DENNIS S. LARSON

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1989

SAN DIEGO, CA

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1990

NEW ORLEANS, LA

DENNY LARSON, WHO TESTED BOTH BATTERS AND UMPIRES WITH HIS UNIQUE PITCHING STYLE, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE MALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

THE VETERAN MASSACHUSETTS HURLER COMPILED A 627-103 MOUND RECORD OVER A 19 YEAR SPAN. IN TOURNAMENT PLAY HE WAS 440-69 OVER AN 11 YEAR PERIOD BEFORE HIS INDUCTION INTO THE HALL OF FAME.

LARSON PLAYED FOR STYLISTS, LORING CONSTRUCTION, YE OLD LIQUOR CABINET, TIPPY’S, E..J. ALEX CONSTRUCTION AND CASSIDY & LEE, OFF OF ACTON, MA.

A TRICKY PITCHER WHO FIRED AWAY FROM BEHIND HIS BACK AND BETWEEN HIS LEGS, HE LED HIS TEAMS T THE MASSACHUSETTS CLASS C USSSA STATE TITLES IN 1983 AND 1987. WHEN HE WENT TO THE PLATE, LARSON HIT THE BALL ON A LINE AND COMPILED A .540 CAREER BATTING AVERAGE.

DESPITE TESTING UMPIRES, LARSON MADE A TRUE IMPACT ON NEW ENGLAND USSSA SOFTBALL.