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Three Locals Inducted to Hall of Fame

The intelligencer writes in its article “Three multi-sport athletes from the 1940s and 1950s decades will be inducted into the fifth class of the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Hall of Fame.

Selected for the 1940s is Tom Keane, who graduated from Linsly Military Institute in 1945. Chosen for the 1950’s decade are Nick Mumley of Wheeling High (1955) and Tom Yakubowski of Adena (1958).

Tom Rataiczak, Executive Secretary of the OVAC, announced the three honorees will be recognized at the annual OVAC Hall of Fame banquet on August 16 at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling.

Keane will be recognized posthumously. Mumley, a resident of Columbus, Ind., and Yakubowksi, a resident of Akron, Ohio, plan to attend the fete.

The OVAC Hall of Fame, sponsored by Bob Robinson Chevrolet-Cadillac in Wheeling, and the OVAC Sports Museum are located inside WesBanco Arena.

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