Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame: Mark your calendar! The annual induction ceremony is less than a month away
The Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held on Nov. 15 at the CYO-MIV Center in Pleasant Plains (6541 Hylan Blvd.). The doors open at 5 p.m. and the ceremony begins promptly at 6 p.m. Admission is free and open to (Read more...)
Levinson 2022
Staten Island lost some of its edge last week when Bert Levinson, who spent the better part of a lifetime picking the brains of the sharpest jocks in the old neighborhood and beyond, and poured all that acquired wisdom into an almost uninterrupted spate of (Read more...)
Early celebration: L&M Tavern stages mini reunion after learning of its S.I. Sports Hall of Fame induction
By Charlie De Biase Jr. | debiase@siadvance.com What’s wrong with starting the celebration a little bit early? Nothing, as far as the guys who once made L&M Tavern a household name are concerned. The legendary Staten Island Touch Tackle League team, of course, learned it (Read more...)
Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame Announces the 2023 Unsung Heroes
Six individuals and two organizations have been chosen to receive the Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame 2023 Larry Ambrosino Unsung Heroes Award. The six individuals are Richard Gundacker, the late Milt Huttner, John Mattera, Gerry Mosley, Helen Settles, and Robert Smith. The organizations are (Read more...)
Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame: These 6 basked in the local limelight and now make up the class of 2023
By Charlie De Biase Jr. | debiase@siadvance.com Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame President Anthony Santo announced that the Selection Committee has named six inductees to the Class of 2023. Those selections include Saidu Ezike, Stephan Khinoy, L&M Tavern Touch Football Team, Margaret Nabel, Jeff (Read more...)
Unsung Heroes Brunch 2022
https://www.silive.com/sports/2022/08/9-individuals-two-organizations-will-be-honored-as-unsung-heroes-by-the-si-sports-hall-of-fame-on-sept-17.html?utm_campaign=statenislandadvance_sf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook (Read more...)
Dan Ingellis, who authored “Deferred Glory: Heroes of the Negro Baseball Leagues,” will have a book signing on June 27 at Leidy’s Inn
By Joe D’Amodio | damodio@siadvance.com Staten Island Sorts Hall of fame Board Member Dan Ingellis, who authored “Deferred Glory: Heroes of the Negro Baseball Leagues,” will hold a book signing for his first book on Sunday, June 27 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Leidy’s (Read more...)
It’s finally official: MSIT dedicates ball fields in honor of Gloria Cordes Elliott, Bob Steele
By Charlie De Biase Jr. | debiase@siadvance.com “There’s no crying in baseball?” Well, Jimmy Dugan will have you believe that’s the case, but truth is, sometimes there is. And ironically, Ed Elliott, a long-time baseball guy himself, chose to wear a T-shirt with that very (Read more...)
Great to be Back – Hall of Fame Celebrates Golf and Reunion on May 13th.
It’s been a year in the making to bring the Hall of Fame supporters and members back for our annual Golf Outing. On May 13th – we were finally able to pull off a fantastic event and one of the main fundraisers for the Hall (Read more...)
MSIT Softball Field to be renamed for the late S.I. Sports Hall of Famer Gloria Cordes Elliot
Gloria Cordes Elliot is a former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League pitcher and inspiration for one of the most well-known baseball movies, “A League of Their Own.” She is also a SI Sports Hall of Famer and recognized as one of the the most loyal (Read more...)
Bob Steele a member of the SISHoF Class of 2019 – finally get his field at McKee SI Tech named for him
In 2019 when Bob Steele was inducted to the Hall of Fame it didn’t look like he would ever get the naming to the field he so deserved. John Iasparro, long time committee member of the Hall has been one of the advocates for Bob. (Read more...)
It’s Time to think about getting back to our Friends at the Hall of Fame
It’s been a long 13 months and we at the Hall of Fame are anxious to get back to celebrating our events. One of the ways that you can participate is as a member through the Friends of the Hall of Fame. We are a (Read more...)
Larry Ambrosino dies. An educator who influenced thousands, who prepared them as they became adults.
By Claire M. Regan | For the Staten Island Advance He was a lineman for the New Dorp High School Centrals and later, a coach and referee, a sports writer and even a fitness equipment salesman. Above all, he was a passionate educator who touched (Read more...)
Larry Ambrosino, 72, dies. He was the ultimate educator.
By Claire M. Regan | For the Staten Island Advance Lawrence (Larry) Ambrosino, an educator, athlete, coach and community leader who spent a lifetime championing the legacy of a police officer killed in the line of duty, succumbed to a two-year battle with cancer today (Read more...)
