FRONTIER FIELD WALK OF FAME
| Contributors/Administrators | Year Inducted |
| Amerks Moose (Sonny Zamites) Better known to thousands of hockey fans as the Amerks’ “Moose,’’ 2004 was his 25th and final season in the familiar costume. The McQuaid graduate originally was hired as the “Moose” by radio station WMJQ-FM in 1979 and began working for the Amerks a year later. Since then, he has appeared at thousands of games and charity events and become synonymous with the team. |
2004 |
| Anderson, Harvey Longtime operator of the Rochester Coca-Cola Bottling Co., now retired, was the founding sponsor of the modern-day Section V Basketball Tournament. |
2001 |
| Cerone, Dick Pioneer in the New York State High School football playoffs; state high school football chairman; longtime coach and administrator at Jefferson and Greece Athena, and is currently the athletic director at Aquinas; founder and member of the Section V High School Football Hall of Fame. |
2000 |
| Ciaccia, Frank | 2005 |
| Costello, Fred The only man to play for the Red Wings and the Amerks. He joined both organizations in 1977 as an organist. |
1999 |
| Curwin, Elliot Former President of Rochester Community Baseball; worked behind the scenes to make Frontier Field a reality, and contributed greatly to the Red Wings smooth transition from Silver Stadium to Frontier Field; member of the Red Wings Hall of Fame. |
2000 |
| Devine, Bing He began a six-year stint as Red Wings general manager in 1949, when the club led the minor leagues in attendance with 443,536 fans, a club record that stood until 1997. He moved on to become the GM of the St. Louis Cardinals and helped organize the sale of the Wings from St. Louis to Rochester Community Baseball. He was the Cardinals' GM from 1957-64 and created the nucleus of the '64 and '67 world champs. |
1998 |
| Emmanuel, Thomas A long-time area basketball official and rules interpreter, he was inducted into the inaugural Section V Basketball Hall of Fame last year. He was considered the dean of local high school basketball officials. The annual Section V tournament presents a sportsmanship award in his name to the team that "most conscientiously upheld those qualities of sportsmanship that Tom Emmanuel so generously displayed for so many years." |
2002 |
| Farrell, Bill | 1997 |
| Flynn, Jerry | 1997 |
| Formicola,
Frank Along with longtime partner Marcel Fournier, Formicola was responsible for bringing the men's and women's pro bowling tour stops to Rochester; also a promoter of the Lilac City bowling tournament - the second largest amateur tournament in the world. |
2001 |
| Giles, Warren President of the Red Wings from 1928 to ‘36, he spearheaded the move of the St. Louis Cardinals’ top farm club from Syracuse to Rochester. He spent 50 years in professional baseball, including 15 as general manager of the Cincinnati Reds and 18 as president of the National League. He reportedly came one vote shy of being elected baseball commissioner in 1951, but when neither he nor Ford C. Frick could get the required 12 owners’ votes, he withdrew for the good of the game and was named NL president. During his tenure, he oversaw the move of the Dodgers and Giants to the West Coast and the return of National League baseball in New York. |
2004 |
| Guilfoyle, Dan One of the prime movers in the Press Radio Club for 20 years and the only three time club president; involved in numerous sports related charities for kids, and was the recipient of the Eddie Meath Award for community service; Chairman of the Red Wings Hall of Fame and Walk of Fame Committees. |
2000 |
| Harmon, Craig For nearly three decades Harmon has served as the head golf professional at Oak Hill CC; last year he was named by Golf Digest as one of the Top 50 golf teachers in the world; has been named teacher of the year three times by the WNYPGA section and also won that association's golf professional of the year award in 1983. |
2001 |
| Harrison, Les | 1997 |
| Horton, Frank A pioneer of Rochester Community Baseball, he served as the club's first vice president and later as its president. A longtime Congressman and lifelong friend of the Red Wings. |
1998 |
| Jones, Robert Trent One of golf’s greatest course architects; designed nearly 500 courses in 43 states and 25 foreign countries; first course he designed was Midvale in Penfield back in 1930; returned in 1973 to build Bristol Harbour. |
2000 |
| Kampff, Ken Since 1968, this lifelong Rochesterian has served as the chief administrator for Little League Baseball's Rochester District. He won the Morrie Silver Award at the 2005 Press-Radio Club dinner. |
2006 |
