GREATER PEORIA SPORTS HALL OF FAME 1105 East War Memorial Drive PRESORT STD. TER PEO GREATER PEORIA SPORTS HALL OF FAME Sports Memorabilia Collectors R EA RI A h Peoria Heights, IL 61616 U.S. POSTAGE h G Located at the Peoria Civic Center The Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame plaques that were displayed in the Arena have been moved and replaced by new PAID Dedicated to those individuals making significant contributions to sports history and resized plaques. The original plaques are for sale at $100. Contact Bob Sulaski at 309-691-8580. PEORIA, ILLINOIS in the Greater Peoria area. PERMIT NO. 789 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED INDIVIDUAL PLAQUES: TEAM PLAQUES President: William C. “Corky” Robertson • 1st Vice President: Larry Dunn Bergan 2nd Vice President: Robert L. Sulaski Sr. • Treasurer: Chris Bergstrand • Secretary: Rhonda Parker Joe Allen Eddie Jackson Corky Robertson 1980 Cross Country, 1981 Cross Country Darryl Ashmore Tony Lawless Jim Robertson Bradley Jerry Blundy Dick Lien Bill Roehnelt 1960 Basketball, 1948 Baseball, 1964 Basketball The following individuals and Ron Bontemps Charlotte Lewis Mark Smith 1982 Basketball, 1957 Baseball teams will be inducted into the EATER PEORI h h GR A Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Bob Boozer Nora Lewis Lavern Tart Dunlap Fame on March 1, 2009 . Jack Brickhouse Vince Lloyd James Taylor 1983 Golf A message from the President: Farmington Chuck Burroughs Claude Lorance Suzi Tuffey 1945 Football, 1946 Football 2008 INDIVIDUAL Tommy Correll Howard Maple Alice Tym Morton INDUCTEES Phyllis Evans Bobby Joe Mason Tony Van Dyke 1984 Baseball This is the first issue of the semi-annual Greater Peoria Sports Hall of DEREK HUFF - 1989 NCAA National Decathlon Marv Hamilton Chuck McCord Marie Wadlow Peoria Central Fame Newsletter. I have chosen this method to communicate with you for several reasons: Champion Lee Handley Carla McGhee Harry Wilcoxen 1893 Track Team, 1908 Basketball BOB LACROIX - Mark Harper Teresa Montefusco Warren Womble Peoria Manual • We want to keep everyone informed about the new Hall of Fame Peoria High and Richwoods Cross Chick Hearn George Pickney Don Wyss 1957 Football, 1986 Basketball, 1968 Baseball, inductees. Country and Track Coach 1960 Football, 1962 Football Jack Heintzman Dan Pippin STU LEVENICK - Richwoods • We want to make inductees and friends of the Hall of Fame aware of All Big Ten Football Player at the Salen Herke Jonelle Polk 1969 Football, 1972 Football, 1971 Football the annual banquet plans so if possible you can attend and renew University of Illinois Guy Hoffman Chris Reynolds Rivermen friendship with former inductees and friends. JACK STOUDT - 1991 Hockey Pekin High School Wrestling Coach • We want to stay connected with inducted individuals and team Hall of CURTIS STUCKEY - Fame members to be able to answer “Whatever happened to....?” Two-time All-Missouri Valley Bas - Named for Greater Peoria questions. ketball player at Bradley University WILLIAM “DARBY” O’BRIEN - Sports Inductees Finally, like all not-for-profit, volunteer organizations, we need your Major League Baseball Player with B.H.Born Blvd. - Medicine Lodge, KA The 28th Annual financial support. We incurred a $25,000 expense to revise and move Brooklyn ATER PEOR h Please use the enclosed envelope B.H. Born Gym - Medicine Lodge, KA h GRE IA the inductee plaques to a new and improved location. Pictures of the Virgil Boucher Field - Peoria Greater Peoria Sports to make your donation to new display are included in this newsletter. We have sold many of the 2008 TEAM INDUCTEES Virgil Boucher Plaza - Monmouth old plaques but this extraordinary cost has depleted our reserves. We 1952-1953 PEORIA CENTRAL Jack Brickhouse Statue - Chicago Hall of Fame The Greater Peoria need your help for us to continue our mission to preserve and honor the BASKETBALL TEAM - Corwin “Cornie” Clatt Field - East Peoria individuals and teams that have enriched tri-county sports history. 2nd Place 1953 State Tournament Walt Grebe Park - Farmington Induction Banquet Sports Hall of Fame. 1968-1969 PEORIA SPALDING Dawdy Hawkins Gym - Pekin Please update your address and e-mail address and send us information BASKETBALL TEAM - Chick Hearn Court - Los Angeles Sunday, March 1, 2009 on your current activities. We hope see you at the March 1, 2009 2nd Place 1969 State Tournament Salen “Doc” Herke Field - Peoria Your donation will help insure banquet. 