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David Butch Martinez, Bench Press World Record Holder’s Photo Added to Recreation Section of Museum
A new story from our Recreation Section of the Hall of Fame: While most 68 year old retired men are looking for an easy chair to rest in, David Martinez, better known as Butch, is working hard lifting weights in his home gym here in Antioch. The 1970 Antioch High grad has always enjoyed lifting,…
Gene “Butch” Rounsaville Celebrates 51st Anniversary in MLB
Today Antioch Sports History- April 7, 1970- 51 years ago today Antioch High’s Gene “Butch” Rounsaville toes the rubber at Chicago’s White Sox Stadium as a relief pitcher and becomes Antioch’s first Major League Baseball (MLB) player. It would be eight long years before the 6’3’ 205 pound, 1962 graduate would stand facing his first…
The 1947 Bears, Antioch’s Own Field of Dreams Baseball Team
Just as in Kevin Costner’s movie, “Field of Dreams” the 1947 Antioch Bears played baseball in a cornfield. The Bears, a sandlot team made up of 9 to 13 year old boys played ball in a growing cornfield in Antioch’s old Prosserville District on Seventh Street. Each day after work, Penrose “Penny” Russell would watched…
2008 Hall of Famer Greg Glod Shares His Thoughts About Playing Little League Baseball in the MId-1960s
2008 Hall of Famer Gregory Glod’s thoughts on Antioch Little League in the 1960s. Several weeks ago some of my dear old friends who I grew up with in Antioch were posting some of their Antioch little league team photos from the mid 1960’s on Facebook. This initialed some great conversation of the fond memories…
Antioch Historical Sports Legends Host Antioch High Panthers Football Team for Fundraiser
Antioch’s Business Leaders and Antioch Sports Legends Join in on the Food and Fun. Come join the The Antioch Historical Society, the Antioch Sports Legends and the Antioch Chamber of Commerce, Thursday, 5:00 to 7:00 pm, April 28 for an evening of fun and food in the historic Riverview room at the museum. The public…
Antioch’s 2014 Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
An All-Pro lineman and a World Series champion are among the 2014 class of inductees into the Antioch Legends Sports Hall of Fame. Jeremy Newberry, an All-Pro and two-time Pro Bowl selection, and Aaron Miles, who helped the St. Louis Cardinals win the 2006 World Series, lead a group of 14 individuals and one team…