It has been quite a year for Gene Huey. He was inducted into the Fayette County 缅北禁地 Hall of Fame in June and he headlines the third class of the Uniontown Area High School Academics, Arts and Athletics Hall of Fame is set for induction the weekend of Sept. 11-12.A class consisting of 14 ...
Back in the day multi-sport athletes were common place, that is not the case today as high school athletes tend to focus on one sport.Gene Zimmerlink was a multi-sport standout for Redstone High School back in the early 1950鈥檚. Zimmerlink excelled at football, basketball and baseball.His ...
Western Pennsylvania has produced some outstanding baseball players, some that have ties to the area might surprise you. This caught my eye recently.Rich Rollins was born in the seemingly soothing town of Mount Pleasant in 1938. That鈥檚 right, former major league third baseman Rollins is from ...
It is a little know fact that the patriarch of a well known baseball family was born in Fayette County.Ewart Gladstone (鈥淒ixie鈥�) Walker was born in Brownsville on June 1, 1888. He was the son of Robert and Mary (Robinson), who were born in England and married there.Robert was a policeman in ...
<em>This is the first in a series of articles on the Burns boys, starting with John.</em>The Burns brothers from New Salem cut a wide swath through Fayette County baseball lore. The three brothers 鈥� John, Glenn and Regis 鈥� all played minor league baseball.鈥淚 ...
Fayette County baseball history continues to reveal hidden treasures, the latest find is the late Elmer Toth from Perryopolis.Toth was an outstanding right-handed pitcher for the Perry Township Commodores in the late 1940鈥檚. Toth helped pitch the Commodores to the Section 22 championship in ...
