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Ken Paulson (L), Roy Brockmeyer (C) and Paul Brown (R)

In his acceptance speech Jim Fox Said. “We were proud, we were bold, and we looked
good.” He added, “Because of what we accomplished we help set the standard for the
forty and over program that will live forever, we made history in that program and
memories that will last a lifetime.”
Ken Paulson was inducted into the Meritorious category next. Paulson was active in the
Illinois USSSA Program from 1974 through 1996. His resume includes, umpire, manager, the first ever Men’s State Coordinator in the history of the USSSA, Tournament Director, Taught umpire Clinics and was the National Sixteen-Inch Program Director for four years. Jeff Brown while introducing Ken Paulson said this about him. “He was always will to make the hard call s to protect the game and help it grow. Even if that didn’t endear him in the short tern to the teams and players.” In his acceptance speech Ken Paulson said, I’ve always been very outspoken in my belief that the Hall Of Fame should be filled with athletes that excelled in the sport. I’ve never considered myself a candidate This induction is very humbling.” Paulson concluded by saying, “I’m one of the few inductee that does not have to apologies to their spouse for the time spent at the ball park.”
Roy Brockmeyer from Chester was introduced next in the Meritorious Service category
next. Brockmeyer was a player, a manager (675-223) and a USSSA Director from
Southern Illinois for twenty one years. Ron Lindenberg introduced Brockmeyer by
saying, “Roy started playing with my team in 1977 when he was fresh out of high school.
We tried to teach him about the important parts of the game but I don’t think he listen to
well. Hell, there wasn’t nobody on out team that drank Budweiser.” Lindenberg than told a story about playing a game at the penitentiary where he was playing left field and
Brockmeyer was playing left center field. There were inmates sitting in chairs behind them in the outfield and they were making comments about Brockmeyer’s buttock. As luck would have it an inmate hit the ball way over Brockmeyer’s head and as both of them gave chase Brockmeyer suddenly stops and with large eyes tells Lindenberg to retrieve it since it rolled up next to the inmates in the chairs behind him.
Roy Brockmeyer took the time in his said in his acceptance speech to recognized his
family an teammates friends and sponsors for all their help and support that they have
given him over the years. He closed by saying, “This is a great honor, I’m very proud and grateful. Thank you very much!”
Paul Brown an umpire from Rockford received the first ever ‘Lifetime Achievement
Award’ and was introduced by his son, the Co-Master Of Ceremonies, Jeff Brown. Jeff
Brown speaking of his father said, “he started a lengthy tradition of teaching new umpires
the game and that is something that he still prides himself on today. He’s always felt very
indebted to the men who taught him how to umpire and he thinks its every umpire duty to
teach others.” Paul Brown said while concluding his remarks in his acceptance speech, “I
want to thank you again for this honor. I would like to leave one thought with you, When
you make that last out, that great scorer upstairs, he’s not going to check to see if you
won or lost the game, but how you played the game.”

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