LOL HOF Class of 2009
Seated (L - R) are Dennis Linse, Dick Imrie and Jim Decker. Standing (L - R) are Tom Fischer Sr, Pat Leslie, Gary 'Rocky' Blaschke and Otto Wiesjahn. (photo courtesy of Greg Ebbert)
Dennis M Linse, Rome (Southwestern Division)
- played 18 seasons (1975 to 1993) as shortstop, pitcher and second baseman
- All-star four times
- In 1985, Southwest Most Valuable Player and Batting Champion (.485)
- Rome's MVP in 1993
- Lifetime batting average of .342
-Assisted in concession stand, diamond preparation and announcing of games
- Continued to support Rome after playing career
- Brothers Doug and Todd alsp played for Rome
James L Decker, Cedarburg (Northern Division)
- played 15 seasons (1982 to 2002) with both Port Washington and Cedarburg
- Career batting average of .410, three years over .500
- All-star 12 times
- All-league nine times
- 3-time Northern Division batting champion (best avg. .534)
- 3-time Northern Division most valuable player
- 1996 Northern home run champion with 9 (hit 39 for career)
- Member of four first place division teams and one grand championship team (Cedarburg, 1997)
- Served Mercs as assistant manager (1995 to 2001_
Pat J Leslie, Oconomowoc (Western Division)
- played 13 seasons (1975 to 1987) as primarily a second baseman, including first game at age 15 with Oconomowoc Gennermans
- 4-time All Star (1981 to 1985)
- All-district player (1980, 81, 82) in the NBC Wisconsin state tournament
- Member of three grand championship teams from 1978 to 1981
- Member of eight first place teams between 1978 and 1985
- 3-time NBC district champion between 1979 and 1982
- Member of three SWABA tournament championship teams (1983, 84, 85)
- Member of Ashippun Mudcats (Rock River) between 1987 and 1992
- Player-manager in 1991
Gary 'Rocky' Blaschke, Lannon (Eastern Division)
- played nine seasons between 1966 and 1988, seven with Lannon and two with Brookfield
- 2-time Eastern Division home run champion (1970, 72)
- Eastern Division RBI leader in 1970 (21)
- Played on four first place teams (1969 to 1972)
- Played on three grand championship teams
- Played in three state tournaments
- Batting average over .300 for seven consecutive years (1966 to 1972)
Otto L Wiesjahn, Merton (Western Division)
- played 15 seasons (1955 to 1969)
- Primarily a shortstop but has played all positions
- Played on four first place teams (Merton - 1956 and 1957; Hartland - 1967 and 1968)
- Invited to Milwaukee Braves tryout in 1957
- Played with five other Merton LOL Hall of Fame players
- Annual batting average at least .325
- Good double play partner with Ernie Audley
- Member of LOL Old Timers Golf Committee past eight years
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Dick Imrie - 2009 LOL League Meritorious Award
- current Southwest Division commissioner since 1992
- current co-vice president of LOL Board of Directors
- Player and/or manager for Burlington Merchants between 1958 and 1987
- Umpire in Southwest Division 1989 to 1994
- Managed American Legion Post 79 team for 17 seasons.
- President of Burlington Baseball 200 Inc.
- President of Burlington American Legion Baseball
- State director of Wisconsin American Legion baseball
- 52 eyars of service to baseball.
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Tom Fischer Sr, - 2009 LOL President's Award Winner
- Playing career started with West Bend Lithia in 1961
- Elected to LOL Hall of Fame in 1995
- Member of LOL Old Timers Association Board of Directors since 2002
- LOL Old Timers Golf Outing committee member
- Still assists with Legion, little league, senior league, Kettle Moraine Lutheran teams and West Bend Seven Up teams
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Past Winners of LOL League Meritorious Award
* indicates deceased
1992 - *Lenny Ullsperger, Sr., Menomonee Falls
1993 - *Don 'Windy' Jensen, Oconomowoc
1994 - *Walter O' Malley, Brookfield
1995 - *Fritz Kriedler, Waukesha
1996 - *Carl Gallo, Brookfield
1997 - *Eugene Zimmerman, Sullivan
1998 - *Earl Miller, Waukesha
1999 - Erine Audley, Merton
2000 - Earl Eppler, Ixonia
2001 - *Bob Jones, Sussex
2002 - Jim Dibb, Hartland
2003 - Stanley Reimer, Lannon
2004 - Wayne Hamilton, New Berlin
2005 - John Nelson, Palmyra
2006 - Gary Mastalir, Monches
2007 - Paul Eckert, Oconomowoc
2008 - David Dieball, Monches
2009 - Dick Imrie, Burlingotn
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Past Winners of LOL President's Award
* indicates deceased
1998 - Earl Stapleton
1999 - Harry Harmann
2000 - Bill Audley
2001 - Joan Groth
2002 - James Peterson
2003 - Marv Senfleben
2004 - Harold and Pat Hoffman
2005 - Ken LeRoy
2006 - *Ted Mallow
2007 - Ray Fecteau
2008 - Jim Kertscher
2009 - Tom Fischer, Sr.