1971-1972 RICHWOODS Ralph McKinsie Field - Eureka SWIMMING TEAM - Dutch Meinen Field - Peoria Tickets are on sale now for the 28th Annual financial stability in 2nd Place 1972 State Tournament Lorene Ramsey Gymnasium - East Peoria Induction Banquet to be held Sunday, March 1, 2009 Corky Robertson A.J. Robertson Court and Statue - Peoria at the Peoria Civic Center, rooms 401-404. Doors open maintaining the plaque display, The 28th Annual Chuck Rolinski Gym - Toluca at 10:30 a.m. for the reception and dinner is served at the website and the newsletter. Greater Peoria Sports George Taylor Field - Chillicothe 12:00 noon. Introduction of the new Hall of Fame in - Hall of Fame Pete Vonachen Avenue - Peoria Induction Banquet ductees follows dinner. Come early and say hello to The Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame -- Pete Vonachen Statue - Peoria The Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame website is available at: Sunday March 1, 2009 former inductees that will be in attendance. dedicated to those individuals making significant contributions to sports history www.gpshof.org Tickets are $30 each or It provides: $ Pictured (clockwise from top left) $ $ in the Greater Peoria area. 300 for table of 10 . Corwin “Cornie” Clatt Field, Tickets are 30 each or 300 for table of 10. • Hall of Fame news and historical information on individual and team inductees Call 309-682-4255 Boucher Field, and Lorene Ramsey Call 309-682-4255 to make reservation. • A place for you to update your address to make reservation Gymnasium. • A place for you to input news on inductees New Plaque Display At The Peoria Civic Center Old Timers It Happened in Greater Baseball Because of changes to the Peoria Civic Center complex, the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame inductee plaques that were dis - played on the inside walls of the arena have been moved providing a better and more accessible location on the outside walls. Association Peoria Sports History OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS We thank the Peoria Civic Center Authority for their continued support of Greater Peoria sports history. Since 1934 Until Dwayne Wade did it in 2008, “A Friend of the Community”

Peorian and Caterpillar basketball The Old Timers donate hundreds of volunteer hours player Frank McCabe was the only yearly to numerous charitable projects. Marquette University athlete to MAILING ADDRESS & FURTHER INFORMATION win an Olympic Gold Medal. Mike Burns, Secretary-Treasurer 1603 Woodbine Ct., Washington, IL 61571 • 444-8719 A non-profit tax exempt IRS 501(c)(3) organization.

Otto Baum & Sons naturally yours grocery In December 1940 Bradley defeated ORGANIC SINCE 1988 NEW GREATER PEORIA SPORTS UCLA in the old Peoria Armory 52 to HALL OF FAME OFFICERS 49 and held their 4-sports star Jackie 866 Main Street 4700 North University 1503 E. College Ave. Robinson to 12 points. Metro Centre-Peoria Normal, IL The significant work required to move the LARRY DUNN 309-692-4448 309-452-3456 William “Corky” Robertson, center, was elected the new presi - Morton, IL 61550 dent of the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame. Corky was an out - Hall of Fame plaque display at the Peoria 1105 E. War Memorial Drive standing area athlete at Peoria Central High School and Bradley Civic Center could not have been accom - Peoria Heights, IL 61616 (309) 266-7114 $5.00 Off a $35 Purchase University before he coached and became principal at Peoria plished without the generous donation of On a regular priced product. One coupon per person Central. He replaces long-time president Dr. B. Michael Higgins, time and materials by area individuals and 309-685-6000 per day. May not be combined with other offers. president Emeritus. Other officers are 1st Vice President Larry businesses: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Dunn, right, and 2nd Vice President Robert Sulaski Sr., left. Carver Lumber, Don White, Bob Flanagan - Bradley Football (Inducted 1984) S&S Builders Hardware, Carpenter’s Local 183, Born Paint, Bob played in the Bradley football backfield with the great Billy BradleyFans.com Support the NOMINATIONS River City Construction, Painters Stone. After college he was in the service and later was an FBI Greater Peoria Sports Each year the 24-member Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Local Union 157, Joan’s Trophy, agent where he retired after 30 years. Bob and his wife Fran have Hall of Fame by Fame Board of Directors reviews a long list of nominees West Central Illinois Labor Council 4 children and 5 grandchildren and live in Mascoutah IL. becoming an advertiser. and votes to determine the select few individuals and teams BRADLEY FANS! Visit: www.BradleyFans.com