Find athletes who were raised, who worked, or who performed in and brought lasting fame to Montgomery County, as well as those who brought similar recognition to the county or state through their contributions to sports in other capacities.
Erica Dambach
Year Inducted:2024
Lower Moreland, Penn State, US Women’s National Team
Erica has won championships and awards throughout her career as both soccer player and coach. She led Penn State to the 2015 National Soccer Championship as coach of the Nittany Lions Women’s team and has twice been named NSCAA Coach of the Year, in 2012 and 2015. During her 17-year Happy Valley career she has coached 21 All-Americans, 16 Big Ten Players of the Year, won 11 Big Ten titles, five Big Ten Tournament titles, is a five-time Big Ten Coach of the Year, has 17 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and coached two recent 2024 Women’s Olympic Gold Medalists, Alyssa Naeher and Sam Coffey during their PSU Careers. As a player at William and Mary Erica led the Tribe to four CAA Championships and four NCAA Tournament appearances, including an elite Eight game in 1994, was a two-time all CAA First Team selection and All-Region in 1996. Erica was U.S. Women’s U-17 team Head Coach, and was assistant coach to the U.S. U-19 team, the U.S. National team that won the 2008 World Cup in Bejing, and the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup team in Germany. While at Lower Moreland Erica was an All-American and a member of the U.S. U-17 National Team. Prior to PSU she was an assistant coach at Bucknell, Lehigh, Florida State, and head coach at Dartmouth and Harvard.
Bill Racich
Year Inducted:2024
Conshohocken, Trappe, Collegeville, Plymouth Whitemarsh,
West Chester University, Ursinus
Bill Racich was a 4-year starter at West Chester University, a 4-time Conference finalist, and a 2-time NCAA D1 qualifier, the 1974 Middle Atlantic Conference, East Coast Conference Champion, Coaching Record of 532-120-8,
Bill is ranked as the #6 all-time winningest coach in the NCAA, and #2 all-time winningest of NCAA
active coaches. He coached 7 East Region Champs, 16 NCAA All-Americans and 74
NCAA Division 3 Scholar All-Americans. Named as Centennial Conference Coach of the Year 11 times, Bill was the NCAA East Regional Coach of the Year in 2014. Coach Racich never had a losing season as
coach of Ursinus, He is a member of West Chester Wrestling Hall of Fame, Ursinus College
Hall of Fame for Athletes (2001), and Division III National Wrestling Coaches Association
Hall of Fame (2003). Bill has also been inducted into the Philadelphia-Whitemarsh Rugby Hall of Fame (1999), Plymouth-Whitemarsh Distinguished Graduates Hall of Fame, Southeast Pennsylvania,
Conshohocken Sports Hall of Fame (1986), Wrestling Hall of Fame (2003),
Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2003), and the Division III
National Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2003).
Bill Neely
Year Inducted:2024
Abington, NSC University (now NSU) '74
Bill Neely has been a resident of the Abington Township all his life
Bill’s dedication to athletics and education has clearly made a significant
impact on the Abington School District and Community.
He has had an impressive career both as an athlete and a coach! Here’s a
summary of his achievements:
High School Achievements:
• Abington High School ('70): Excelled in Basketball, Football, and Track and
Field.
• PA State Champions
o 1968: PIAA 4x220y and 4x440y Relay Champions.
o 1969: PIAA 440y Dash Champion, 4x220y, and 4x440y Relay
Champions.
o 1970: PIAA 4x220y and 4x440y Relay Champion.
• Penn Relays:
o 1969. Member of the winning 4x400m Champion of American Relay
team
• 1969 Team PIAA State Championship.
Collegiate Achievements:
• Norfolk State College ('75):
o CIAA League Champion (1972-74).
o NCAA Small College Team Champion (1973 and 1974) in the 400m
and 4x400m.
Coaching Career:
• Abington High School (1991 - Present): Head and Assistant Coach for Boys
and Girls teams.
• Indoors and Outdoors
o Produced multiple PIAA, PTFCA State Champions (3 in the 400m, 5 in
the 4x400m, 300 IH).
o Awarded PTFCA Indoor Coach of the Year in 2002.
Athlete accomplishments
• Olympians and Olympic Trials
o Cowen Mills, 2008, Trinidad and Tobago, 4x400m Relay,
o Leah Nugent, 2016, Jamaica, 400m IH
o Jarett Eaton 2016, 2021, USA 110H
• Montgomery County Community College: Assistant Professor (retired in
2014).
