Francis Mott NYS USA Hall of Fame
These individuals represent the "BEST of the BEST" in New York State
Greatness assumes many shapes and forms, like subtle colors blending into a deep blue hue but, in any form, greatness separates the legends from the mere mortals in the arena of sport.
Proficiency and skill can be honed by practice and dedication, however, the really outstanding athletes, the Hall of Famers, come to the arena with a greatness already programmed into their personalities.
The purpose of the Softball Hall of Fame is to honor and give recognition to these men and women who have played so brilliantly and competed so well during their careers and, while doing so, have also contributed to the development and growth of the sport.
The history of sports has been marked by the occasional appearance of an athlete who seems to have been touched by a magical hand, whose extraordinary skills are embellished by an intangible spark of greatness. An athlete who seems destined to leave an indelible mark on his or her chosen avocation. Such as the men and women who are enshrined in the USA Softball of New York Francis Mott Hall of Fame.
Below are three sections:
1) Players - Click on the year for details about the players
2) Umpire & Sponsors
3) Biographies of Hall of Fame Members
1) PLAYERS (Umpires & Sponsors below)
Thanks to Bill Doxsey for all of his help !!!
Directions:
1) scroll down to find the player
2) click on the year and the information will be there (if not, just click on the screen)
3) use the back arrow (top left of your screen) to return
1987
VINCENT CASERTO
*TOM CASTLE
*JOE DARDANO
*HAROLD "SHIFTY" GEARS
CLIFFORD ONG
1988
*THOMAS "CHICK" CHARVELLI
JACK "MONK" CURTIN
JOSEPH MOLINARO
1989
JOHN DUMAW
NICK VASSENELLI
ANGELO "BUTCH" VERONESI
MADELINE (GIANCOLA) WELLS
1990
DAN CRAVER
LEO LOVE
BOB McKENNA
HAROLD McSWEENEY
1991
DON GALLO
*GEORGE "TOPPY" MORESCO
JOE MORIEN
ANTHONY "WHITEY" ZOVISTOSKI
1992
AL CRISCI
GERALD DeFIGLIO
*HENRY "HANK" HESS
1993
*CLEM "CAPPY" CAPRARA
ART HEILD
* DEL LEWEEN
BILL STEWART
1994
PHIL ARGENTO
ROBERT "DOWNTOWN" BROWN
1995
CAROL (CHAPPELL) GANCARZ
*ROBERT "LIPPY" MILLARD
*ROBERT RATHBUN
1996
*ROBERT "DUBBY" HERMAN
ED CHARLES
1997
*STEVE "BO" AURIGEMMA
ROCCO VERONESI
1999
RICHARD HOFFMAN
*HAZELTON "MOE" KERR
AUGUSTIN "AUGIE" PASSANTE
2001
ARTHUR CHENTNEY
STEVE FOLAND
RICHARD JOHNSON
*VINCENT SAVONA
2003
* SYLVESTER "BLACKIE" DORAZO
GEORGE SNYDER
2005
JAN FETTERLY
GREG HAMILTON
HARDY MARTZ
2007
WILLIAM "BILL" BOSCH
MICHAEL KUSMUCK
ROBERT SORICELLI
DONALD "DUDLEY" WALSH
2009
JOHN FITZSIMMONS
CRAIG McKENNA
2011
* GEORGE BOYER
LOUIS PLAGESSE
THEODORE RORICK
2013
WILLIAM BUTLER
GARY GLADDING
MARK A. LAZZARO
ROCCO "ROCKY" MARUCCI
JAME SPOHR
DENNIS WILLIAMS
2015
CHARLES McKENNA
2017
ROBERT ASCENZI
JON JACOBY
RONALD COVILL
2021
Tom Ferraro
Brett Helmer
2) Umpires and Meritorious Service
1987
*Fred Blum
Carl Gaffney
*Francis Mott
*Fred Schneider
1988
Nick "Blackie" Calcagino
*Pat Durant
1989
*Bernie Berman
*Levi Horton
*Ed Key
Ted Petrillo
1990
*Adolph "Didey" Clavio
William Doxsey
1991
Al Taurisano
1992
*Joe Costime
Bev Valachovic
1993
Ed Crane
1994
John Masco
1995
Skip Boise
Lee Fetterly
Bruce Goyette
1996
1997
Ray Houck
Gary Williams
1999
*Jim Partigianoni
*Harry Sanford
2001
Jack Barker
Mike Eggleston
2003
Robert Farrell
Thomas Katcher
William Plummer, III
2005
Dave Staples
2009
*Richard Germiller
Jose' Lopez
Richard Mc Near
Rick Passante
James Roche
Bruce Wittman
Kathleen Zifchock
2011
*Walter "Gil" Bastian
*George Burgin
Patrick Mineo
Andy Yazwinski
2013
Wayne Remond
2015
Chris Tehonica
Truman Daignault
Jay Sea Distributing Co.
2017
Dwight Lashley
Lee Prong
2021
Jim Craig
Eric Minton
