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Since 1964, York Area Sports Night has been an honored tradition for Yorkers.

Celebrating York County Sports Legends

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York Sports Hall of Fame Members

1973 - Ken Raffensburger, John DeBarbadillo, Bob Hoffman, C.C. “Doc” Bleeker and Lawrence Sheppard. 1974 - Lefty George and Linda Myers 1975 - Fred “Dutch” Dorman and Bob Hulton 1976 - Henry “Hinkey” Haines and Samuel Shipley (Founder of York Sports Night) 1977 - John Terpak, Paul Stevens and Don Cockley 1978 - John Grimek and Edmund “Wally” Waleski 1979 - Harry R. Little 1980 - Haps Benfer, Cliff Heathcote, Ted Resser and John Weimer 1981 - Tom Keesey, C.C. Richards, Connie Hirschman Shorb and Vic Wertz 1982 - William “Johnny” Gill, Charles “Charlie” Spangler and J. Whitmer Bush 1983 - Alphonse “Tommy” Thomas 1984 - William “Bill” Billet, Jim Tarman and Richard Smith 1985 - Sonia Wise Dessen 1986 - Jack Jaquet 1987 - Jules Bacon 1988 - Scott Fitzkee and William E. Schmidt 1989 - Harold “Butch” Wynegar 1990 - Bill Bence, Woody Bennett and Harry McLaughlin 1991 - Mary Jane Snyder 1992 - Loretta Claiborne, Don Kauffman, Ed Khayat and Dr. Robert F. Spangler 1993 - Charlie Strack, Suzy Buckovich and Robert Sohl 1994 - George Powell, Ray S. Shearer Jr., and Ron Wolf 1995 - Gene Crumling and John Toggas 1996 - Ron Warner and Scott Strausbaugh 1997 - John Grove and Paul Snyder 1998 - Sanford “Sandy” Kranich 1999 - Ron Fitzkee, Greg Gross, Earl Shaffer and George Trout 2000 - Ellsworth Kissinger, Bill Brenner, Dick Guyer and Joe Hasenfuss 2001 - Terry Bupp and Clay Shaw 2002 - Bruce & Barb Koller and Dick Van O’Linda 2003 - Gary Gault, Marlyn “Curly” Holtzapple and Gary Sutton 2004 - Daniel Jesse Mays, George Tarasovic, Gene Clines, George Shue and Jeannie Fry 2005 - Duke Edsall, Randy Edsall, Andrea Spangler-Kopp, Charles Jacobs, Craig Diehl, Frank Pius Nauss, and Mike Keesey 2006 - Jeri Myers, Col. Matt Brown, Philip E. Itzoe, Jeff Gamber, Donna McLain Vitacco, and Chris Doleman 2007 - Jan Bortner, Dr. Gil Rothrock, and Bruce Arians 2008 - Gregory Cauller, Jack Connor, Tom Kessler, Jim May, and Harry Smeltz, Jr. 2009 - Brad Senft, Jim Rife, and Sue Corcoran Bupp Ilyes 2010 - Tony Abel, Albert "Buck" Elliot Sr., John Eyster, and Gerald "Jerry" Karl 2011 - Herb Schmidt, Jay Miller, Gary Markle, and Jenni Goodling 2012 - Brad Livingston, Keith Wentz 2013 -Suzanne H. Sutton, William "Bill" Krouse, Malcolm "Beese" Wendt 2014 - Brad Lloyd, Jim Kohr, and John Sprenkle 2015 - Scott Frey and Jane Herrman 2016- Dave Gable, Richard Howley, Kevin Stover 2017- Julio Alvarez, Parrish Petry, Don Smith 2018- Sherm Keeney 2019- William Sherdel 2020- No selections because of Covid19 pandemic. 2021- Lindy Decker-Heilman, Stephanie Whipple-Miller, H. Leon Senft 2022- Wayne Jacobs 2023 - Rodger Becker 2024 - Rob Rinehart 2025 - Joe Klinedinst

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