Western Chapter
The Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame was founded in 1963 by Joe Zerilla, Tut Melman and Frank Gustine and became immediately affiliated with the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, which was founded one year earlier in 1962. The Western Chapter is a non-profit 501-3C organization run entirely by volunteer board members who consider their work a labor of love.
The earliest Western Chapter meetings were held at Gustine’s Restaurant in Oakland and the first chapter induction banquet was held at the East Pittsburgh Moose Club in 1971. Between 1972-1981 our annual induction banquets were held at the Greentree Holiday Inn, between 1982-1996 at the Sheraton Station Square and between 1997-2014 at the Four Points Sheraton in Warrendale. We are pleased to announce that in the Spring of 2015, we moved our annual banquet back to the Sheraton Station Square, along with our treasured exhibit of inductee plaques, special awards and other memorabilia, which will be proudly displayed in the spacious and dedicated Western Chapter PA Sports HOF Conference Room on the second floor of the Sheraton Station Square, our permanent new home. There have been 700 athletes and contributors inducted into the Western Chapter, Of these, over 150 have been inducted into the PA Sports Hall of Fame.
In 2016 the chapter name was changed to the Robert “Tick” Cloherty – Western Chapter as a token of appreciation for the his 30-years of loyal and faithful service during his Presidency.
Past Presidents
“Tut” Melman: 1966-1969, 1978
Willard Fisher: 1970
“Brute” Kramer: 1971-1972
Joe Snodgrass: 1975
Darrell Hess: 1976-1977
“Tuggles” Gross: 1979-1981
Robert ‘Tick” Cloherty: 1987-2016
Dan Carr: 2016-2022
OFFICERS
JACK TEITZ – President
MIKE DOBOS – Vice President
AL DICK – Secretary
State: Western Region VP
STEVE J. DOBIS, CPA – Western Chapter Treasurer, State: Treasurer
JIM PERRY – Executive Director
DAN CARR – Past President, 2016-2022
State: President
ALEX GUMINSKI – State: General Counsel
BILL CAYE – State: Western Region Senior V.P.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
RACHEL CIPRIANI
SMOKIN’ JIM FRAZIER
DR. KAREN HALL
KEVIN MCGUIRE
MELANIE MILLER
JOHN “HOWDY” MYNAHAN
TOM NEE
GEORGE NOVAK
LEN SEMPLICE
GARY SIEGEL
BRUCE ATKINS
ADVISORY BOARD
DAN CARDONE
GIL D’AMICO
BILL HILLGROVE
BOB POMPEANI
PAUL PALMER
DR. ROGAL
ROBERT GUSTINE, ESQ.
Legal Counsel