Weber, John “Hunce”
John “Hunce” Weber – (1992) JOHN “HUNCE” WEBER As an early teenage novice John “Hunce” Weber suffered his most humiliating tennis defeat at the hands of a capable young female racqueteer at Lorain’s Central Park. Many a beginner would have hung up the racquet for good – but not John! With his inimitable spirit […]
Weber, Henry “Heinie”
Henry “Heinie” Weber – (1992) HENRY “HEINIE” WEBER His birth certificate read Heinrich, school records listed him as Henry, but most everyone knew him as Heinie. And like his big brother “Hunce” his first love was tennis. Together they purchased new tennis racquets at Muirs Drug Store on Broadway for the sale price of […]
Smith, Jim
Jim Smith – (1992) JIM SMITH It has been said the real stars of softball played in its Class A fast pitch divisions. Lorain’s Jim Smith was both a star player and administrator in the fast pitch ranks. Under Smith’s direction, the Lorain Classic Tournament, which he named and founded, attracted top-flight teams from […]
Simonovich, Bill
Bill Simonovich – (1992) BILL SIMONOVICH Bill Simonovich believed there was a sport for every season and he became seasoned in most every sport as this multi-talented athlete moved through life. The winters of ’41-’42-’43 were spent on the round-ball court at Lorain High on the varsity basketball team. Each season Bill improved and […]
Riegel, Norman “Billy”
Norman “Billy” Riegel – (1992) NORMAN “BILLY” RIEGEL Encouraged by his father to don the gloves and enter the squared circle, “Billy” Riegel joined Lorain County’s amateur boxing ranks in 1928 as a 72 pound 12 year old. Appearing mainly in exhibitions or card openers for sometime, “Billy” still impressed the sports media and […]
Osgood, Dick
Dick Osgood – (1992) DICK OSGOOD Long one of the most regarded members of the Lorain Bowling Association, Richard (Dick) Osgood is among few men who qualifies for tonight’s induction in both the Regular Performance and Special Category divisions of career criteria. Osgood is the only five-time president of the LBA in its 67-year […]
Nolan, Cliff
Cliff Nolan – (1992) CLIFF NOLAN Cliff Nolan began his abbreviated athletic career at Longfellow Junior High School in 1940. During his Longfellow days he was to receive nine letters, three each in track, basketball and football. Sporting 185 lbs. on a 6′ frame, Cliff was a king-size junior high fullback and linebacker who […]
Jesko, Howard
Howard Jesko – (1992) HOWARD JESKO A premier offensive and defensive left-end on Lorain High’s 1942 eleven and the undefeated 1943 aggregation, Howard Jesko would have been placed at first team left-end on our city’s All-Time All-Star Football Team. Had he remained in Lorain, Howard most likely would have been an All-Star in our […]
Felton, Ray
Ray Felton – (1992) RAY FELTON Raymond N. (Ray) Felton typified the term “student-athlete” before it became fashionable. A 1970 graduate of Lorain High School, Felton, a 6’1″, 220-pound football blocking dynamo at guard and tackle, received United Press International’s Class AA (now Class AAA) Ohio Lineman of the Year Award and the […]
Dover, Bob
Bob Dover – (1992) BOB DOVER At 5’9″ and 160 lbs., Bob Dover was built in the same mold as Paul Kromer, Lorain High’s premier running back of the 1930’s. Tonight, Dover enters the Lorain Sports Hall of Fame as a high school running back in the same stature and class as Kromer. […]