• Abington High School: Special Education Paraprofessional (2021 - Present)
Honors:
o State PTFCA Team Title 2011
o Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2024.
All-Time Pennsylvania Outdoor State Records
Indoors
Girls
6th Leah Nugent 60mH 8:45 2011
23rd Leah Nugent 400m Dash 55.42 2011
29th Kelly Jawork 800m Run 2:12.47 2017
10th 4x200m Relay 1:41.20 2011
13th 4x400m Relay 3:53.33 2009
Boys
2nd 4x800m Relay 7:45.27 2011
2nd 4X400m Relay 3:16.78 2011
17th 800m Run Kyle Moran 1:52.81 2011
20th 400m Dash Tyler Abraham 48.41 2023
24th 400m Dash Chis Morrales 48.54 2009
29th 400m Dash Luke Coleman 48.54 2024
Outdoor
Girls
1st Leah Nugent 300m Hurdles 41.10 2011
9th Leah Nugent 100m Hurdles 13.64 2011
10th 4x400m Relay 3:46.20 2009
21st 4x100m Relay 47.51 2009
43rd Jordan Mathews 400m Dash 55.34 2012
Boys
3rd 4x800mRelay 7:37.79 2011
9th 4x400m Relay 3:14.62 2023
10th Jarett Eaton 300m Hurdles 37.28 2007
12th Luke Coleman 400m Dash 47.26 2023
30th Chris Morrales 400m Dash 47.71 2011
Maddy Crippen
Year Inducted:2024
Conshohocken, Germantown Academy Villanova,
Maddy is a three-time U.S. National Champion, winning two national titles in the 400-meter individual medley and one in the 200-meter breaststroke. She made the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team by placing second in the 400-Meter Individual Medley at the Olympic trials, and placed 6th in 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia. While at Villanova she won the NCAA championship in the 400-yard individual medley, won ten Big East Championships, and was named Big East “Swimmer of the Year” twice, in 1999 and 2001. Maddy was a three-time Villanova Swimmer of the Year in 1999, 2001 and 2002. She was a silver medalist at the 2002 Pan Pacific Championships and post Olympics competed in the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. While at Germantown Academy with legendary coach Richard “Dick” Shoulberg, Maddy was captain of the swim team earning High School All-American honors all four years, was a six-time Eastern Swimming Champion and member of the Junior National Team that travelled to Sweden in 1997, Japan and Australia in 1998, and was a member of the Gold Cup Team in Germany and England. Maddy is a member of the USA Swimming Board of Directors, is on their Athletic Executive Committee, and has been inducted into the Pennsylvania Swimming, Villanova, and Germantown Academy Halls of Fame.
Jack Bauerle
Year Inducted:2024
Swimming, Coach, Glenside, Germantown YMCA, LaSalle College HS,
University of Georgia
Jack coached the 2000 and 2020 USA Olympic Swim Teams, and is a National Coaching Lifetime Achievement
Award Winner. He also was head coach of the 2003 / 2005 USA
World Championship Team. Mr. Bauerle coached 152 All-American Women Swimmers and 92 All-
American Men Swimmers. Named NCAA Coach of the Year seven times, won six NCAA Women’s
Championships, and coached 3 Olympic Gold Medalists. As a swimmer, he was captain of UGA team and set
UGA records in 3 events. Inducted into the HS & College Hall of Fames.
Marvis Frazier
Year Inducted:2024
Plymouth Whitemarsh, Football, Basketball, Wrestling)
Marvis’ professional boxing record of 19-2 includes 8 wins by KO. As an amateur he was 1979 Yokohama Heavyweight Champion, was ranked #1 by the Amateur Athletic Union, #2 US Amateur Heavyweight by the U.S. Amateur Boxers and Coaches Association, was a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania & National Golden Gloves champion, and was runner-up in 1979 Pan American Games. His only two professional loses were to two of the greatest heavyweights of their time; Larry Holmes in 1983 and 24-0 Mike Tyson in 1986. His career includes victories over future world cruiserweight champion Bernard Benton, heavyweight contenders José Ribalta and James Tillis, and future champion James "Bonecrusher" Smith. With the exception of a first-round knockout in his first fight after losing to Holmes, all of Frazier's fights went the full ten round distance with him winning unanimous or majority decisions in each fight. After retiring from boxing he became an ordained minister, active participant in Prison Fellowship Ministries and a TV Producer. Marvis appeared on The Howard Stern Show with his World Heavyweight Champion father Joe Frazier to promote HBO's Thrilla in Manila documentary and authored his autobiography, Meet Marvis Frazier: The Story of the Son of Smokin' Joe. Marvis’ sister Judge Jacque Frazier-Lyde was also a Boxing Champion, winning the WIBA title.
