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Inducted in 1984 … 1966 Clarkstown H.S. alumnus … exceptional three-sport athlete who earned a tryout with the New York Yankees, and later became a softball superstar … at Clarkstown, he was a unanimous All-Rockland select-ion in soccer, basketball and baseball, and played on seven consecutive championship teams … captained all three teams his senior year … right wing in soccer … a basketball guard who averaged 14 points and 8 assists a game … baseball shortstop who batted .370 (third in the PSAL) and led the league in hits and runs … Clarkstown’s Most Valuable Athlete in ‘66 … played all three sports at SUNY Oneonta … in basketball, made All-Conference his soph-omore year and was the team MVP his senior year … averaged 10 points, more than nine assists in college career … in baseball, he helped lead Oneonta to the conference title with a 3-for-4 batting performance and scored the winning run in the clinching victory over Buffalo State … Oneonta’s Outstanding Male Athlete in 1970 … played in the highly competitive Cap Cod Summer Baseball League in 1969 … was player-manager with the Clarkstown IBEWs baseball team for three years … best batting average of .325, led the league in stolen bases twice, an all-star three straight years … outstanding softball player who reaped many individual and team honors … selected best hitter in the Deer Head Tournament in 1980, ‘81 and ‘82 for powerful tourney champion Orange Lantern.