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1999 Athletic Hall of Fame Listing of Inductees.
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1999 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees. Seated: Beany Ryan; Manny Lial, Jr.; Beth Penkala (Beth is a Committee member); Barbara Huestis, representing her late cousin, Jack Simister; Committe member Mary Oliver, representing her late father, Henry Correia, Sr.; Rusty Correia, representing his late grandfather, Winky Correia; and Ed Polak. Standing: Ben Ferrazzano, Jr.; Paul Harvey (Paul was a Committee member); John Murphy; Bruce Hutchison; Ed Wujcik, Jr., representing Lefty Greenwood; and Bill Pepin. Not pictured: Mary Wisnieski.
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Displays of Inductees' memorabilia were viewed by the hundreds in attendance at the Venus de Milo Restaurant.
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Athlete Inductee Ed "Beany" Ryan and Committee member Ben Ferrazzano III. After Beany led Rhode Island in hitting with an average of .585 in 1938, he was an All State first baseman/pitcher for Warren High's 1939 State Baseball Championship team.
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Committe member Butch Lombardi and Ed Wujcik, Jr., who accepted for Old Timer Inductee, the late Lefty Greenwood. Lefty reputedly hit the longest home run in the history of Warren, Bristol, and Fall River. (Butch was inducted as an Athlete member of the Class of 2005.)
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Athlete Inductee Manny Lial, Jr, one of the outstanding skeet shooters in New England history. He won numerous Rhode Island titles, starting in 1957 and culminating in 1994.
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Athlete Inductee Ed Polak, who starred as a catcher in the military and at Holy Cross after earning All State honors while at Warren High School.
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Committee chairman Jack Flynn and Barbara Huestis, who accepted for her cousin, Old Timer Inductee Jack Simister. Per the Providence Journal, Jack was "once the premier pitcher in Rhode Island." (Jack Flynn was inducted as a Contributor member of the Class of 2001.)
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Jim Correia (brother of the late Athlete Inductee Winky Correia), Committee member Ben Ferrazzano III, and Rusty Correia, who accepted induction for his grandfather. Winky, an All State third baseman on the 1939 Warren High State Champions, sadly died in a bomber crash in the last days of World War Two.
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