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LOL Hall of Fame Roster (by team)
* indicated deceased
Barton
*Mertzig, Ray (1987)
Big Bend
*Clark, Jim (1966) - *Mamerow, Jack (1981) - Schrank, Bill (1969) - Titus, Ralph (1966)
Brookfield
Albrecht, Jeff (2006) - *Cardo, Elmer (1970) - DuChateau, Dave (2003) - Globig, John (2005) - *Hartwig, Larry (1988) - Majeskie, Bill (2000) - Majeskie, George (1984) - Simons, Jack (2007)
Butler
Oberbrunner, Jamey (2008) - Sykes, Dick (1994)
Cedarburg
*Behling, Leroy (1983) - Decker, Jim (2009) - Dickmann, Jake (2004) - *Haas, Dennis (2005) - Vey, Al (1998)
Delafield
*Bloor, Ed 'Muggs' (1962) - *Enters, Art (1968) - *Enters, Bob (1966)
Dousman
Gartzke, Bob (2008) - *Jeffery, Robert (1981) - *Lurvey, Lyle (1975) - Maule, Bill (1994) - Owens, Bill (1989) - Owens, Kevin (2000) - Pugh, John (1978) - Stewart, Dave (2006) - Williams, Dave (2003) - Williams Sr, Larry (1992)
East Troy (Tri-Troy)
Olsen, Mike (2005) - Steffens, Jim (1984) - *Tess, Gilbert (1963) - Wenzel, Jim (1986), Wiese, Wally (1998)
Farmington
Roth, Dennis (1991)
Genessee
Bloom, Dick (1983) - Fleming, Jim (2004) - *Kuehl, Ben (1964) - Pronold, Bill (1990) - Sayles, Ed (1996) - Wachendorf, Bob (2007)
Grafton
Goecke, Dennis (2007) - Goldberg, Rich (1970) - McFarlin, Pat (1991) - Riebe, Mike (2005) - Tschanz, Bill (1994)
Granville
*Gerschke, Otto (1962) - *Mesenbrink, Art (1970) - *Petzold, Bob (1966) - *Schmit, Erv (1967) - Stoviak, Jack (1995)
Hartland
*Adrian, Jim (1964) - Cull, Joe (2001) - Dinnauer, Ken (1992) - *Donovan, Doug (1953) - *Donovan, Roger (1982) - *Faust, James (1965) - *Klink Jr, Francis (1989) - Luko, Don (1977) - *Mallow, Ted (1983) - *McDonald, Don (1951) - *Parry, Will (1971) - *Pfeiffer, Bill (1978) - Pfeiffer, Bruce (1997) - *Reimer, Del 'Sheeney' (1976) - Struck, John (1988) - *Van Buren, A. Rip (1995) - *Weber, Terry (2003)
Hartford
*Basler, Barney (1963) - *Kenealy, Don 'Moose' (1980) - *LaBuwi, Irv (1976) - *Monroe, Bob (1974) - Portz, Jerry (1971) - *Rudersdorf, Al (1965) - *Shinners, John (1970) - *Vogelsang, Elmer (1967) - *Wenzel,Jiggs (1978)
Hustisford
*Jeche, Herb (1964)
Kewaskum
*Hoeneck Jr, Kilian (1986) - *Marx, Harold (1975) - *Tessar, Wayland (1988)
Lannon
Blaschke, Gary 'Rocky' (2009) - *Cullen, Erv (1967) - *DeCristofara, Shupe (1968) - Dolphin, Mill (2002) - Dubnicka, Rudy (1996) - *Dubnicka, Stan (1973) - Gruetzmacher, Dick (1989) - *Hackbarth, Wilbert 'Red' (1982) - *Joecks, Barney (1972) - *Miller, Erv (1953) - Reimer, Lester 'Buck' (1986) - Reimer, Mike (1976) - Reimer, Ralph 'Bud' (1975) - *Rinzel, Ben (1971) - *Rossman, Harvey (1964) - Schmidt, Don (1971) - *Schramm, Harold (1969) - Smith, Jim (1980) - Wnuk, Richard (1999)
Menomonee Falls
*Amend, Ed (1971) - Czernicki, Dick (1991) Jajtner, John (2001) - *Johnston, Bill (1967) - *Minten, Ben (1975) - *Rott, Al 'Tubby' (1962) - *Rott, Jac (1980) - Rott, John (1975) - Schaetzel, Ken (1993) - *Schmit, Francis (1979) - *Schneider, Ardell (1988) - *Schramm, Harold (1969) - Ullsperger, Terry (1998)
Mequon (Thiensville-Mequon)
