City Section selects third class to be inducted in Hall of Fame

The City Section has selected 44 athletes/coaches/contributors to be inducted in its sports Hall of Fame. The induction dinner, the third class overall, will be held on April 26 at the Doubletree Hotel in Los Angeles.

Among the honorees will be baseball standouts Darryl Strawberry (Crenshaw), Willie Davis (Roosevelt) and Eric Davis (Fremont); football standouts Charles White (San Fernando) and Jon Arnett (Manual Arts) and basketball standouts John Williams (Crenshaw) and Curtis Rowe (Fremont).

Among female honorees are swimmer Kristian Quance (Granada Hills), softball standout Lisa Richardson (Verdugo Hills) and former City Section commissioner Barbara Fiege.

Here’s the link to previous inductees.

Here’s the list of honorees for the class of 2015:

Wally O’Connor (Venice ’21), aquatics; Dallas Bixler (Los Angeles ’28), gymnastics; Kristine Quance (Granada Hills ’92), aquatics; Armando Vega (Wilson ’53), gymnastics; Dora Dome (Fairfax ’83), basketball; Waldir Guerra (Bell ’85), soccer; Trisha Odom (Westchester ’88), basketball; Chris Pezzulo (Narbonne ’85), soccer; Curtis Rowe (Fremont ’67), basketball; Lisa Richardson (Verdugo Hills ’75), softball; Charrise Sampson (Washington ’92), basketball; Jo Hunt (Fairfax ’36), tennis; John Williams (Crenshaw ’84), basketball; John Patty (Los Angeles ’42), tennis; Eric Davis (Fremont ’80), baseball.

Helen Pastall Perez (Fremont ’46), tennis; Willie Davis (Roosevelt ’58), baseball; Jodi Anderson (Washington ’76), track; Bob Meusel (Los Angeles ’14), baseball; Danny Everett (Fairfax ’85), track; Darryl Strawberry (Crenshaw ’78), baseball; Johnny Gray (Crenshaw ’78), track; Jon Arnett (Manuel Arts ’53), football; Linda Chisholm (Birmingham ’75), volleyball; Aaron Rosenberg (Fairfax ’30), football; Ninja Jorgensen (Los Angeles ’57), volleyball; Charles White (San Fernando ’76), football; Kent Steffes (Palisades ’86), volleyball; Lee Elder (Manual Arts ’51), golf; Randy Stoklos (Palisades ’78), volleyball; Duffy Waldorf (Taft ’80), golf; George Retzer (Los Angeles ’01), wrestling; Howard Enstedt (University ’50), coach.

Gene Mauch (Fremont ’43), coach; Jim Mora (University ’53), coach; Pat Nordell (Illinois ’50), coach; Bill Thayer (Chicago ’45), coach; Verne Wolfe (Gardena ’40), coach; Brad Pye Jr. (Jefferson ’49), contributor; Denny Crum (San Fernando ’55), coach; Sam Balter (Roosevelt ’25), contributor; Barbara Fiege (Chicago, ’70), contributor; Dennis Gilbert (Gardena ’65), contributor; James Lu Valle (Poly ’31), contributor.

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