Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame News
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!
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Bethpage Ballpark
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MacArthur Airport
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February 8, 2018
Paul Brodmerkel Induction Year: 2013 Category: Wrestling Location: Lindenhurst Brodmerkel is a former star wrestler at Lindenhurst High School (1964-67) and Lock Haven University (1968-71). He […]
February 8, 2018
John Tice Induction Year: 2013 Category: Football Location: Central Islip John Tice played football at Central Islip High School and at the University of Maryland. He […]
February 8, 2018
Risa Zander Induction Year: 2013 Category: Basketball; Coaches Location: Sachem Zander started her teaching and coaching career at Sachem High School in 1971. She was the […]
February 8, 2018
Jim Mahoney Induction Year: 2013 Category: Basketball Location: Copiague After graduating from high school in 1950, he began studying to become an Irish Christian Brother. He […]
February 7, 2018
John Papanek Induction Year: 2013 Category: Journalism and Media Location: Patchogue John Papanek began his journalism career in 1967, when he was a student at Patchogue […]
February 7, 2018
Mike Tice Induction Year: 2013 Category: Football; Coaches Location: Central Islip Tice is a retired NFL coach. He played football at Central Islip High School, graduating […]
February 7, 2018
John Klein Induction Year: 2013 Category: Football Location: West Islip He was a three-sport athlete (football, basketball & baseball) at West Islip and was inducted into […]
February 7, 2018
Jeff Ruland Induction Year: 2013 Category: Basketball Location: Sachem Former basketball standout at Sachem High School in the late 1970’s, he was the first athlete in […]
February 7, 2018
Nicole Kaczmarski Induction Year: 2013 Category: Basketball Location: Sachem Kaczmarski was a girls’ basketball star at Sachem High School, where she graduated in 1999 and rated […]