Camden County Sports Hall of Fame
| Name | Inducted | Name | Inducted | Name | Inducted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Alfano | 2007 | Jim Horner | 2009 | Ben “Sonny” Morrell | 2008 |
| George “Cap” Baker | 2009 | Billy Hunter | 2007 | Joe Murphy | 2009 |
| Mikki Baile | 2008 | “Skeets” Irvine | 2005 | Dianne Nolan | 2008 |
| Maryanna Barr | 2009 | Deirdre Kane | 2006 | Bert Nolan | 2007 |
| Joe Barth | 2005 | Bob Kenney | 2006 | Vicki Orzechowski | 2007 |
| Al Bass | 2006 | Tom Kenney | 2007 | Dot Porter | 2005 |
| Mickey Briglia | 2009 | Sean Killion | 2007 | Ralph Ross | 2008 |
| Phillips Ray Brooks | 2006 | Jean Kline | 2006 | Mike Rozier | 2005 |
| Joanne Burke | 2009 | Pearl Kowalski | 2008 | Mary Scharff | 2007 |
| Al Carino | 2006 | Bill Manlove | 2008 | Sue Schooley | 2009 |
| Don Casey | 2006 | Bea Markwick | 2005 | Ron “Itchy” Smith | 2006 |
| Bill Collins | 2009 | Vince McAneney | 2007 | Russ Spicer | 2005 |
| Sam Coursen | 2008 | Bob McElwee | 2005 | Art Still | 2005 |
| Jim Crawford | 2007 | Kathy McGahey | 2006 | Golden Sunkett | 2006 |
| George Dempsey | 2005 | Agnes McGlade | 2005 | Bess Taylor | 2007 |
| Joe Fields | 2008 | Bernadette McGlade | 2006 | John Taylor | 2006 |
| Doug Frambes | 2007 | Mickey McGlade | 2007 | Bill Thompson | 2006 |
| Harry Gamble | 2005 | Theresa McGlade | 2008 | Bill Ulrich | 2009 |
| Lisa Gedaka | 2005 | Bill Melchionni, Jr. | 2008 | John Vogeding | 2008 |
| Marie Gimmi | 2008 | Gary Melchionni | 2009 | Bill Wagner | 2009 |
| Edward Gramigna | 2009 | Joe Melchiore | 2005 | Jersey Joe Walcott | 2005 |
| Joe Hartmann | 2009 | Betty Miller | 2007 | Virginia Whitaker | 2009 |
| Dwight Hicks | 2007 | Dennis Mitchell | 2005 | Wilbur Wilson | 2005 |
| Jeff Holman | 2008 | Henry Wisnieski | 2008 |
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Camden County Sports Legends
| Name & Biography | Inducted |
|---|---|
| Stan Bialkowski, Camden — The ace of Camden High’s staff in ‘46 and ‘47, he pitched in the Phillies farm system and later was an all-star in the Browns’ system before entering the Korean War. He later excelled in the area semi-pro baseball circuit over a dozen outstanding seasons. | 2009 |
| Ed Biehler, Camden — After an all-star basketball career and the high scorer on the 1941 championship team, he passed up college offers to enter WW II. He returned to star several years as a leading scorer in area independent leagues. He is inducted into the basketball Hall of Fame. | 2009 |
| John Brown, Camden — Played only one year of football at Camden High but so impressed that he earned a scholarship to Syracuse, where he played well enough to land with the Cleveland Browns for a long National Football League career on championship teams. | 2009 |
| Don Cragin, Camden — A versatile running back he served as captain in 1918, ‘19 and ‘20 while becoming Camden High’s first football superstar. He later rewrote the record book during a brilliant career at Franklin and Marshall College. | 2009 |
| William “Kid” Gleason, Camden — He played professional baseball with the Camden Merritt of the Eastern League in 1885 and signed with the Phillies in 1888. In 1890 “Kid” was ranked among the best pitchers in baseball. He was traded to the St. Louis Browns in 1892 and then to Baltimore in 1894 where he had a .342 batting average, helping the Orioles win a pennant. | 2009 |
| George Good, Camden — He starred in basketball and baseball in high school before continuing his baseball career at Ursinus College. After graduation, he signed with the New York Yankees in 1936. His professional career ended when he suffered a broken leg. He turned to umpiring in 1946, covering the Negro National League and area colleges for more than 46 years. | 2009 |
| Fred Heimach, Camden — Connie Mack signed him as a nineteen year old in 1920. He made the starting rotation in 1922 with the Athletics. He moved on to Boston in 1926, then to the Yankees in 1928 and helped them win a World Championship as a reliever. He was traded to the Dodgers in 1930 and finished his career there in 1933. He frequently visited his Cramer Hill home, stopping in at his father’s pool hall accompanied by Babe Ruth and other teammates. | 2009 |
| Ken Landis, Camden — He excelled in sports for Camden High and Springfield College. He returned to South Jersey to coach at Camden in 1940 and after World War II produced championship teams at Collingswood and Lower Camden County Regional until 1964. He was one of the first and best wrestling officials in South Jersey. | 2009 |
| Al Litwa, Camden — He was an outstanding baseball player at Camden High from the start and developed into a brilliant triple threat tailback on the great single wing football teams coached by Billy Palese. He was All-South Jersey in football and All-State in baseball in 1941 and 1942. After the war he starred at Villanova and was a successful coach at St. Joe’s in Camden. | 2009 |
| Walt Novak, Camden — An all-around athlete, he was an outstanding end on three great Camden High teams. He earned All South Jersey honors in 1936 then had a Hall of Fame career at Villanova University. He was a receiver and a defensive back with the Eagles. He returned to South Jersey and produced championship teams as a coach at Camden. | 2009 |
| Bill Palese, Camden — One of the early great triple threat running backs, Bill excelled at Camden, then at William and Mary College before returning to coach on the hill. He produced several championship football teams at Camden and served as the school athletic director. | 2009 |
| Joe Papiano, Camden — A successful football and baseball coach at Camden High School, Papiano was asked to begin the sports program when Camden County College was formed and he became the school’s first athletic director. He developed the Cougars into a national contender and the school’s gymnasium is named in his honor. | 2009 |
| Stan Pawlak Sr., Woodrow Wilson — The Hot Stovers’ South Jersey Baseball Coach of the Year Award is named after Stan, who coached Woodrow Wilson to nine City Series Championships, four South Jersey Crowns and the State Championship in 1954. He excelled in football and baseball as a member of Wilson’s first graduating class in 1933. | 2009 |
| George Savitsky, Camden — An All-South Jersey tackle on champion Camden High teams, he later became a four-year All-American at the nationally ranked University of Pennsylvania football team. He eventually played on the line for the Philadelphia Eagles in the National Football League. | 2009 |
| Norm Selby, Woodrow Wilson — Extremely fast, he was an All-South Jersey end and a hall of fame baseball player who also excelled in track and basketball. The Second World War ended his bid to play with the New York Giants but he excelled in top semi-pro ball for two decades. | 2009 |
| Wallace Sheehan, Camden Catholic — “Bud” was a star on the famous 1929 Camden Catholic basketball team that played for the national Catholic high school championship in Chicago. He later starred at St. Vincent’s College and played semi-pro baseball and basketball for years in Camden County. | 2009 |
| Matt Siedlecki, Camden — A massive, rock solid tackle who dominated on both sides of the ball, Matt anchored the Camden High line for four seasons and was named to the All-South Jersey first team three times, in 1940, ‘41 and ‘42, the only lineman so honored. | 2009 |
| Al Vogt, Camden — An All-South Jersey tackle at Camden High just before the Great War, he helped his school win several championships. He also excelled in basketball and baseball and after playing at Penn, coached fine teams at Woodrow Wilson High School. | 2009 |
| Grover “Worm” Wearshing, Camden — He was a three-sport star at Camden High (football, basketball and track) and then at Temple University, where he was inducted into the Temple Hall of Fame in 1971. He later coached many great football and baseball teams at Camden, Woodrow Wilson and Moorestown. | 2009 |
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