Superior Athletic Hall of Fame honors 1959 state baseball champs

State champs, 1959 — Members of the 1959 Wisconsin state Little League champions -- the Superior American League All-Star team -- included Jim Waletzko, Bob Peck, Tony Depta, Tom McCauley, Chuck Mahaffey, Mark Fitzgerald, Gordy Mossberger, Larry Raymond, Steve Armstrong, Robert Johnson, Pat Longrie and Jim Liebaert. Tom Custard was the assistant manager and Bernie Tomzak was the manager. The squad recently was inducted into the Superior Athletic Hall of Fame. Submitted photo

By news@duluthnewstribune.com

December 07, 2009 at 11:00 PM

The Superior Athletic Hall of Fame recently commemorated the 50th anniversary of Superior's most successful Little League team.

In summer 1959, 14 11- and 12-year-old elementary school students from Superior were selected to be the Superior American League All-Star team.

The team won the four-game Bessemer (Mich.) District Tournament and the two-game Wausau (Wis.) state tournament to win the Little League state championship. It was the first and only state Little League title won by a Superior team.

They lost in St. Joseph, Mo., by a score of 5-3, just one game from the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.

The squad was part of this year's Superior Athletic Hall of Fame class.

Superior Athletic Hall of Fame honors 1959 state baseball champs

The Superior Athletic Hall of Fame recently commemorated the 50th anniversary of Superior's most successful Little League team. In summer 1959, 14 11- and 12-year-old elementary school students from Superior were selected to be the Superior Ameri...