What is the Montco Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame?
We are a charter member of the PA Sports Hall of Fame (PASHoF) founded in 1963. The Montco Chapter was Chartered in 2009.
We are a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization founded to perpetuate the memory of athletes, male or female, who have brought lasting fame to Montgomery County and/or the State of Pennsylvania through their athletic achievements. These individuals need to have been raised, worked or performed in Montgomery County in order to be considered for induction into the Montco Chapter Hall of Fame.
Also eligible for such distinction are those individuals who have brought similar recognition to the County or State through their contributions to sports in general in managerial, promotional, or other influential capacities.
About The Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame
The Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame was chartered in 1962. It is the only community based Hall of Fame in the Country and its present twenty-eight (28) Chartered Chapters serve more than 300 communities throughout the state of Pennsylvania. Each year the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame inducts area greats of yesteryear and endeavors to include athletes, administrators, coaches, officials, sports medicine and the sports media. The Chapters of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame also honors the scholastic, collegiate, community service and courageous athlete awards within those communities.
The Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame concludes its calendar year with its annual business session and showcase. This Convention and Induction ceremonial normally seats ten living and two deceased inductees (based on the voting results and action of the Board of Governors, it may be nine living and three deceased) inductees on its Dais of Honor who are presented with a Gold Inductee medallion with pendant after a rigorous screening and selection process from a highly disciplined governing structure.
The ceremony is hosted on a rotating calendar among the chapters of its Western, Central, Northern and Eastern Regions. The 2023 Ceremonial was held in Allentown, PA on Saturday October 28, 2023.
Perhaps one of its Past Presidents best summarized the philosophy of The Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, Inc. when he responded to a news media inquiry by saying:
“A Hall of Fame is a lot more than an overblown closet for some old relics. It is intended to be a repository for all things great about a sport: its moments, its men and women, its methods. Most of all it is supposed to be about Hall of Famers who define the quality of athletics and who lead the right kind of life—a life of integrity for which there is no compromise.”
Executive Board of Directors
- President – Steve Harner
- Vice President – Michelle Gallagher
- Treasurer – Dean Lent
- Secretary – Sandy Flocco
Board of Directors
- Joe Brophy
- Rich Camuso
- Karen Collins
- Lou Collins
- Steve Cwitkowitz
- Mike Eitl
- Sandy Flocco
- Gregory Green
- Mike Kalinowski
- John Reznor
- Jon Scheuren
- Steve Snyder
- Richard Swanker
- Jim Watt
- Jim Williams
