HAROLD
DWIGHT HALL
ELECTED: NOVEMBER 1994
CHANDLER, AZ
INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1995
MILWAUKEE, WI
DWIGHT HALL, A TRUE GENTLEMAN OF THE GAME AND A MAN RESPECTED FOR HIS COMMON SENSE AND LOVE OF SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE EXECUTIVE CATEGORY.
BEGINNING IN 1971 WHEN HE WAS NAMED THE NORTH CAROLINA USSSA STATE DIRECTOR, THE SOFT-SPEAKING SOUTHERNER FROM GASTON, NORTH CAROLINA, PRODUCED BIG RESULTS AND QUICKLY MOVED UP THE LADDER WITH THE ASSOCIATION.
HE WAS NAMED A REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT IN 1973 AND MOVED UP TO SOUTHERS DIVISION VICE-PRESIDENT IN 1980. HE WAS SERVING AS EASTERN REGION PRESIDENT WHEN HE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK IN 1989.
ALONG WITH HELPING TYO DEVELOP USSSA PROGRAMS IN GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FLORIDA, TENNESSEE, AND VIRGINIA, HALL PROVIDED THE ASSOCIATION WITH SOUND DIRECTION AND LEADERSHIP. DURING HIS 18 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE USSSA, HALL TRICE DIRECTED THE MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES. HE RECEIVED THE PRESIDENT’S AWARD IN 1975 FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE.