Individuals must be 10 years removed from CFHS and earned at least first team All-League or went on to have college or professional football recognition. In a rare instance when CFHS is or was not in a League or Conference, the Selection Committee may consider the player’s total contributions to the program.
Team is eligible 10 years from the completion of their season. Team must have earned, at a minimum, a League Championship. In a rare instance when CFHS is or was not in a league or Conference, the Selection Committee may consider the team’s record and contributions to the program.
Head Coach is eligible 10 years after his last season and must have been Head Coach for at least 5 years. Consideration should be based on the coach’s win/loss record and followed by accomplishments that merit league, county, or state wide recognition or significant contributions to the CFHS football program or a positive impact on his/her players.
Assistant Coach must have coached for a minimum of 12 years in the Cuyahoga Falls system. This includes time spent at the middle school as well as time spent at the high school level. The individual’s dedication, commitment and loyalty to the program will be highly considered.
Special/Service: Special/Service candidates include school administrators as well as non-school related individuals who have made major contributions to the Cuyahoga Falls Football Program. This category could include individuals who have volunteered their time and efforts to the program, individuals who have provided financial assistance or individuals who, in the Selection Committee’s opinion, are deserving.
Nominations may be made by current or former faculty, administration or staff, alumnus, parent of an alumnus, or community member. Notifications for nomination will be made public through the Black Tiger Gridiron Alumni Club Website, CFHS Athletic Department, school websites, community and local newspapers, and any other appropriate means.
All entries must be submitted using the Black Tiger Gridiron Alumni Club Hall of Fame nomination form. The form can be found on the Black Tiger Gridiron Alumni Club website.
Deadline for nominations will be the Friday before Thanksgiving each year.
Nominees shall be persons of good character, citizenship and sportsmanship. Teams and individual records, statistics, contributions to the team, and certain intangibles are all to be considered.
The Selection Committee shall be free to select inductees from all eras of Cuyahoga Falls Football. All members will have a pre-selection list and helpful information at the discussion meetings. Selection Committee members must attend at least one of the two discussion meetings to be eligible to participate in the voting process.
75% of the vote is required to be elected into the Hall of Fame. A quorum of the Selection Committee members is required for voting.
Maximum number of inductees should be no more than 5 per year unless special circumstances occur that would be decided by the Selection Committee.
First Year - 1983 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Guss Kittelberg: Head Coach 1911 (5-2) | 1896 |
Bruce "Scotty" Bierce | 1915 |
George Markwalder | 1925 |
Dain Clay (MLB) | 1937 |
Bill Lund (NFL) | 1942 |
Charles Cooley | 1948 |
Bill Micachero | 1950 |
Ned Oldham | 1954 |
Jim Boeke (NFL) | 1956 |
Ken Griffiths | 1959 |
Ted Andrick | 1962 |
Roger Parker | 1969 |
Doug Root | 1969 |
Al Saylor | 1969 |
Rick Seifert (NFL) | 1969 |
Gary Vujanov | 1969 |
Greg Whitney | 1969 |
Richard "Whitey" Prunty | 1971 |
Richard Parsons | 1971 |
Tom Buck | 1975 |
Bob Maxwell | 1975 |
Bill Nettling | 1977 |
Adam Roxburgh | 1977 |
Bob Shaffer | 1977 |
Scott Oldham | 1979 |
Second Year - 1984 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
1925 Team: Trolly League Champs (8-0-0) | 1925 |
Al Spoerndle | 1945 |
Gordon Ackerman | 1947 |
Jack Durbin | 1956 |
Ralph Esposito | 1961 |
Eric Stolberg | 1966 |
Bob White | 1967 |
Jeff Johnson | 1975 |
Third Year - 1985 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Ben Barber (NFL) | 1941 |
Bill Dunivant | 1943 |
Carl Fuerst | 1947 |
Rick Kaser | 1950 |
Glen "Bucky" Buss | 1951 |
Dale Huston | 1955 |
Wayne Betz | 1959 |
Randy Caldwell | 1969 |
Greg Kuhn | 1970 |
Fourth Year - 1986 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Carl Spessard: Head Coach 1942-47 (21-22-6) | 1948 |
Dave Goulding | 1950 |
Bill Muir | 1960 |
Jim Hoose | 1963 |
Ted Salsburg | 1968 |
Fifth Year - 1987 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Ken Filing | 1949 |
Dave Novkov | 1949 |
Mark Erwin | 1968 |
Paul Shullo | 1975 |
Jeff Stebbins | 1975 |
Sixth Year - 1988 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Terry Ross: Head Coach 1967-80 (84-52-4) | |
Ray Filing | 1952 |
Jim Snyder | 1962 |
Jon Takacs | 1975 |
Charles Heacock | 1977 |
Seventh Year - 1989 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Bob Magee | 1945 |
Bennie Antognoli | 1947 |
Gary Hetzel | 1971 |
Jim Zucco | 1976 |
Paul Cochran | 1979 |
Eighth Year - 1990 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Dave Martin: Head Coach 1957-61 (29-20-2) | |
Gene Harmon | 1944 |
Terry Nagy | 1968 |
Rusty Chaboudy | 1974 |
Scott Gindlesberger | 1983 |
Ninth Year - 1992 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
1932 Team (6-0-1) | 1932 |
Chet Sokolski Falcon | 1932 |
Woody Taylor | 1932 |
Les Wilson | 1932 |
John Moreland | 1975 |
Harry Ostapowicz | 1976 |
Tenth Year - 1994 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Percy Grenfell: Athletic Director | 1949 |
Jerry Phillips | 1969 |
Matt Pawlowski | 1973 |
Ned Siebert | 1979 |
Eleventh Year - 1995 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Dennis Sykes | 1962 |
David Krino | 1964 |
Jeff Charles | 1978 |
Twelveth Year - 1996 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
John Cummings | 1926 |
Jack Ellsworth | 1943 |
David Cyrill | 1957 |
Gary Ralston | 1986 |
Thirteenth Year - 1997 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Art Haley | 1915 |
George "Red" Hagerdon | 1926 |
Bill Campbell | 1941 |
Fourteenth Year - 1998 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Ted Baer: Head Coach 1912-17 (26-11-4) |
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Tom Cleverdon | 1963 |
Tom Moore | 1968 |
Pat Patterson (35-Year Service Award) |
Fifteenth Year - 1999 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Larry Schnelzer | 1962 |
Sonny Schvartz | 1963 |
Kevin Waffen | 1991 |
Sixteenth Year - 2000 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Gerald Hooper | 1942 |
Rod Buckson | 1953 |
Mike Mierau | 1954 |
Seventeenth Year - 2001 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Floyd Lovelace | 1953 |
Denny Cole | 1965 |
Jim Ballard (College Football Hall of Fame) | 1990 |
Eighteenth Year - 2002 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Bob Krantz | 1951 |
Brian Coleman | 1995 |
Gary McDonald: Photographer (Service Award) | 1959 |
Carol McDonald: Photographer (Service Award) | 1960 |
Nineteenth Year - 2003 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Joe Nice | 1994 |
Joe Horner (15-Year Service Award) |
Twentieth Year - 2004 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Ron Lyons | 1957 |
Adam Marino | 1997 |
Bill Park (Service Award) |
Twenty-First Year - 2005 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Dick Stodghill (Service Award) | 1944 |
Jackie Stodghill (Service Award) |
Twenty-Second Year - 2008 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Dale Leach (Service Award) | 1980 |
Todd Caruthers (Service Award) | 1981 |
Jerry Fiume (Service Award) | 1981 |
Barry Klein (Service Award) | 1983 |
Twenty-Third Year - 2009 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Don Ross: Head Coach 1991-2005 (77-74) |
Twenty-Fourth Year - 2010 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Ron Salmon (Service Award) | |
Bob Heath (Service Award) | |
Harry Heath (Service Award) | |
Dr. Edward Denholm (Service Award) | |
Wayne Rowland | 1977 |
Kevin Hyatt | 1995 |
Rudy Hinderegger (Service Award) |
Twenty-Fifth Year - 2011 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Chuck Klein: Coach | |
Barney Maroush: Coach | |
Lee Muster: Coach | |
Eric Sampson | 1985 |
Twenty-Sixth Year - 2012 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
George Murray | 1977 |
Bob Lacy | 1980 |
Mike Miller | 1999 |
Scott Froelich | 2001 |
Twenty-Seventh Year - 2013 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Bruce Brubach: Coach | |
Joe Greenwell | 1978 |
Mike Uber | 1998 |
Tom Froelich | 2002 |
Twenty-Eighth Year - 2014 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
The 2001 State Playoff Team - Don Ross: Head Coach | 2001 |
Twenty-Nineth Year - 2015 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Jordan Sampson | 2003 |
Ryan Clegg | 2002 |
John Scott | 2002 |
Brian Goodwill | 1980 |
Thirtieth Year - 2016 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
The 1976 NEOAC Championship Team | 1976 |
Thirty-First Year - 2017 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
The 1994 METRO League Championship Team | 1994 |
Thirty-Second Year - 2018 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Pat Nelman | 1971 |
Gary Hoover | 1975 |
Tom Froelich | 1976 |
Judy Ray (Service Award) |
Thirty-Third Year - 2019 | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Drew Kaser | 1999 |
Jimmy Lipinski | 2000 |
Eric Beebe | 2003 |
Kristie Shaffer-Warner(Service Award) |
Thirty-Fourth Year - 2020* | |
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INDUCTEE NAME | YEAR GRADUATED |
Class of 1981 Senior Football Teammates Founders of The Black Tiger Gridiron Alumni Club |
1981 |
* induction has been postponed until 2021 |