Plaque
Object number2003.32.3 a-l
Date2003-2019
Mediumwood; glass; paper; plastic; paint
Credit LineGift of Thomas R. Averell
DescriptionTwelve (12) rectangular plywood plaques listing Minor Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees.Dimensions48 x 32 in. (121.9 x 81.3 cm)Inscriptions(a-k)
Text at top of each plaque "MINOR PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME / Pittsburgh and Tri-State Inductees".
(a)
Inductee text: "TOM AVERELL / Washington Generals... / Commissioner Mid-Atlantic Football League / Commissioner National Minor Pro Football League / Charter Member Enshrined 1981"; "FRED ZANGARO / Bloomfield Rams / ... / Enshrined 1987"; "JOHNNY UNITAS / Bloomfield Rams / ... / Enshrined 1987"; "JOE GILLIAM / Pittsburgh Wolf PAK / ... / Enshrined 1986"; "RAY MANSFIELD / Atlantic Football Conference / ... / Enshrined 1992"; "JOE THOMAS, JR. / Weirton WV Weiriters / ... / Enshrined 1994"; "DR. JIM "DR. SAK" CHAPAS / Pittsburgh Wolf PAK / ... / Enshrined 1995" ; "ROBERT BUTTS / Wheeling Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 1996"; and "DONALD J. DONATELLI / Wheeling Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 1997".
(b)
Inductee text: "BLAINE POPP / Washington Generals / ... / Enshrined 1997"; "LARNELL GOODMAN / Pittsburgh Cubs / ... / Enshrined 1997"; "LEO HENNE / Pittsburgh Wolf PAK / ... / Enshrined 1998"; "WILLIAM "JAKE" OLSAVSKY / Wheeling Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 1998"; "JOSEPH GOLD, JR. / Pittsburgh Colts / ... / Enshrined 1999"; "ART ROONEY, SR. / Player - Organized & Operated Western Pennsylvania / Semi Pro Grid Teams before 1933, North Side Majestics / J.P. Rooneys, Hope Harvey's, Rooney Reds / Enshrined 2000"; "CHARLES A. SCALES / Duquesne Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2000"; "JOHN "DUKE" SUMPTER / Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2000"; and "JOSEPH JANCOSKO / Pittsburgh Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2001".
(c)
Inductee text: "EARL B. TWYMAN / Pittsburgh Cubs / ... / Enshrined 2001"; "L. RAE HODGE / Women's Pro Football - Pittsburgh Powderkegs / ... / Enshrined 2002"; "STEVE OLOT / Chambersburg Cardinals / ... / Enshrined 2002"; "JOE BELLANTE / Pittsburgh East End Chiefs / ... / Enshrined 2003"; "CAROLE LEE DUFFY / Woman's Pro Football - Pittsburgh Powderkegs / ... / Enshrined 2003"; "BOB TUCKER / Pottstown Firebirds / ... / Enshrined 1982"; "DAVID LUNGER / Scranton Eagles / ... / Enshrined 2001"; "TIM BENTLEY / Pittsburgh WolfPAK / ... / Enshrined 1995"; and "CLYDE A. THOMAS / Wheeling Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2000".
(d)
Inductee text: "HENRY W. BARKSDALE / Pittsburgh Cubs / ... / Enshrined 2001"; "TOM WATKINS / Pittsburgh Cubs / ... / Enshrined 2001"; "GEORGE "JOCKO" RICE / Arnold A.C. / ... / Enshrined 2002"; "BOB BAKER / Pittsburgh WolfPAK / ... / Enshrined 2003"; "ANTHONY "RED" CELENDER / Bloomfield Rams / ... / Enshrined 2004"; "JOHN C. MAMAJEK / J.J. Doyle Football Club / ... / Enshrined 2004"; "AL "BIG MITCH" MITCHELL / Bloomfield Rams / ... / Enshrined 2004"; "GARY WILLIAMS / Pittsburgh Colts / ... / Enshrined 2005"; and "DAVE BONSELL / Chambersburg Cardinals / ... / Enshrined 2004".
(e)
Inductee text: "DAN RAINS / Charleston West Virginia Rockets / ... / Enshrined 1987"; "LEONARD DUNCAN / Pittsburgh Cubs / ... / Enshrined 2000"; "CHARLES "BEAR" ROGERS / Bloomfield Rams / ... / Enshrined 2006"; "JOSEPH B. NATOLI / Pittsburgh Morningside Bulldogs / ... / Enshrined 2006"; "DAVE HAVERN / Wheeling, WVa, Ohio Valley Panthers / ... / Enshrined 2006"; "RICHARD JANCOSKO / Pittsburgh Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2006"; "HUBIE BRYANT, JR. / Pittsburgh WolfPAK / ... / Enshrined 2006"; "DR. RICHARD DiSANTI / Pittsburgh WolfPAK / ... / Enshrined 2007"; and "GEORGE ROBINSON, JR. / Washington Generals / ... / Enshrined 2007".
