HAL WILSON HONORED AT AWARDS DINNER

 

Hal Wilson, a long-time contributor to the Pennsylvania Football News, is one of 13 individuals who distinguished themselves in athletics in Delaware County as well as all over the United States and in foreign nations as participant, coaches or writers.  He will be inducted by the Delaware County Chapter of Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame on June 29, 2008

 

Wilson will be inducted as a Sports Historian.  He was a medalist on a district cross country team at Mt. Lebanon High and attended Penn State University. An avid follower of sports for six decades, his interests have included scholastic and collegiate athletics, the Olympic Games and world soccer. He has collections of programs, tickets, pins and mascots from events held all over the world. Some of his Olympic memorabilia is on display at the Paterno Library at Penn State and the Delaware County Historical Society Museum in Chester. He has taught courses in the Olympic Games at Widener University and is a member of the International Society of Olympic Historians. He has attended 12 Olympic Games. He also has written on the great football teams of the state for the Pennsylvania Football News. He has attended soccer’s World Cup four times.