The Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame is a non-profit established in 1990 to honor outstanding people, living or deceased, who gained prominence and have made substantial contributions in the fields of professional and amateur sports on behalf of themselves and Suffolk County. The Hall of Fame has exhibits at Fairfield Properties Ballpark, (home of the Long Island Ducks), Town of Huntington Townhall, the Section XI offices in Farmingville, Long Island Sports and Rehabilitation in Holbrook and Long Island MacArthur Airport.

Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame: Club 395


Congratulations to the current Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame Inductees, who have made major contributions to professional and amateur athletics.

As of 2023, there are 395 inductees across multiple categories.

We are in the process of updating our website and building out individual profile pages of all inductees, so check in frequently for more multimedia, information and highlights!


Full list of SSHOF Inductees
June 11, 2019

Esiason, Boomer

Boomer Esiason Induction Year: 1990 Category: Football Location: East Islip Played at East Islip H.S. Attended the University of Maryland. He was an NFL veteran quarterback […]
April 20, 2018

Flippen, Greg

Greg Flippen Induction Year: 1990 Category: Track and Field Location: Riverhead Greg Flippen attended Riverhead High School and set the New York State long jump record […]
February 15, 2018

Auster, Marge

Marge Auster Induction Year: 1990 Category: Multiple sports and officiating Location: Southampton Auster coached six sports at Southampton High School – field hockey, basketball, volleyball, softball, […]
February 8, 2018

Benjamin, Frank

Frank Benjamin Induction Year: 1990 Category: Track & Field, Basketball, Athletic Director Location: Port Jefferson Frank Benjamin coached at Port Jefferson from 1935 to 1968. He […]
February 8, 2018

Read, Henry J.

Henry Read Induction Year: 1990 Category: Football, Coaches Location: Seton Hall Henry Read was the winningest football coach in Suffolk County history (176) until 2000 when […]
February 8, 2018

Veryzer, John

John Veryzer Induction Year: 1990 Category: Basketball Location: Islip Veryzer graduated Sayville High School in 1939 and played basketball for LaSalle Military Academy and Manhattan College. […]
February 8, 2018

Layden, Frank

Frank Layden Induction Year: 1990 Category: Basketball & Professional Sports Location: Seton Hall (H.S.), Dowling Long before Frank Layden coached in the NBA he was at […]
February 8, 2018

Elliott, Ralph

Ralph Elliott Induction Year: 1990 Category: Basketball Location: Bay Shore Elliott coached basketball at Bay Shore High School from 1930-54; his record was 272-121. He was […]
February 8, 2018

Oerter, Al

Al Oerter Induction Year: 1990 Category: Track & Field Location: West Islip Al Oerter was an American athlete and a four-time Olympic Champion in the discus throw. He was […]
February 8, 2018

Sullivan, Jim

Jim Sullivan Induction Year: 1990 Category: Officiating Spent 60 years officiating basketball and umpiring baseball. As a basketball official he worked everything from youth leagues to […]
February 7, 2018

Kirkman, Ed

Ed Kirkman Induction Year: 1990 Category: Journalism Location: Medford Ed Kirkman was a journalist for more than 40 years at the New York Daily News and […]
February 7, 2018

Jiggets, Dan

Dan Jiggets Induction Year: 1990 Category: Football Location: Westhampton Beach Jiggetts was born in Brooklyn, but grew up in on Long Island when his parents moved there soon after […]
February 7, 2018

Esiason, Boomer

Boomer Esiason Induction Year: 1990 Category: Football Location: East Islip Played at East Islip H.S. Attended the University of Maryland. He was an NFL veteran quarterback […]
February 7, 2018

Baugh, Kevin

Kevin Baugh Induction Year: 1990 Category: Football Location: Deer Park Kevin Baugh graduated from Deer Park High School in 1980 and attended Penn State from 1980-83. […]
February 7, 2018

Fuchs, Tracey

Tracey Fuchs Induction Year: 1990 Category: Field Hockey Location: Centereach Fuchs is a former field hockey midfielder who played at Centereach High School; she graduated in […]