(f)
Inductee text: "JOSEPH L. HERNDON, JR. / Pittsburgh Wolf Pak / ... / Enshrined 2008"; "WILLIAM "ACE" ADAMS / J.J. Doyles Football Club / ... / Enshrined 2008"; "WILLIAM KEITH / Pittsburgh Colts / ... / Enshrined 2008"; "GEORGE DEMKO / Wheeling Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2008"; "TERESA L. CONN / Women's Pro Football - Pittsburgh Passion / ... / Enshrined 2008"; "MAJOR HARRIS / Huntington W.Va. Hawks / ... / Enshrined 2008"; "JAMES E. HERREN / Wheeling Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2008"; "RICHARD MAMAJEK / J. J. Doyles Football Club / ... / Enshrined 2009"; and "DAN McGREW / Wheeling Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2009".
(g)
Inductee text: "DICK LANDIS / Chambersburg Cardinals / ... / Enshrined 2009"; "KEITH URICH / Official / Referee / ... / Enshrined 2009"; "BOB MARTINEAU / Official / Referee / ... / Enshrined 2009"; "MELISSA YECK / Pittsburgh Passion / ... / Enshrined 2009"; "RICH THOMASELLI / Charleston W. Va. Rockets / ... / Enshrined 2009"; "RON GRAHAM, SR. / Pittsburgh WolfPAK / ... / Enshrined 2009"; "BRIAN GIACHETTI / Pittsburgh Colts / ... / Enshrined 2010"; "BILL HILLGROVE / Pittsburgh Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2010"; and "CHECK LAZAR, III / Pittsburgh WolfPAK / ... / Enshrined 2010".
(h)
Inductee text: "ROBERT E. JONES, MD / Wheeling Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2011"; "JIM O'BRIEN / Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2011"; "STEVE TRUBAN / Mid Atlantic FB League & Atlantic FB Conference... / ... / Enshrined 2011"; "IVAN TONCIC / Wheeling Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2011"; "SAM WYCHE / Wheeling Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 1988"; "MARK CAPUANO / Sto-Rox Rangers / ... / Enshrined 2012"; "WESLEY CATES / Columbus Ohio Metros / ... / Enshrined 2012"; "CARL CRAWLEY, JR. / Wheeling Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2012"; and "CORNELIUS GREEN / Columbus Ohio Metros / ... / Enshrined 2012".
(i)
Inductee text: "AVERELL HARRIS / Chambersburg Cardinals / ... / Enshrined 1988"; "JUSTIN KURPEIKIS / DuBois Area Mountain Lions / ... / Enshrined 2013"; "KENNY LUCAS / Hartford Charter Oaks / ... / Enshrined 2013"; "ROYCE MIX / Columbus Metros / ... / Enshrined 2013"; "RANDY "WOODY" RIBBECK / Tonawanda Cougars / ... / Enshrined 2013"; "RON WABBY / Pittsburgh Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2013"; "PAUL L. CERCEL / Philadelphia Bulldogs / ... / Enshrined 2014"; "PAT CURTO / Columbus Metros / ... / Enshrined 2014"; and "LEO ELTER / Shaler AC / ... / Enshrined 2000".
(j)
Inductee text: "DAVE "ROOSTER" FLEMING / Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2015"; "PERRY JETER / Wheeling Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2015"; "DENNY A. LAURIA / Thirty One Years of Officiating / ... / Enshrined 2015"; "THE NESSER BROTHERS / Columbus Panhandlers / 7 Brothers... / ... / Enshrined 2015"; "WILLIE SMITH, JR. / Columbus Metros / ... / Enshrined 2015"; "NICK BUONAMICI / Columbus Ohio Metros / ... / Enshrined 2016"; and "JIM CUNNINGHAM / Wheeling Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2016".
(k)
Inductee text: "ESSEX LAW / Pittsburgh Colts / ... / Enshrined 2017"; "ROBERT "BOBBY" MULGADO / Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2017"; "LEON PAGAC / Wheeling Ironmen / ... / Enshrined 2017"; "JEFFREY "MAC" McCAFFERTY / Pittsburgh Colts / ... / Enshrined 2018"; "GARY BONN / Pittsburgh Colts / ... / Enshrined 2019"; and "LISA HORTON / Pittsburgh Passion - Women's Football / ... / Enshrined 2019".
