Walt Lenz '53 Listed Among Candidates for 2006 Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame
by Sports Information
9/16/05
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – Franklin & Marshall College Hall of Fame men’s soccer player Walt Lenz ’53 is listed among the candidates for the 2006 Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame class. A 1975 inductee in the F&M Athletics Hall of Fame as an individual and a member of the 2002 Hall of Fame 1952 men’s soccer team, Lenz’s superb goalkeeping helped lead the ’52 team to a 9-0 record, the national championship and earned him a spot on the All-America team as an honorable mention selection. Historically, he is tied for second all-time in F&M history in career shutouts with 11 in 32 career games as he recorded the highest shutout ratio in school history. The 1953 Edward Garrigues '25 Men's Senior Athlete of the Year, he was a three-sport athlete at the College earning nine letters and participating on the basketball (four seasons), baseball (four seasons) and soccer (three seasons) teams. In basketball, he was part of the 1951-52 team that led the nation with an average of 83.4 points per game (1,586 in 19 games) and finished with a 16-3 record. During his varsity time at F&M, the Diplomats finished 40-17 in basketball (1951-53), 24-5-3 in men’s soccer (1950-52) and 16-35 in baseball (1950-53). He graduated from F&M in 1953 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology before earning his M.S in Business/Personnnel Management from the University of Colorado. A graduate of the Air War College, he was a career officer in the United States Air Force he serving his country in Vietnam and around the world. He is joined on the list by former Philadelphia Eagle greats Reggie White and Pete Retzlaff, baseball greats Mickey Cochrane of the A's and Ed Delahanty and Chuck Klein of the Phillies, former 76er Hal Greer, former Flyer Bill Barber, former Warriors Joe Fulks and Neil Johnston along with coaches Jack Ramsay, Rollie Massimino, Skip Wilson and Fred Shero. Area natives on the list of luminaries include baseball's Reggie Jackson, Mickey Vernon, and Roy Campanella; basketball's Earl Monroe, Lionel Simmons and Bobby McNeil; football’s Herb Adderly, Bucko Kilroy, Frank Reagan, Joe Klecko and Emlen Tunnel. Performers in other sports include boxing’s Tommy Loughran, George Benton, Sonny Liston, Lew Tendler and Jeff Chandler, track and field’s Leroy Burrell, Kim Gallagher, Don Bragg, Mel Sheppard and Vicki Huber, golf’s Johnny McDermott, Dorothy Porter and Helen Sigel Wilson along with Debbie Meyer (swimming), Elizabeth Becker (diving), Joe Burk (rowing), Willie Mosconi (billiards), Ora Washington (tennis) and multi-sport star "Buck" Adelman. “As a fan-focused organization we are thrilled with the public participation in the nomination process this year, with more nominees from fans than the previous two years combined.” says Dr. Pete Georgelos, who handles the public nomination process for the Hall of Fame. “Using our website, in-person appearances and via regular mail, the Philadelphia public responded with hundreds of nominations. We received a terrific collection, including such names as Rocky and Ben Franklin, who happens to be a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.” Public nominations for the Hall of Fame’s third induction class ended September 1. The top publicly submitted nominations will be finalists, joined by 30 or so others to form the official ballot for the Hall’s third class. The election process begins in late-September when the ballot is mailed to the Hall of Fame’s voting body, consisting of area sportswriters, current Inductees and others from the local sports community. The results are tallied over the following eight to ten weeks. The Hall of Fame’s Selection Committee then meets in mid-December for its Selection Sunday, at which the third class of hall-of-famers will be finalized. This list of nominees also includes a number of teams as well as candidates for the Hall of Fame’s Legacy of Excellence and Lifetime Commitment categories, which focus on off-the-field activities such as administrators, sportswriters, announcers and community-focused contributors. Teams, Lifetime Commitment and the Legacy of Excellence are outside the Hall of Fame’s election process. Some nominees for the Legacy of Excellence include John McAdams, James Gallagher, Gene Hart, Berl Rotfeld and Bob Vetrone. For information about the Hall of Fame’s nomination process contact Dr. Pete Georgelos via email at pete.georgelos @ phillyhall.net or visit the web site at: http://www.phillyhof.org/nominee.asp The Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame Foundation is a registered 501(c) (3) non-profit corporation. Founded in 2002, it is a member of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, the Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Organizations, the Maxwell Club, the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums and the International Association of Sports Museums and Halls of Fame. 2006 Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame Candidates
"Philadelphia" Jack O'Brien
1984 U.S. Olympic Field Hockey Team
2004 Philadelphia Eagles
Adolph "Buck" Adelman
Al Severance
Al Simmons
Al Wistert
Anne Townsend
Benjamin Franklin
Berl Rotfeld
Bill "Speedy" Morris
Bill Barber
Bob Kelly
Bob Vetrone
Bobby McNeil
Bucko Kilroy
Chris Wheeler
Chuck Klein
Debbie Meyer
Del Ennis
Dick Allen
Don Bragg
Dorothy Porter
Earl Monroe
Earle "Greasy" Neale
Earl Strom
Ed Delahanty
Eddie Collins
Elizabeth Becker
Emlen Tunnell
"Frank" Reagan
Fred Lieb
Fred Shero
Gene Hart
George Benton
James Gallagher
Hal Greer
Harold Carmichael
Harry Litwack
Helen Sigel Wilson
Herb Adderly
Hobey Baker
Horace Ashenfelter
Jack O'Rourke
Jack Ramsey
Jeff Chandler
Jerry Rullo
Jim Bunning
Joe "Bud" Sutton
Joe Burk
Joe Fulks
Joe Klecko
Joe McCarthy
John Cappalletti
John McAdams
Johnny Callison
Johnny McDermott
Joseph Vincent Rullo
Kim Gallagher
Larry Bowa
Leroy Burrell
Leroy Kelly
Lew Tendler
Lionel Simmons
Mel Sheppard
Mae Faggs
Michael Buffer
Mickey Cochrane
Mickey Vernon
Morrie Arnovich
Maurice Cheeks
Neil Johnston
Ora Washington
Pete Retzlaff
Philadelphia Stars
Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc
Ralph Joseph Caballero
Reggie Jackson
Reggie White
Rocky
Rollie Massimino
Roy Campanella
Skip Wilson
Sonny Liston
Tommy Lasorda
Tommy Loughran
Vicki Huber
Walter Alfred Lenz
Willie Mosconi
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