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
Sal Mignano Induction Year: 2007 Category: Baseball Location: Shoreham-Wading River Sal Mignao was the varsity baseball coach at Shoreham-Wading River for over 30 years, as well […]
February 8, 2018
Al Desiderio Induction Year: 1997 Category: Baseball Location: Port Jefferson Al Desiderio coached at Port Jefferson High for 37 years and made the playoffs 20 times […]
February 8, 2018
Joe DeLucca Induction Year: 2000 Category: Baseball Location: Babylon Joe DeLucca started his coaching and teaching career at Babylon back in 1954, where he stayed until […]
February 8, 2018
Ronald C. Davies Induction Year: 1999 Category: Baseball Location: Smithtown He began his 46 year coaching career back in 1963 at Adelphi University, where in 1997 […]
February 8, 2018
John Davide Induction Year: 2005 Category: Baseball Location: Centereach, Dowling Longtime Centereach resident who was an outstanding baseball player, as well as coach, before beginning a […]
February 8, 2018
Mike Canobbio Induction Year: 2012 Category: Baseball Location: Lindenhurst The longtime varsity baseball coach at Lindenhurst since 1976. He won career game No. 500 in May […]
February 8, 2018
Eric Brown Induction Year: 2011 Category: Baseball Location: Longwood, Suffolk Community Eric Brown has been the head baseball coach at Suffolk Community College’s Ammerman Campus for […]
February 8, 2018
Fred Biangardi Induction Year: 1994 Category: Baseball Location: Islip Fred Biangardi coached at Islip for 33 years and had a record of 513 wins and 256 […]
February 8, 2018
Bill Batewell Induction Year: 2010 Category: Baseball Location: Sachem, Bellport Bill Batewell is a Suffolk County baseball lifer. He has been a head coach in the […]
February 8, 2018
Bob Ambrosini Induction Year: 2002 Category: Baseball Location: Connetquot Coach Bob Ambrosini Coach Ambrosini began coaching at Connetquot in 1982. He has won more than 600 […]
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
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 7, 2018
Buzz Deschamps Induction Year: 2010 Category: Hockey Location: Bay Shore He started playing hockey in Ontario, where he was born, with the Junior C Penetang Hurons. […]
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 […]