| Keough, Katherine | 2005 |
| Lyons, Leo A former player and coach for the Rochester Jeffersons, the Rochester native was one of the founding fathers of the National Football League. The Jeffs were a charter member and played from 1920 to 1925 before disbanding. |
2003 |
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Martens, Dave
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2002 |
| Monagan, George The first person hired at Monroe Community College, he was the athletic director from 1962 to 1989. He also was the college's first basketball coach, leading the Tribunes to three conference titles. He pioneered the growth of the MCC athletic department from one sport to 16. Monagan is now a published poet and novelist. |
2002 |
| Monje, Gene The former three-sport star at Franklin coached Rush-Henrietta Sperry to the 1976 Section V Class AAA basketball championship. He has been a Division I college basketball referee since 1974 and has worked more than a dozen NCAA Tournaments, including the Final Four. |
2002 |
| Murray, Don The longtime Charlotte High basketball coach went on to become the athletic director at East High in 1970 and oversaw the dominant achievements of the Orientals' program. He helped create the City-Catholic League and was chairman for 10 years. |
2006 |
| Ocorr, Dave Former athletic director at University of Rochester and vice-president of St. John Fisher College, as well as the former president of the Rochester Red Wings; elected into the Athletic Hall of Fame at both UR and Scranton. He now writes sports fiction books aimed at young readers. |
2000 |
| Paul, Gabe The Rochester native rose from mascot and batboy of the Rochester Red Wings to become a president and/or general manager with the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Colt .45s (later Astros), Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees. The former Monroe High student was once the single largest shareholder of the Indians, owning 20 percent of the team |
2004 |
| Schiano, Charlie One of the founders of the 1970 League Champions Rochester Lancers and a supporter of soccer in this area for decades. |
1999 |
| Shumway, F. Ritter Once dubbed the "richest man in Rochester" he gave away much of his fortune, estimated at $50 million. He founded the U.S. Figure Skating Association, War Memorial Fund, organized the Genessee Figure Skating Club and helped build the Skating Institute of Technology. A championship-quality skater he won 18 Eastern Sectional Championships. RIT's Ritter Arena is named in his honor. |
1998 |
| Silver, Morrie | 1997 |
| Silver, Naomi The longtime chief operating officer and chairman of the board of Rochester Community Baseball Inc., she was instrumental in the building of Frontier Field and was the key player in last fall's popular decision to end the Red Wings' relationship with the Baltimore Orioles after 42 seasons and sign on with the Minnesota Twins. |
2003 |
| Sisler, George Jr. | 1997 |
| Spiotti, Lou Jr. The Aquinas graduate was a high school All-American in football, a three-time Mission Bouts champion and the school record-holder in the discus. He coached football at Jefferson and Charlotte High and was head coach at RIT from 1974 to '77. He became the athletic director at RIT in 1980 and has expanded the athletic program there from 15 sports to 24 sports, with the men's hockey team winning national championships in 1983 and '85. |
2003 |
Stahl, Jerry |
2006 |
| Stalker, Jay | 1997 |
| Turner, Marian Winner of the 1998 Jean Giambrone Public Service Award, Turner has been the driving force behind Monroe County Special Olympics. Through her fundraising efforts, Turner has helped Monroe County Special Olympics expand to more than 1,600 athletes in more than two dozen sports. |
2003 |
| Viola, Nancy Longtime Section V girls basketball chairwoman; was instrumental in establishing the state girls basketball tournament; also the former Athletic Director of Batavia High School. |
2001 |
| Westcott, Doug A Brockport sports legend; all-county football quarterback and basketball guard in the late 1950’s; coached in the Greece School District and then at Brockport where he succeeded Dave Martens as athletic director. |
2000 |
| Zona, Nick | 2005 |
| Zornow, Gerald A letter-winner in football, basketball, and baseball at the UR, he pitched one game with the Wings in 1937 before joining Kodak, where he eventually became the company's chairman. Received numerous awards, including the prestigious NCAA Theodre Roosevelt Award for contributions to education and athletics. Also served as chairman of the President's Commission on Olympic Sports. |
1998 |