Old Timers Bats and Balls Award!
The committee decided on honoring someone with an award called
“Old Timers Bats and Balls Award.” Our first honoree was Bobby Shantz,
Homesburg Ramblers outstanding baseball player, Lincoln Nebraska
Minor League player, and 1952 A.L. MVP from the Philadelphia A's.
The next person we honored was Bill “Pickles” Kennedy, Temples
All American in Baseball and Basketball and Philadelphia Warriors
of the NBA. Sadly, Pickles died in an automobile accident in Florida
.
The Old Timers have had good write ups in the Philadelphia Inquirer,
the Daily News, NE Times and The City Bulletin. When we honored
Mickey Vernon, Channel 3 TV was there and it was on TV 6: 00 and
11:00 news.
Bobby Shantz and Joe Scarpatti have been to all of our luncheons.
Skip Wilson, greatest baseball coach from Temple University is always
there. Doug Clemens, former Phillies outfielder, Sean Landeta Eagles
punter are also regulars.
In the past we have had Jay Wright, Fran Dunphy, Phil Martellli,
Sonny Hill, John Baum, John Chaney, Vince Papale, Bob “The Hound”
Kelly, Mayor Michael Nutter and Mickey Vernon.
The Old Timers sell hats, shirts, sweat shirts,
and windbreakers with our logo on them. If you want you can get
your name printed on them, you pay exactly what it cost the club.
You also can have a 10% discount card for Randi's.
The committee will do our best to have special
guests attend our luncheons; we will keep honoring someone with
the “Pickles Kennedy Memorial Award”, who knows you could be next.
Bill "Pickles"
Kennedy Award Honorees:
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2006 |
Bobby
Shantz |
Bill
Kennedy |
Joe
Solandro |
Sonny
Hill |
“Skip”
Wilson |
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2007 |
|
Dan
Fleming |
Al
Angelo |
Bill
Hochenbury |
Jay
Norman |
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2008 |
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|
Jack
Purdy |
Mickey
Vernon |
Hank
DeVincent |
Ron
March |
Buddy
Kline |
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2009 |
George
Ulmer |
Doug
Clemens |
Charles
MacGregor |
Emanuel
“Manny” Cambria |
Ray
Capriotti Sr. |
Raymond
Capriotti |
Michael
Capriotti |
Frank
Russo |
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2010 |
|
Ken
March |
John
Quinn |
Larry
Conti |
Bill
Ellerbee |
John
Schlyer |
Frank
Menardi |
Chuck
News |
Marty
Levin |
Joseph
Scarpaati Jr. |
2011 |
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Steve Van Buren |
Sean Landeta |
Jack Newns |
Flat Iron AC |
Del Ennis |
Larry Shane |
Thomas Joseph Wood |
Hank Kropinski |
Matt Fanning |
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2012 |
Joe McCloskey |
Donald Flynn |
Ed Wade |
Dave Riddick |
Ruth Richard |
William
McGuckin |
Ron Fritz |
Anthony Salem |
Harry Daut |
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