A mover and shaker, Larry Ambrosino could relate to everybody
By Jay Price/Special to the Advance/SILive.com Larry Ambrosino, who fought his way out of the Mariners Harbor Houses, sometimes literally, to run public schools on Staten Island and in Shrewsbury, N.J. – and, even more famously, pushed the city into naming one in memory of (Read more...)
Sinatra, Steinbeck and Sonny Corleone: The legacy of Bobby Thomson’s Shot Heard Round the World
By Graeme Macpherson @Graeme_Macphers NOT everyone saw The Shot Heard ‘Round The World. Frank Sinatra was just one of a clutch of celebrities packed inside the Polo Grounds on October 3, 1951 to watch his beloved New York Giants clinch baseball’s National League pennant against (Read more...)
Just Sayin’: Danny Ingellis pushes on to do the work of late Advance writer and author Andy Mele
By Joe D’Amodio | damodio@siadvance.com A Vietnam veteran, Dan Ingellis knows all about finishing tasks and completing the mission. That’s why when Ingellis’ good friend, Andy Mele, the Advance’s Staten Island Memories columnist and Island author, unexpectedly passed away last week, Ingellis had one thing (Read more...)
Top-notch coach, myriad of talent fueled Curtis’ baseball dynasty of the 1950s-60s
By Charlie De Biase Jr. | debiase@siadvance.com Those who know Larry Anderson best will tell you he’s as modest as they come. And truth be told, there’s plenty of things for Anderson to brag about if he ever chose to go that route. When former (Read more...)
Monsignor Farrell HS gives beloved former football coach Dennis Barrett a maroon-and-gold sendoff
By Staten Island Advance Amboy Road in front of Monsignor Farrell High School on Tuesday, July 16th was adorned in maroon and gold, and rightfully so. The Oakwood school paid tribute to Dennis Barrett, the school’s beloved former head football coach and faculty member, who (Read more...)
Hall of Famer, Brenda Jordan, ahead of her time hoops start, dies at 77
Hall of Famer Brenda Jordan, an ahead-of-her-time athlete who scored 1,000 points before that was a thing in girls basketball – and, for that matter, before girls basketball was much of a thing on Staten Island – and regularly beat the boys at their own (Read more...)
Hall of Famer Heyward Dotson, iconoclastic star, dies at 71
Hall of Famer Heyward Dotson, a Rhodes scholar, and the first Staten Island basketball player to score 1,000 points in both high school and college, passed away May 1. Dotson, who attacked life on and off the court with a singular intensity, and always on (Read more...)
Hall of Famer Claude Schoenlank, a Staten Island tennis legend, and Hall of Famer, dies at age 76
Hall of Famer Claude Schoenlank (Class of 2001), who hammered his way to a once-unthinkable 41 Staten Island tennis championships – singles, men’s doubles, and mixed doubles – passed away June 9, at the age of 76. Schoenlank’s passing, the same day as iconic football (Read more...)
SISHoF loses friend, board member & legend with passing of former football coaching great Dennis Barrett
A stranger, seeing him for the first time toward the end, when he was a smaller version of himself, might not have guessed it. But Staten Island lost a giant on Monday. Dennis Barrett, a charismatic coach who came to the Island straight out of (Read more...)
NEW DATE – Sept. 2, 2020 SISHOF Golf Outing and Dinner
Due to the current Covid-19 situation we have Postponed the SISHOF Golf Outing/Dinner The New Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2020 (Read more...)
POSTPONED – SISHoF Induction Ceremony Scheduled for April 4, 2020
It is with regret that due to the serious nature of the current Covid-19 virus situation we have decided to POSTPONE The Hall of fame Induction Ceremony – SATURDAY, 4/4/20. This decision was made for the safety and concern of our attendees, honorees and guests. (Read more...)
Postponed – Unsung Heroes Breakfast for Sat. 3/14 to be rescheduled
It is with regret that due to the serious nature of the current Covid-19 virus situation we have decided to POSTPONE THE UNSUNG HEROES BREAKFAST FOR SATURDAY, 3/14/20 at The Staaten. This decision was made for the safety and concern of our attendees, honorees and (Read more...)
Hall to Induct 6, Honor an Icon
A quarter-century after the Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame founding fathers – decked out in formal dress for the occasion – introduced its first group of Olympians, All-Americans, big-leaguers and local legends, only the dress code has been relaxed. The Hall will welcome its (Read more...)
Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame Golf Outing & Reunion
John Woodman likes to say it never rains on the Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame Golf Outing & Reunion. Some days are just brighter than others. The 9th annual outing was played under perfect conditions, with a cool breeze under sunny skies, and LaTourette (Read more...)
Induction Day 2019: “Overwhelming”
It all snuck up on Bobby Rodriguez, like a linebacker waiting to meet him on a pass over the middle. The record-setting wide receiver, who went about his business so quietly that his high school coaches dubbed him “the ghost,” had already been through the (Read more...)