Merrill Reese
Year Inducted:2024
Blue Bell, Overbrook Park, Temple, U.S. Navy, Philadelphia
Forty Seven (47) year voice of the Philadelphia Eagles Football team, Merrill Reese is the longest-serving
play-by-play broadcaster in National Football League (NFL). He has been inducted into the Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame. His current broadcast partner is former Eagles wide receiver Mike Quick, who
joined Reese in the booth in 1998. Aside from Charlie Swift and Herb Adderley, Reese has
previously been joined in the booth by Jim Barniak (1978–82), Bill Bergey and Stan
Walters (1984–97) for games broadcast on 94 WIP Radio. Mr. Reese has also appeared on WCOJ,
WPOZ, WBCB and is co-owner of 1490 WBCB (AM) in Levittown,
Pennsylvania. Mr. Reese is also a former radio DJ.
Albert C. Donofrio
Year Inducted:2024
The Donofrio Tournament, Executive Director of the Conshohocken Fellowship House
Youth Center. In 1961 Donofrio created a basketball tournament that began with four
local high schools and later made it open to anyone and everyone. Over the years,
Donofrio attracted not only the greatest talent in the region, but also scouts,
coaches, scholarships, publicity that benefitted players and the community. Hundreds
of future college and NBA players competed in the tournament including future Hall
of Famers such as Earl (The Pearl) Monroe, Kobe Bryant, and others. From 1962-1976
the tournament was referred to as the Conshohocken Teenage Basketball Classic and
was renamed the Donofrio Tournament after his death.
Tiffany Abney
Year Inducted:2023
Merion Mercy Academy, Track and Field High School - Won a record ten individual P.I.A.A. State Championships: In 2000 as a freshman, won the 200 Meter Dash, 400 Meter Dash and 300 Meter Hurdles as a freshman in 2000. In 2001, repeated in all three events and added the 1600 Meter Relay to her championship resume. Led Merion Mercy Academy to the 2002 P.I.A.A. Team Championship, again winning the 400 Meter Dash, 300 Meter Hurdles and the 1600 Meter Relay. Won the 400 Meter Dash, the 300 Meter Hurdles and the 1600 Meter Relay, allowing Merion Mercy Academy to repeat as P.I.A.A State Team Champions in 2003. Honors - Abney’s 58.82 set a national record for a high school freshman in the 400 hurdles, qualifying for the US Junior National Team. Was a first team All-American 2002 in the hurdles. Junior national champion in the 400 meters in 2003 with a time of 53.15 seconds. Awarded the 2003 Gatorade Pennsylvania High School Girls' Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Inducted into the Pennsylvania Track and Field Hall of Fame 2009.
Charles Blockson
Year Inducted:2023
Norristown High, Penn State, Football Track and Field High School - Three- time starting fullback Norristown High – All Suburban fullback 1951-1952, third team All-State fullback 1952. Five-time PIAA District 1 champion in the Shot-Put and Discus. PIAA State Champion 2 years shot put, 3 years discus. AAU National Indoor Shot Put Champion 1951, Penn Relays Suburban Mile Championship Relay 1951, member of two undefeated State Championship teams, 1950, 1951. Norristown Athlete of the Year, 1951, recipient Robert Maxwell Memorial Award, 1951, L.A.M Annual Award for Norristown National Recognition, 1951-1952, George Wierman Award, 1952 and the “N” Club Award. College - Lettered member of the Penn State varsity football and track teams 1952-1956. Member of the Penn State ICAA Championship Team, 1954, member of National Freshman Track and Field Honor Roll, Penn State Most Outstanding Independent Athlete Award, 1956. Honors - One of the founders of the Norristown Hall of Champions/Fame, inducted in to the Norristown Hall of Champions 1979, inducted in to the Norristown Hall of Fame 1985, PTFCA Hall of Fame 2005, recipient of the 2016 Philadelphia Award Notable Achievements - Co-founder of the African American Museum in Philadelphia and founding member of the Pennsylvania Black History Committee of the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
Kobe Bryant
Year Inducted:2023
Lower Merion – L.A. Lakers, Basketball
High School - A graduate of Lower Merion High School he would Lead the Aces to the 1996 P.I.A.A. State Championship his senior year. His career total of 2,883 points would set a Southeastern PA record. 1995 was named PA Player of the Year, 4th Team Parade All-American. 1996 first team Parade All-American, USA Today All-USA First Team, McDonald’s All-American, Gatorade Player of the Year, and Naismith High School Player of the Year,
Professional – Was the 13th pick by the Charlotte Hornets 1996 NBA draft, was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. A 20-year career that would lead to 5 NBA Championships 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2010, and an 18 time All-Star, a career total 33,643 points. 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player, two-time NBA Finals MVP (2009, 2010). USA Men’s National Senior Team winning Olympic Gold Medals 2008 and 2012. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 2020.