(l)
Top left plate has text "MINOR PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME / 2003 Inductees / PIONEERS / Joseph Bellante / Monty Homes / EXECUTIVES / Bob Baker / Ed McCracken / Terry Sullivan / COACHES / Joseph Bartlinski / Jerry Grohn / Jordan Kopac / Norman Mann / Deceased / PLAYERS / Doug Allen / Mark Arcure / Rick Brindisi / Mike Britton / Tom Bryan / Jim Bulger / Dave Enslow / Doug Fisher / Dennis Galipo / Bill Joyce / Bob Herman, Jr. / Tom Kelly / Leon Mavity / Tom Robinson / John Sago / Will Thomas / Gary VanderWeele / OFFICIALS / Jerry Grunska / Craig Ochoa / Mike Cronin / MEDIA/HISTORIANS / Joe Hulsebus / WOMEN'S / FOOTBALL / Carole Duffy / YOUTH FOOTBALL / Walter Gilbert".
Top right plate has text "MINOR PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME / 2004 Inductees / PIONEERS / Alex Duffy / Bob Van Ness / EXECUTIVES / Jane Dole / Wes Fischer / Jenny Akeson-Primeau / COACHES / Eliseo 'Sal' Saldivar / Rex Stevenson / Deceased / PLAYERS / David Bonsell / Jack Brumbaugh / Anthony 'Red' Celender / John Companey / Peter Dale / Brian Erickson / Frank Fanning / Brian Forston / Joe Hammond / Joe Hoffman / Tony Iliano / Brendon Kelly / John Mamajek / Ural 'Mack' McLaughlin / Al 'Big Mitch' Mitchell / Mike Novickas / Pat O'Brien / PLAYERS / McCartha Pleasants / Michael Rice / David Summy / OFFICIALS / Ron Wotherspoon / TRAINERS / David Van Eenenaam / MEDIA/ / HISTORIANS / Mark Azzara".
Middle left plate has "MINOR PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME / 2005 Inductees - 25th Annviersary / EXECUTIVES / Steve Ellis / Alex Flores / Mike Frazier / Cheryl Kardas / Paul Pisellini / David Rice / Pat Sharpe / COACHES / Norris Jackson / Mike Lentz / Doug Tibbitts / Deceased / PLAYERS / Ron Anton / Dick Atreau / Paul "Rock" Carter / Tim Colton / Terry Converse / Troy Faunce / Terry Fernandez / Kenneth Glenn / Brad Haydu / Mike Jennings / Edward Jordan / Al Klaeren / Gary Kuykendall / Norn Nissen / Pat Nulty / John Otterman / Ray Powell / PLAYERS / Dick Promer / Larry Rydbom / Ed Schemski, Jr. / Jerry Tadych / Dan Von Holt / Mike Willkomm / Gary Williams / Bob Yuracheck / OFFICIALS / Bernard Bun Cronin / Bob Floyd / Jim Righeimer / YOUTH / FOOTBALL / Greg Forhman".
Middle right plate has text "MINOR PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME / 2006 Inductees / EXECUTIVES / Alan Boeldt / Richard Jancosko / COACHES / Jack Boepple / Alan Dole / Phil Lytle / Charles "Bear" Rogers / OFFICIALS / Fritz Brownell / Deceased / PLAYERS / Charles Allen / Mike Bonner / Hubie Bryant, Jr. / Mike "Chico" Cain / Jamie Caleb / Bob Cunningham / Dan Dragan / Dave Havern / John Hyder / Clarence Jones, Jr. / Bob Kleffman / Pete Quackenbush / Alfonso Smith / Craig Smith / Steve Suter / TRAINERS / Sue Berg / WOMEN'S / FOOTBALL / Catherine Masters / YOUTH / FOOTBALL / Joseph Natoli / MEDIA/ / HISTORIANS / Gary Suhr".
Bottom left plate has text "MINOR PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME / 2007 Inductees / EXECUTIVES / Chris Chudada / Brett Friedman / COACHES / Chris Lawson / George Robinson, Jr. / Chris Pivovar / OFFICIALS / Mike Aquino / Deceased / PLAYERS / Frank Biachini / William Colemen / Fritz Fiorelli / John Kennedy / John "Butch" Mahoney / Jeff Mann / Bill Meyer / Anthony Pecorella / Ed Penn / Steve Rannochio / Michael Sampson / Richard Sargent / Bill Simon / PLAYERS / Scott Smith / Gary Thomas / Calvin Williams / TRAINERS / Richard DiSanti / MEDIA/ / HISTORIANS / Mel Busler / Frank Cooney".
Bottom right plate has text "MINOR PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME / 2008 Inductees / PIONEERS / EXECUTIVES / COACHES / PLAYERS / OFFICIALS / MEDIA/ / HISTORIANS / WOMEN'S / FOOTBALL / YOUTH / FOOTBALL".
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Minor Professional Football League
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Minor Pro Football Hall of Fame
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