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 369
Congratulations to the current Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame Inductees, who have made major contributions to professional and amateur athletics.
As of 2022, there are 369 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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June 16, 2022
Darrel Young Induction Year: 2022 Category: Football & Pro Sports Location: Amityville Former NFL full back with the Washington Redskins, current Director of Player Personnel with […]
June 14, 2022
Steve Zimmer Induction Year: 2022 Categories: Officiating and Pro Sports Location: Smithtown Longtime Smithtown resident, veteran NFL referee, including many high stakes games. 25 years as […]
June 10, 2022
AJ Preller Induction Year: 2022 Category: Baseball and Pro Sports Location: Walt Whitman President of Baseball Operations and General Manager of San Diego Padres from Walt […]
June 1, 2022
Billy Koch Induction Year: 2022 Category: Baseball and Pro Sports Location: West Babylon Billy Koch is a West Babylon native and former big league pitcher. Pitched […]
May 31, 2022
Myles Jones Induction Year: 2022 Category: Lacrosse & Pro Sports Location: Walt Whitman MYLES JONES Lacrosse star from Walt Whitman High School. He helped Duke win […]
June 7, 2021
John Paci Induction Year: 2021 Location: Huntington Sport: Football Huntington native who was an All-Big Ten quarterback at Indiana and played for the New York Jets […]
June 5, 2021
Val James Induction Year: 2021 Location: Hauppauge Sport: Hockey Hauppauge native who became the first black American in the NHL, playing for the Buffalo Sabres and […]
June 3, 2021
Jason Fraser Induction Year: 2021 Location: Amityville Sport: Basketball Jason Fraser was a star at Amityville High and Villanova University. Fraser was a McDonald’s All-American and […]
May 28, 2021
Joe Spallina Induction Year: 2020 Location: Rocky Point & Stony Brook Sport: Lacrosse One of the most successful lacrosse coaches to come from Suffolk County, the […]
May 26, 2021
Kevin Riccio Induction Year: 2020 Location: West Islip Sport: Football A West Islip native, Kevin Riccio is a former Hansen Award winner as the top football […]
May 24, 2021
Allie Long Induction Year: 2020 Location: Northport Sport: Soccer A Northport native, Allie Long has reached the pinnacle of her sport and helped the U.S. Women’s […]
May 23, 2021
Larry Izzo Induction Year: 2020 Sport: Baseball Larry Izzo has been a Suffolk County high school basketball official for 50 years, but also made his mark […]
May 17, 2021
Kenny Atkinson Induction Year: 2020 Location: Northport Sport: Basketball Northport native Kenny Atkinson is an NBA coach. He was the head coach of the Nets, and […]
June 11, 2019
Gary Bettman Induction Year: 2019 Category: Hockey Location: Dix Hills Gary Bettman, the Commissioner of the National Hockey League, was inducted to the Suffolk Sports Hall […]
June 11, 2019
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 […]