Tony Darden
Year Inducted:2023
Norristown High, Arizona State, Track and Field High School - 1974 PIAA District Champion 440 yds., finished 3rd in the PIAA State Championships. 1975 P.I.A.A. State Champion, 220 yds., 440 yds. and Mile Relay. Led Norristown to the 1976 PIAA Team State Championship, again winning three State titles: 100 yds. 220 yds. and 440 yds. Won the Junior National 400 meters, member of the USA Junior National Team competing against West Germany and USSR. Participated in the Olympics trails while still in high school and was named to the Scholastic Magazine’s All American Track Team. College - At Arizona State University, helped the team to their first NCAA Championship. In 1977, was a member of ASU 4x220 yards and 4x200 relays which would tie or break world records. Won the 1979 Pan Am 400 meters when he defeated Olympic champion Alberto Juantorena. In the 1979 Athletics World Cup anchored the United States 4 × 400m relay team to victory. Qualified for the US Olympic 4 × 400 m relay squad but the United States boycotted the 1980 Olympics Honors - Inducted into the ASU Hall of Fame 1989, Norristown Hall of Champions 1990, PTFCA Hall of Fame 1996 and Penn Relay’s “Wall of Fame” 2007.
Dale Hood
Year Inducted:2023
Graduate of Norristown High School 1970
Baseball - Played for Gus’s Diner District Champs, played four years in the Perkiomen Valley Twilight Men’s Baseball League, Penn-Del League Men’s Baseball 71-72, All-Star both years.
Softball- A living legend in the Norristown Softball community. Began his career at Al’s Cold Cuts, winning 14 Norristown titles, 8 Conshohocken titles and 7 Bridgeport titles. Al’s Cold Cuts is given the title of “The Greatest Team and Organization in Montgomery County Slow Pitch Softball” history. 1978 played for the Philadelphia A's in the Pro Softball League. Led J.P. Mascaro, T.N.T., and Spring-Ford to numerous State and National Championships. In 2005 led T.N.T. to the National Championship. This would be the first Norristown-based team to be crowned National Champions. Batted .778 with 3 HRs and 23 RBIs and was named the National Tournament MVP. In his 45-year career, he also played for the New Jersey Hitman, High Street Bucks, and Pill teams. He has received numerous awards, including All-Tournament Selections and several Most Valuable Player Selections.
Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame: One of the Founding Fathers of the organization holding offices of Vice President and President over 7 years.
Chris Kwortnik
Year Inducted:2023
North Penn HS, North Carolina State, Wrestling High School – Career record of 141-1. Four-time Sectional, District 1 and Regional Champion. Won three PIAA State Championships 1987, 1988 and 1989 and a team championship in 1987. Selected the Most Outstanding Wrestler at the 1989 state tournament. Selected as 1988 USA Wrestling second team All-American, 1989 USA Wrestling Dream Team All-American first team. Represent PA in the 1989 Dapper Dan Classic. College – Four-time NCAA qualifier achieving NCAA All-American honor three times 1991, 1992 and 1993. Captain of the 1994 NC State wrestling team. Won Two Atlantic Coast Conference championships 1992 and 1993 and selected to ACC’s 50 Man 50th Anniversary Wrestling Team. Honors - Inducted into the 1999 Southeast PA Wrestling Hall of Fame, PA Wrestling Hall of Fame 2001 and the 2005 North Penn HS Hall of Fame.
Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame: One of the Founding Fathers of the organization holding offices of Vice President and President over 7 years.
