DENNIS JOSEPH SEYMOUR, JR.

 

 

 

ELECTED:  NOVEMBER, 1985

BOSTON, MA

 

 

INDUCTED:  NOVEMBER, 1986

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

 

 

 

JOE SEYMOUR, WHO CRACKED SEVERAL THOUSAND HOME RUNS IN A CAREER THAT INCLUDED FIVE TRIPS TO THE USSSA WORLD SERIES, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNITED STATES SLO-PITCH SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION IN THE MALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

 

AN OLD COUNTRY BOY FROM ROANOKE RAPIDS, NORTH CAROLINA, SEYMOUR WON OVER 100 MVP AND ALL-TOURNAMENT AWARDS DURING HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER.

 

SEYMOUR PLAYED FOR SOUTHWESTERN MILLRIGHTS, WILLIAMS BILLIARDS, CANDY MAN BOMBERS, LENIOR TIRE AND  POINDEXTER LUMBER.

 

ALTHOUGH HE HAILS FROM A STATE THAT HAS PRODUCED MANY GREAT SOFTBALL TEAMS AND PLAYERS, SEYMOUR WAS THE FIRST PERSON FROM NORTH CAROLINA INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME.

 

SEYMOUR STARTED HIS CAREER IN THE INFIELD AND PLAYED EVERY POSITION BEFORE RETIRING.  HE COMPILED A .620 LIFETIME BATTING AVERAGE.