May
Inducted June 9, 2005 Born William Burkowski in Union City, Connecticut, Burke played on the PGA Tour with great success. His first tour victory came in his second year on tour winning the prestigious North-South Open in 1928. Playing with a slightly unorthodox grip because of...
May
Inducted June 9, 2005 A native of Freemont, Ohio, Brudzinski played football at Ohio State University from 1973-1976. During his years there he played on four Big Ten Championship Teams and in three Rose Bowls and one Orange Bowl. The 6’4″ 230 pound lineman was named...
May
NPASHF Founder Long-time Booster of Polish-American Sports Ed Browalski was born in Detroit, Michigan. He became active in sandlot baseball at an early age. After many years of amateur play, he signed a minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals as a catcher. He returned to the...
May
Inducted June 9, 2005 Broda grew up in Manitoba and developed as a player in the Detroit minor league system. Acquired by the Maple Leafs in 1936 for $7,500, Broda went on to become one of the greatest goalies of all time. He played all 14...
May
Inducted June 8, 1995 A native of Danville, Illinois, Edmund Raymond “Zeke” Bratkowski turned down, at his father’s insistence, an offer to try out for the Brooklyn Dodgers and headed for the University of Georgia, where he set numerous conference and NCAA records in passing and...
May
Inducted May 31, 1984 A basketball All-American at both Notre Dame and Denver universities, Boryla went on to two decades of pro basketball success as a player, coach and general manager. The East Chicago, Ind., native was a freshman All-American at Notre Dame, and a member...
May
Inducted June 23, 2014 Duane Bobick started boxing at age 16 in Golden Gloves, and became one of the best amateur boxers in the United States. He was a three-time All-Navy champion and two-time All-Service champion. Standing 6’3” and weighing 215 pounds, he won the United...
May
Inducted June 9, 1994 A natural athlete who outplayed boys during her All-State high school days, she became a trail-blazer for women’s sports in the U. S. “Blaze” ended her four-year (1974-1978) career at Montclair (N. J.) State as the leading scorer in women’s Division I...
May
Inducted June 9, 2005 The son of a Polish immigrant who died in the Civil War as a captain in the Union Army, Bielski also joined the Union Army and learned to play baseball during lulls between battles A true pioneer, in 1872 Bielaski became the...
May
A Legacy of International Coaching Success By Buck Jerzy NPASHF Past Board Chairman When Janusz Bednarski retired in December of 2014 as fencing coach at the University of Notre Dame he left a legacy as one of the all-time greats as a mentor in his sport — both...