Frank Mascaro
Year Inducted:2023
Multi-sport HS Athlete at Methacton & Kenrick. His love of sports has impacted the local community by the many charitable contributions by J.P. Mascaro and Sons. The J. P. Mascaro & Sons “Haulers” have been the most successful Legion Baseball team since the turn of the century. They have won numerous Championships. A $10,000 donation would give the Pop Warner Methacton Warriors a new scoreboard in 2012. In 2013 the JP Mascaro family donated $210,000 for the creation of the Robert Morris Childress Memorial Field at Methacton High School. In 2017 a $10,000 contribution enabled the Norristown PAL track team to compete at the AAU Junior Olympics in Detroit. They also sponsor many additional youth athletic programs. In 2018 a Mascaro donation of over $2 million would bring to the Lower Providence community a first-class baseball and playground complex named the Francesco A. Memorial Baseball Fields and Community Park. They have been an official sponsor of the NASCAR Xfinity Series race “Pocono Green 250 Recycled By J. P. Mascaro & Sons” and donated $50,000 to the Audubon and Pottstown YMCAs. The Mascaro generosity has impacted the entire county through their constant financial support through scholarships and charitable contributions. In 2019 Elmwood Park Zoo received a $2 million donation from J. P. Mascaro & Sons Foundations for the design and construction of a brand-new Amur tiger exhibit in memory of Francesco A. Mascaro and Rosemarie Mascaro Venditti, both of whom are siblings of Mascaro company owners, Pat, Joseph, Michael and Louis Mascaro.
Christy Morgan
Year Inducted:2023
Field Hockey / Methacton / Old Dominion University / James Madison University Player - Led Old Dominion to three NCAA National Championships (1982, 82, 84). Three-time All-American and received the Honda Award in 1984. 1982-90 member of U.S. National Team and spent two seasons with the U.S. World Cup Team (1983, 1986). In 1987 scored four goals, leading U.S. Team to a silver medal in the first women’s tournament Pan Am Games. In 1988 as a member of U.S. Olympic Team scored goal against Great Britain to secure the US’ lone point in the Games. Coaching – Coaching Assistant at New Hampshire and Maryland before becoming Head Coach at James Madison University in 1991. JMU won the 1994 NCAA National Championship, making Field Hockey history with a National Championship as player and coach. After leaving JMU in 1999, named Head Coach at Davidson 2000-01. Returned to coaching in 2011 as associate Head Coach at Wake Forest then back to JMU from 2014 to the present. Coached 18 All-Americans, 56 All South-Region, and 8 all conference players of the year. Honors - Methacton HS Hall of Fame, United States Field Hockey Association Hall of Fame, Old Dominion's Sports Hall of Fame, Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, James Madison Sports Hall of Fame, USFHA Hall of Fame and numerous CAA Coach of the Year Awards.
North Penn 1985 Softball Team
Year Inducted:2023
1985 North Penn High School GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM
PIAA AAA STATE CHAMPIONS
P.I.A.A.DISTRICT ONE CHAMPIONS
BUX-MONT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
Record 27 – 2
Kristin Sommar
Year Inducted:2023
North Penn HS, University of Maryland, Lacrosse, Field Hockey, Basketball High School –A three-sport athlete at North Penn High School. Field Hockey MVP in 1996 and Lacrosse MVP in 1995 and 1996. North Penn Female Athlete of the year 1996. 1996 First Team selection by The Philadelphia Inquirer, Montgomery Spirit, and The Record All-Area. 1996 High School Lacrosse First Team All-American; Member, PASLA Team, which participated in the Women’s National Lacrosse Tournament 1996. College – Played on University of Maryland’s four National Lacrosse Championship teams 1997-2000. Three-time NCAA All-American; All NCAA Tournament team 1998 – 2000; All- ACC and All-ACC Tournament Team 1999 and 2000. Career numbers: 104 goals, 72 assists and 176 points. Finished MD career with an 81-5 record, Co-Captain in 2000. Honors- Member of U.S. Touring Team, Australia 2000; U.S. Elite Team 1997-2005. United States Lacrosse World Cup Championship Team 2001, High Sycombe, England, U.S. World Cup Team 2005, U.S. Lacrosse Silver Medal World Cup, Annapolis, selected in 2002 to the ACC's 50th Anniversary Women's Lacrosse Team, inducted North Penn HS and University of Maryland Hall of Fame.
Norristown 1973 Track & Field Team
Year Inducted:2023
1973 Norristown Track and Field Team
P.I.A.A. State Champions
Eastern States Track and Field Champions
P.I.A.A. District 1 Champions
Suburban 1 League Champions
Henry (Hank) Williams
Year Inducted:2022
Norristown
Led Norristown to 3 Suburban 1Championships.
