CLYDE DOUGLAS GUY

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1997

MYRTLE BEACH, SC

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1998

SAN DIEGO, CA

CLYDE GUY, A LINE DRIVE HITTER WITH POWER TO ALL FIELDS, HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE MALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

A 46 YEAR OLD RUFFIN, NORTH CAROLINA NATIVE, GUY WAS ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREAT PLAYERS IN USSSA HISTORY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE EARLY YEARS OF THE ASSOCIATION. HIS 15 YEAR CAREER INCLUDED ALL WORLD SELECTIONS IN 1979 WHILE PLAYING FOR POINDEXTERS LUMBER, 1984 AND 1985 WITH HOWARD’S WESTERN STEER AND AGAIN IN 1989 WITH WORLD CHAMPIONS SUPERIOR-APOLLO SOFTBALL.

GUY COMPILED A LIFETIME AVERAGE OF .680 WITH MORE THAT 1400 HOME RUNS. IN THE 1989 MAJOR WORLD SERIES IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA, HE WAS SELECTED AS MVP WITH AN .862 BATTING AVERAGE.

“FIRST I’D LIKE TO THAT GOD FOR GIVING ME THE TALENT AND ALLOWING ME TO PICK AND CHOOSE MY LIFE’S DESIRES,” SAID GUY. “I’D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY SONS JAMES AND JOHN WHO SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS CHASING FLY BALLS…TO THE WONDERFUL SPONSORS I PLAYED FOR…AND TO MY TEAMMATES, FROM START TO FINISH. THOSE COUNTLESS HOURS TRAINING, AND PLAYING IN GOOD AND BAD CONDITIONS FINALLY PAID OFF…SOFTBALL, I LOVE YOU.”