*Gengler Sr, Earl (1970) - *Gengler, Ken (1976) - Gruenewald, Robert (1985) - Maderich, Rayt (1992) - *Radke, Erv (1968) - Rennicke, Don (1976) - *Rennicke, Werner (1963) - Schroeder, Chris (2001)
Merton
Audley, John (2006) - *Murphy, Jack (1997) - *Weber, Dave (1986) - Weber, James (1990) - *Weber Jr. Marty (1973) - Wiesjahn, Otto (2009)
Monches
Barnett, Clarence (1979) - *Coffey, Moke (1965) - *Janichek, Rudy (1980) - *Kenealy, Don 'Moose' (1980) - O' Driscoll, Tim (1991) - *Weber, Gene (1977) - *Whelan, Bob (1974)
Mukwonago
Dickert, Jeff (1999) - Douglas, Steve (2002) - Hausen, Mike (2006) - Seidel, Ron (1995) - Silbernagel, John (1997)
Muskego
Larsen, Al (1997)
New Berlin
Larry Schmidt (1996)
North Lake
*Gilbertso, Ken (1991) - *Klink, Jim (1996) - Klink, Pat (1999) - Klink, Ray (1979) - Miller, George (1995) - Smith, Pat (2004) - *Stapleton, Don 'Spitz' (1972) - *Stapleton, Earl (1962) - *Stapleton, Lloyd (1955) - *Stapleton, Pete (1999) - *Stapleton, Neil (1967) - Stapleton, Terry (2002) - *Stapleton, Woodrow (1974) - *Wirth, Frank (2001)
North Prairie
Kuhtz, Bill (2001) - Smart, Bill (1988)
Oconomowoc
Athas, Ron (1998) - *Barker, Marty (1987) - Bender, Gary (2000) - *Blunck, Bill (1970) - Johns, Harvey (1978) - *Kieck, Marvin (1972) - Leslie, Pat (2009) - Roth, Jeff (2007) - Schlosser, Dave (2005) - *Spicuzza, Joe (1968) - *Winger, Les (1982)
Palmyra
*Adsit, Ira (1985) - *Betenz, Bill (1970) - *Ginner, Herb (1993)
Pewaukee
Bailey, Jerry (2008) - *Bergles, Chuck (1978) - *Bergles, Fred (1962) - *Bergles, Russell (1981) - Bloedow, Jim (2004) - *Brandt, Clem (1985) - *Cunderman, Ralph (1977) - Groth, Bob (1987) - Hansen, Al 'Stork' (2004) - Kaatz, Charles (1994) - *O'Neill, Frances 'Lefty' (1975) - *Stevens, Lloyd 'Frosty' (1998)
Plat
*Kiley, Walter (1951)
Plymouth
Pick, Arnold 'Ozzie' (2000)
Port Washington
Pruefer Sr, Don (2002) - Schuknecht, Rick (1999)
Rome
Higbie, Warren (1982) - Hoffman, Kent (2000) - Ley, Allen (1987) - Linse, Dennis (2009) - *Trebitowski, Mike (1980)
Saukville
*Dickmann Jr, Fred (1982) - Hespe, Jack (1996) - Johnson, Lee (2006) - McGaw Jr, Bill (1993) - *Mueller, Jake (1984)
Slinger
*Baehring, Herb (1966) - *Buch, Ray (1971) - *Oelhafen, Jac (1955)
Sullivan
*Hayes, Harley (1973)
Sussex
Evert, Bill (2007) - *Evert, Roy (1977) - *Hart, Virgil 'Butch' (1980) - *Kallio, Bill (2008) - Konkol, Tom (2003) - *Tetzlaff, Doug (1990) - *Tetzlaff, Jerry (1981)
Waukesha (Waukesha Dales)
Adler, George (1969) - *Dempsey, Charles (1968) - Egan, Jack (1979) - *Elger, Allan (1974) - Gozzola, Don (1994) - Graser, Loren (1979) - Handford, Tom (1993) - Heilert, Roger (1989) - *Klatt, Spence (1974) - *Knoebel, Jim (1965) - Lawrence, Jitts (1992) - *Long, Joe (1954) - *Luehmann, Ormin (1990) - Moerschel, Glen (1987) - *Muckler, Bob (1962) - *Pitsch, Lyman (1985) - *Robel, Art (1966) - Schmoller, George (1983) - *Schram, Harvey 'Bud' (1981) - *Schweder, Carl (1965) - *Shields, Gene (1973) - *Wolfe, Earl (1985)
West Bend
Fischer Sr, Tom (1995) - Gumm, Don (1990) - *Holzhueter, Irv (1986) - Jazak, John (2002) - Kissinger, Bob (2008) - Mueller, Willie (1997) - *Palt, Charles (1968) - Rauscher, Ilo (2003) - *Zarling, Marvin (1989)
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