The 1971 season Norristown won the District 1, Eastern Regional and finish PIAA State runner-up.
Set the Norristown scoring records season 584 career 1574.
1971 Selected Scholastic All-American 1971.
Played in the Dapper Dan Classic.
The first male athlete to be selected first team All-State three times.
Selected first team All-Suburban 1 three times.
Drafted by the new York Knicks in 6th Round, Small Forward University of Jacksonville 1972 - 1974.
Played for the Utah Stars in the American Basketball Association.
Played for the Lancaster Red Roses.
Walt Struzek
Year Inducted:2022
Norristown
1963 was named to the Gulf 100 mph Club.
1964 he was named Rookie Driver of the Year.
1965 he was Eastern Division Champion, St. Petersburg, Fl National Champions and the National High Point Champion.
1966 he was again National High Point Champion, National Champion Seattle WA, Walt in the Vagabond would set the Kilo Record at Martinsville, WV 107.071 mph, he was selected for the Gulf Marine Racing Hall of Fame and was named Driver of the Year and selected All-American Racing Team.
1967 He continued his winning ways with a National Championship at Guntersville, AL and President’s Cup.
1969 he would be National Champion at Morgan City, LA. His success would continue with the winning of the Belvedere Cup Canada High points 1974.
Larry Wilson
Year Inducted:2022
(13) Track and Field / Cross Country / Bishop McDevitt
Helped found the Ambler Olympic Club.
Coached Kim Gallagher 800 meter Olympic Silver Medalist.
Coached Olympians Lori McCauley in the 400 M hurdles, Steve Griffin in the 4 x 400 meter relay and most recently Cowin Mills in the 4 x 400 meter relay.
AOC has numerous national champions, state champions, and Jesse Owens champions among its alumni.
31 Years as head track & field and cross country coach Gwynned Mercy Academy.
Produced individual champions (17 Pennsylvania Division AA titles and 60 District AA crowns and has led Gwynned Mercy to District and Bicentennial League championships.
His 4 x 800 relay team set a state standard by winning the Pennsylvania AA meet five successive years and captured the 1500 meter event at the Penn Relays.
Assistant coach at two international meets.
Head USA coach at the 1981 National Sports Festival.
Tony Funsten
Year Inducted:2022
Upper Merion
Founded the Upper Merion girls volleyball program in 1993.
His teams won 17 Suburban One League championships, six District 1 championships and one Pioneer Athletic Conference championship.
Prior to coaching volleyball, Funsten coached Upper Merion boys and girls basketball.
The Times Herald named Funsten Boys Basketball Coach of the Year in 1989 and Girls Basketball Coach of the Year in 1998.
Montco Coaches Hall of Fame.
Roger Reina
Year Inducted:2022
(6) University of Pennsylvania
Winningest coach in the 101-year history of the program, began as youngest coach in history.
Chairman Ivy League Coaches Association, President EIWA Coaches Assn, President NWCA.
Coached Olympic Gold Medalist, Pair of NCAA Champion, three NCAA finalists, 17 All-Americans, 63 NCAA Qualifiers, 31 EIWA Champions.
Won 4 consecutive EIWA titles, three time EIWA COY, Won Ivy League Titles.
Graduated from UPenn in 1984 where he was a four year starter on the team, U Penn Athletic Hall of Fame.
Inducted into the EIWA Hall of Fame and the National Wresting Hall of Fame PA Chapter.
Lawrence Livers
Year Inducted:2022
Three year letter winner track and field Norristown High School.
1941 Participated in District One Track and Field meet in the 180 LH (placing 1st), High Hurdles (placing 3rd) and High Jump (placing 3rd). He qualified for the state meet in the 180 LH.1939-40.
In 1939, 40 and 41 Norristown High School won the District One team title with Lawrence Livers contributing a major role in those victories.
The 1941 Norristown High School team was victorious in many major invitational meets.
They won the Villanova College Interscholastics, Norristown Interscholastics, Ursinus College Invitational, Suburban Class A Championships and District One Championships. They were far and away the best team in Eastern PA.
His oldest son Larry was a great hurdler at Norristown High School and Villanova University. Larry was a strong contributor to Norristown winning the District One titles in 1960 and 1961. Larry qualified for the 1968 Olympic Trials in the High Hurdles.
Ron and Don won the District One track and field championship in 1973 and the PIAA state title in 1973.
Lawrence (father) Larry (son) and Ron and Don (sons) all were members of Norristown track and field teams to win District One team titles.