to be inducted for the year. The Board welcome nominations Renee Heiken-Slone - Pro Golf An ad this size is available for $100 The internet site where Bradley fans go Check out the action from everyone. To nominate someone, simply outline the (Inducted 2004) to talk about the Bradley Braves. Call - (309) 682-HALL (4255) www.icc.edu/athletics • (309) 694-5-ICC individuals or teams achievements and mail them to: Michael Jordan played his first pro - Log on, sign up, and join the discussions. fessional basketball game in a Renee has been the Women’s Varsity for more information. Bradleyfans.com is not affiliated with Bradley University The Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame Chicago Bulls 1984 exhibition game Golf coach at the University of Illinois 1105 East War Memorial Drive at the Peoria Civic Center Arena. for the past three years and her assistant Mike Owens - Bradley Basketball Peoria Heights IL 61616 coach is husband Rick Slone. Renee (Inducted 1995) does not play golf as much as she did After graduation from Bradley in 1960, CORE Please include your name so we can contact you if clarifi - when she won 4 consecutive Peoria Mike played baseball in the Pittsburgh cation and more information is needed. Women’s City Golf titles from 1987- Pirate organization. Following that, he Construction 1990, but enjoys the extensive travel re - Roger G. Monroe Marketing coached at Limestone, Wheeling, quired of a Division 1 coach. Galesburg and the University of North - 866 Main Street GPSHOF Board Members 1701 Copperfield Drive June 20, 1898, Joe western. He was the athletic director at Moline high school until he re - Barb Bell Gene Petty Morton, IL 61550 Morton, Illinois 61550 McGinnity from Marshall Ray Ramsey - Pro Football tired in 2000 where he now resides with wife Judy. They have 3 Chris Bergstrand - Tres Lorene Ramsey 309/263-4043 • Fax: 309/263-4013 Michael Burns W.C.” Corky” Robertson - Pres County in Illinois pitched (Inducted 1982) children and 4 grandsons. (309) 266-9768 21 innings for Peoria in Cell: 309/397-1458 Gary Childs Phil Salzer After graduation from Bradley their victory over St. Al Smith - Pro Basketball Larry Dunn - 1st VP Dan Shea where he was a 3-sports star, Dr. B. M. Higgins - Pres. Emeritus Sue Sinclair Joseph at Lakeview (inducted 1984) Park. He often pitched “Rocket Ray” played professional Paul King Susie Stockman 1 football 9 years for the Chicago After Bradley, he played 5 ⁄2 years in Don Mathews Bob Sulaski - 2nd VP both games of a double Ed McGraw Scotty Sullivan header earning him the nickname “Ironman”. He was 28 when he Cardinals. After professional foot - the NBA for Denver and Utah. After Roger Monroe Junior Watkins entered the majors and won more than 20 games in 9 of his 10 ball, he returned to Springfield his retirement from the pros, he es - TYPESETTING & COMPOSITION Ed Murphy Kirk Wessler year career. In 1904 pitching for the New York Giants he had his Lanphier High school where he tablished a cable TV supply com - 329 E. Lake Ave. • Peoria, IL 61614 Bobby Parker Lee Youngman best season winning 35 games and losing only 8. He was in - starred as a prep, and coached pany in Colorado and currently MIKE HIEBER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ducted into The Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946. basketball and track for 29 years. works with boys in Franklin, New Dorothy Ewald He retired in 1986. His wife Elsie passed away in 2002. They have 7 Jersey. Reflecting on his basketball Graphic Designer Established 1967 The Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame’s mission is to promote the many and varied sports programs in children and 9 grandchildren. Ray is 87 years old and in the late career he said he wanted to go on Tackle / Flag Football / Cheerleaders the Greater Peoria area (Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties). Our aim is to honor those men, women and teams 309-688-9249 stages of Alzheimer’s. He is being cared for by his son Kelly who record saying “the best basketball Phone: 309-682-8910 J.F.L.O.C.I. that have contributed to the area’s rich sports history. With the cooperation of the Peoria Civic Center Commission, says his Dad would enjoy hearing from his Peoria friends. His ad - guard he ever played against - high school, college and pros - was [email protected] Fax: 309-682-5250 506 E. Marietta Ave. The Peoria Journal Star, and generous community support we have served the area since 1979. dress is 1901 Marland, Springfield IL, 62702. Dave Golden from Pekin.” Email: [email protected] Peoria Heights, IL 61616