Category: In Memoriam

Little League® International mourns the passing of George Spooner, Jr., a member of the Jumbo Pretzel team during the first Little League season in 1939. He was 87. A native […]

Little League® International mourns the passing of Ed Wotjkowski, Maryland District 7 Administrator. He was 62. Mr. Wotjkowski, a native of Pittsburgh, was first elected as a District Administrator (D.A.) […]

Little League® International mourns the passing of Tommy Hanson, a graduate of Newmark Little League in San Bernardino, Calif., who pitched in the Major Leagues for the Atlanta Braves and […]

Little League® International mourns the passing of Harold Weissman, former New York District 27 Administrator. He was 90. Mr. Weissman, a native of Douglaston, N.Y., volunteered as a District Administrator […]

Little League International mourns the passing if Phyllis Yasui, a 40-year volunteer, who contributed her time as a nurse on the Little League Baseball World Series medical team. She was […]

Little League® International mourns the passing of Mel Haas, former Washington District 13 Administrator. He was 88. Mr. Haas, a native of Aberdeen, Wash., was a founding member of Walla […]

Little League® International mourns the passing of Joseph Robinette “Beau” Biden III, son of Vice President Joseph Biden. A staunch supporter of Little League, Beau Biden, grew up playing Little […]

Little League® International remembers Sylvia Sanders; a long-time volunteer at the Little League Baseball® Western Region Tournaments in San Bernardino, Calif. She was 80. Mrs. Sanders of North Hills, Calif., […]

Little League® International mourns the passing of Jimmy Coomer, Kentucky Assistant District 3 Administrator. He was 48. Mr. Coomer, a native of Somerset, Ky., was a volunteer in the Richmond […]

Little League® International mourns the deaths of Cole Little League volunteers Yvonne and Emily Selke. Mrs. Selke and her daughter from Prince William County, Va., along with 148 others passengers […]