Baseball Australia Hall of Fame

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The Baseball Australia Hall of Fame or Australian Baseball Federation Hall of Fame is a group of baseball players, managers and coaches who have been recognised by the Australian Baseball Federation (ABF) as having influenced baseball in Australia over a prolonged period of time "at the highest level available at the time."[1]

The concept of an Australian baseball hall of fame was first formally raised in 2002 when the ABF board created a Heritage Committee, who were tasked with creating a hall of fame including the selection criteria and induction process. The first group of inductees was announced in December 2004,[2] and were formally inducted at a presentation ceremony on 27 January 2005.[3] Since 2006, new groups have since been inducted as part of the Baseball Australia Diamond Awards each year.[4][5][6][7][8]

Inductees

Through 2018, 88 people have been inducted into the hall of fame.[9] Notable inductees include;

Year No. inductees
2005 41
2006 7
2007 2
2008 4
2009 2
2010 5
2011 2
2012 3
2013 5
2014 3
2015 3
2016 4
2017 3
2018 4
Total 88
  • Norman Claxton (2005)
  • Philip Dale (2005)
  • Ronny Johnson (2005)
  • Frank Laver (2005)
  • Graeme Lloyd (2005)
  • Eric McElhone (2005)
  • Bob Nilsson (2005)
  • Dave Nilsson (2005)
  • Neil Page (2005)
  • Charlie Puckett (2005)
  • James Searle (2005)
  • Ron Sharpe (2005)
  • Craig Shipley (2005)
  • Ross Straw (2005)

See also

External links

  • Australia > Hall of Fame

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Hall of Fame Protocol". Australian Baseball Federation. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  2. ^ Stockman, Jennifer (24 December 2004). "2005 Inaugural Hall of Fame Inductees". Australian Baseball Federation. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  3. ^ Stockman, Jennifer (23 December 2004). "Introducing the Australian Baseball Hall of Fame". Australian Baseball Federation. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  4. ^ "2006 Inaugural Baseball Australia Diamond Awards". Australian Baseball Federation. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  5. ^ Anderson, Michelle (15 December 2006). "2007 Baseball Australia Diamond Awards". Australian Baseball Federation. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  6. ^ Anderson, Michelle (28 November 2007). "ABF Formally Announces Inductees to Baseball Australia Hall of Fame". Australian Baseball Federation. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  7. ^ Anderson, Michelle (29 January 2009). "ABF Announces Hall of Fame Inductees and State Association of the Year". Australian Baseball Federation. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  8. ^ "A Special Invitation to You - 2010 BADAs". Australian Baseball Federation. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  9. ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". baseball.com.au. 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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