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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January 20, 2021
Legendary wrestling coach and Suffolk Sports Hall of Famer Lou Giani has passed away. He was 86. Giani, who only began wrestling when he was 17, […]
January 15, 2021
During some of the downtime during the pandemic, the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame has been working with Art Guild Inc on an idea to help […]
January 11, 2021
Suffolk Sports Hall of Famer Rich Cimini has been named New York State Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Nominated and voted […]
December 22, 2020
Suffolk Sports Hall of Famer Harold Cooley passed away on December 18, 2020. He was 66. The legendary bowling coach from East Islip was inducted to […]
December 16, 2020
Legendary Connetquot baseball coach and Suffolk Sports Hall of Famer Bob Ambrosini passed away in December 2020. The 2002 inductee retired with 602 career wins as […]
November 19, 2020
The Golf Channel ran a feature on East Islip native Marion Hollins with a perfect headline “With hall of fame induction, may we never again forget […]
September 5, 2020
The Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame is sad to learn about the passing of inductee Patrica Habers. She was 84 and living in Georgia. Habers, a […]
June 30, 2020
The 2020 Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony has been moved to May 12, 2021. The event will be held at Watermill in Smithtown, N.Y. […]
June 26, 2020
Gordon Forbes, a longtime pro football writer and editor at USA Today, died in June 2020. He was 90. Forbes, who was inducted to the Suffolk […]
June 23, 2020
Suffolk Sports Hall of Famer John Niland is one of the premier offensive linemen of his era and deserves consideration for the Pro Football Hall of […]
March 11, 2020
Add another hall of fame to Jumbo Elliott’s resume. One of the top linemen in Long Island history and an inductee of the Suffolk Sports Hall […]
March 4, 2020
Babylon’s own Joe DeLucca spent his life on the baseball diamond. He was most notable for his 33 years as a Major League Baseball scout, but […]
March 1, 2020
Major League Soccer is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2020 and there have been two inductees of the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame with connections to […]
February 26, 2020
The Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2020 inductees in December, but had a formal introduction and photo opportunity for the honorees in […]
February 5, 2020
Linda Schulman, the mother of inductee Scott Beigel, was the guest of Congressman Tom Suozzi at this year’s State of the Union. Schulman, who accepted the […]