dr. Peter A. Grandell, Sue Manelski Kampert, William L. Kapa, Fred A. Mason, B. Gary Scott, Thomas Carmen Silicato, Barbara Viera
2005: C. Melvin Brooks, Sr., Susan Delaney-Scheetz, Jules "Ace" Hoffstein, Bob Mattson, Thomas Mees, Michael Neill, Joseph Purzycki, John Taylor, John Townsend, James F. Walls
2006: Robert Andrus, Bart Buckalew, Delino DeShields, Barbara Harris, Dennis Johnson, Richard Koffenberger, Leonard Leshem, James Wentworth, Irvin C. Wisniewski
2007: Bernard "Barney" Briggs, Jim Bundren, Bob Immediato, Rick McCall, Vincent "Winnie" Mayer, Lovett Purnell, Vinnie Scott, David Whitcraft, Val Whiting
2008: Lou Bender, Donald "Ducky" Carmichael, Jim Clapp, Ron Dickerson, Brenda Becker Ferris, Doris Callaway Fry, Jack Holloway, Aubrey Hudson, Mary Schilly Knisely, Jim "Whitey" Oddo, John W. Rollins, Sr., Jim Smith
2009: Edward "Punk" Callaway, Albert "Buddy" Clark, Jr., James "Jimmy" Flynn, Dave Hubinger, James "JJ" Johnson, Frank Kaminski, Clifton "Gator" Lewis, Mike McGlinchey, Tom Marshall, F. Tucker "Tuck" Mulrooney, Charles "Gene" Schaen, Dave Sysko
2010: Steve Bastianelli, Frank Cephous, Bob DeGroat, Helen Doherty, Ted Kempski, Laura Knorr Moliken, Jamie Natalie, Jim "Tuffy" Pabst, Terence Stansbury, Chester V. "Bud" Townsend, Mary Jane Weldin
2011: Sherman Dillard, Mary-de Mackie Hand, Dwayne Henry, Karen Kohn, Joe Lank, Matt Minker, William Moyer, Sheldon Thomas, Larry Wheeler, Doug White
2012: John "Jack" Baly, Reverend Joseph Beattie, Mike Clark, Terri Dendy, Jim Fischer, Albert Horne, J. Alvin "Slats" Laramore, Lori VanSickle, John Walsh
2013: Jack Agnew, Ethel "Feffie" Barnhill, Charley Burns, Fillmore Clifton, Jeff Cooper, Monick Foote, Walter Dave Hurm, Rhondale Jones, Dr. Arthur "Art" Mayer, Luke Petitgout, Ukee Washington
2014: Ernie Anderson, Tom DeMatteis, Tom Hickman, Alvin Huey, Dario Mas, Derrick May, Judith O'Neill, Frank Shea, Ben Sirman, John Testa
2015: John W. "Bill" Crowther, Sarah Gause Flanders, Blaise Giroso, Joe Hemphill, Isadore "Izzy" Keil, Carrie Lingo, Bob Neylan, Robert C. Smith, Bob Tattersall, David Yates
2016: Sid Cassidy, Dick Cephas, Bob Colburn, Rich Gannon, Nancy Keiper, Laron Profit, Mark Romanczuk, Jeff Taylor, Jana Withrow, Wendy Zaharko
2017: Bob Behr, Kristin Mills Caldwell, John Coveleski, Mark Eaton, Vince Filliben, Scott Gregory, Lois Huggins, Kevin Mench, Butch Simpson, Jack Starr
2018: Jimmy Allen, Clinton Burke, Sarah Cashman Gersky, Tom Fort, Bunny Miller, Heidi Pearce, Larry Shenk, Penny Welsh, Dave Williams
2019: George Alderman, Dexter Boney, Bruce Frederick, Marianna Freeman, Montell Owens, Dan Rincon, Ann Marie "Annie" Igo Rizzo, Ian Snell, Margaret Varner Bloss
2020/2021: Mel Gardner, Jack Gregory, Jerry Kobasa, George Kosanovich, Tom Lemon, Art Madric, Charles Rayne, Lou Romanoli, Gary Smith, Tyresa Smith
2022: Bob Shillinglaw, Katelyn Falgowski, Gene Thompson, Joe Holloway, Juliet Bottorff, Khadijah Rushdan, Bob King, Devon Still, Dave Frederick
2023: Chris Anderson, Kwame Harris, Christina Hillman, Ruth Lajoie, Ray Peden, Ginger Smith, Joe Tiberi, Charles Wahlig, Paul Worrilow
2024: Caitlin Van Sickle, Cliff Brumbaugh, Eric Cannon, Gary Chelosky, Cheryl Hamilton, Marcy Levine, David Raymond, Jonathan Stoklosa, Kevin Tresolini

Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame facts for kids

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Inductees to the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame

See also