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2003 Hall
of Fame Inductees:
Hall
of Fame Dinner to be held March 29, 2003
James
Cook
Founder
of Northwest Ohio Youth Soccer League, the Festival
Tournament and Maumee Youth Soccer. Board of
OYSAN
Mario
Gerhardt
Co founder
of OASL, Mentor Soccer Club, Founder of Chagrin Falls
and Solon Youth Soccer. Long time coach.
Tom Hatfield
Founder
of North Olmsted Soccer Organization, Greater Cleveland
and Ohio Soccer Coaches Halls of Fame, Director of
NOSO Cup. Long time coach.
Timo Liekoski
National
Team Coach, State Director of Coaching, Columbus Crew
Head Coach, Founder of Emerald Soccer Club
Hans Kopp
Co-founder of the first youth soccer league in Ohio in 1965. Co-founder and first president of the “Ohio Youth Soccer Association-North” from 1974-1984. Member of the “National Soccer Coaches Committee” 1975-1977 and co-founder of the “National State Coaches School”. He established the “Ohio State Soccer Coaching School” as one of the first two state coaching schools in the Nation and served as its first state coach in 1975. Co-founder of the “US National Olympic Soccer Development Program” and served as the firsts director of the “Mid-West Regionional Development Program” from 1977-1983. He was the founder of the “Western Reserve Women/Girls soccer League” and the creator of the OYSA-N state cup program, now known as the “Sam Bothwel Memorial Tournament”. He held a National coaching license 1972-1988 and coached you soccer on local, state, regional and national levels.
Jack Marshall
Active coach
and administrator of OASL for over 25 years. Founded
the Fenn College (Cleveland State University) soccer
program and was its first coach.
Win Otto
President
of Northwest Ohio Youth Soccer League, Chairman of
Region II 2002 Tournament, OYSAN Board Member
Hall of Fame
members will have their names inscribed on a plaque
in the OYSAN office and will receive a crystal bowl
or vase and a special pin. People who are deceased
will have the award presented to the appropriate
family member. The Hall
of Fame is a program of the Ohio Youth Soccer Association
North who have established the following criteria:
All Hall
of Fame members must have contributed significantly
to youth soccer in the Ohio Youth Soccer Association
North as an administrator, coach, referee, media,
or player.
Administrators of any youth soccer
team, club, league, referee or state including members of Boards of Directors,
volunteers, and/or employees must have served for at least 10 years.
Coaches must have served at the
youth soccer level for at least 5 years.
Referees must be retired from their
top level of service for three years.
Media persons or organizations must
have had 10 years of service to youth soccer at any level.
Players must be retired for at least
two years from professional teams, or national teams the highest level at which
they played youth soccer.
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