DALE FRANK DAVIDSON

ELECTED: AUGUST, 1997

PETERSBURG, VA

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1998

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

DALE DAVIDSON, 18 YEAR VETERAN USSSA UMPIRE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE LONGEVITY CATEGORY.

DAVIDSON, A ROCK RIVER ,OHIO NATIVE, HAS SERVED AS THE OHIO STATE UMPIRE-IN-CHIEF SINCE 1980 AND HAS ATTENDED AND HELPED CONDUCT 17 NATIONAL UMPIRE CLINICS. IN ADDITION TO NUMEROUS STATE, DIVISIONAL AND NIT TOURNAMENTS, DAVIDSON OFFICIATED AT THE 1982 MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES AND THE WOMEN’S WORLD SERIES IN 1991, HE IS ONE OF ONLY THREE UMPIRES TO HAVE WORKED BOTH PRESTIGIOUS EVENTS.

HE WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF FOUR USSSA OFFICIALS ON THE FIRST GOODWILL TOUR OF THE SOVIET UNION. HE WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE 1997 UMPIRE-IN-CHIEF’S AWARD AT THE NATIONAL MEETING IN MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA.

“BASICALLY, THERE’S PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR PEOPLE WHO REALLY HELPED ME ALONG IN THE STATE OF OHIO,” DAVIDSON EXPLAINED. “MY GOOD FRIEND, THE LATE, GREAT GEORGE POPP, FLOYD SALTER, MARK LINNEMANN, AND…FOR ALL THE TIME I’VE SPENT IN SOFTBALL, I COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE FOURTH PERSON…MY 15 MINUTES OF GLORY HERE TONIGHT ARE ACTUALLY HERS AS WELL…TO MY WIFE, I LOVE YOU.”