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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February 8, 2018
Patricia McCarrick Induction Year: 1999 Category: Badminton; Coaches Location: Miller Place McCarrick coached at Miller Place High School from 1973-98 and never lost a game. Her […]
February 8, 2018
Kerry McCoy Induction Year: 2003 Category: Wrestling Location: Longwood McCoy was born in Riverhead and attended Longwood High School. On the wrestling team, he had an […]
February 8, 2018
Adam Mariano Induction Year: 1993 Category: Wrestling Location: Comsewogue Graduated as the winningest wrestler in Comsewogue, and Long Island history. Crowned as a New York State […]
February 8, 2018
Jumper Leggio Induction Year: 1999 Category: Wrestling Location: Bay Shore Goombatista “Jumper” Leggio was born and raised in Bay Shore. Jumper started wrestling in 1946 when […]
February 8, 2018
Jesse Jantzen Induction Year: 2011 Category: Wrestling Location: Shoreham-Wading River Jantzen began his wrestling career at Shoreham-Wading River H.S., where he was the first four-time state […]
February 8, 2018
Lou Giani Induction Year: 1995 Category: Wrestling & Coaches Location: Huntington Moved to Long Island when he was 14 years old. Began wrestling when he was […]
February 8, 2018
Nick Garone Induction Year: 2010 Category: Wrestling Location: Patchogue-Medford & Eastport-South Manor Nick Garone began wrestling at the age of 12, winning medals, trophies and special awards […]
February 8, 2018
Nick Gallo Induction Year: 1998 Category: Wrestling Location: Deer Park Gallo is a three-time NCAA Championship qualifier who attended Deer Park High School. At Hofstra University […]
February 8, 2018
Michael “Mick” Foley Induction Year: 1999 Category: Wrestling Location: Ward Melville Foley is a former professional wrestler who attended Ward Melville High School in East Setauket […]
February 8, 2018
Harold Schwab Induction Year: 1993 Category: Track & Field Location: Centereach Harold Schwab attended Centereach High School and then University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1976. […]
February 8, 2018
Sarah Reinertsen Induction Year: 1991 Category: Track & Field Location: Huntington Reinertsen is a physically-challenged athlete who was a student at Huntington High School when she […]
February 8, 2018
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
Dennis Oehler Induction Year: 2000 Category: Track & Field Location: Deer Park Dennis Oehler is a paralympic athlete from the United States competing mainly in category PS4 pentathlon and TS2 sprint events. He […]
February 8, 2018
John Gregorek Induction Year: 2015 Category: Track & Field Location: St. Anthony’s John Gregorek was a two-time USA Olympian in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 1980 and […]
February 8, 2018
Christine Gentile Induction Year: 2007 Category: Track & Field Location: Babylon Christine Gentile ran track and cross country at Babylon High School from 1983 to 1988. During […]