HARRY WURSTER

Athlete, Hatfield HS, 1955
Soccer, Basketball, Baseball, Track

All-League Soccer Goalie
Most Valuable Athlete Award
Tri-County League All-Star Goalie, 1954

Inducted 2005

Hatfield High School, 1955

Lettered four years in varsity soccer, basketball, baseball and track (mile relay).  As a sophomore, received Most Valuable Athlete Award.  As junior, received Hatfield American Legion Athletic Award.  Soccer:  Goalie on 1953 Tri-County League championship team, allowed only 5 league goals; 1954 named Tri-County League All-Star Goalie.  HHS lost only one game in 1954, to league champions, Bethlehem HS.  A 1955 back injury precluded college scholarship; later named as Hatfield and NPHS soccer Coach.  Basketball:  Played varsity as freshman; only sophomore to win varsity letter.  One of the Tri-County League's top scorers in junior year, scoring career high 37 points against New Hope HS.  Baseball:  Batted .300 as infielder and pitcher.  In 1955 led HHS to Tri-County League Division Championship, pitching several 3 and 4 hitters and a no-hitter against Palisades HS; scouted by Phillies organization; back injury eliminated pro tryouts. Graduate of Temple University, 1959.  1970's men's doubles tennis on Media team in NP Business Tennis league; participant in round-robin community men's doubles tournaments.  Community Sports: Coached/managed Little League Baseball for 7 years and youth soccer; developed the Harleysville Jaycees annual Larry "Bucky" Souder Indian Valley Middle School Scholar-Athlete Award; State publicity chairman for the PA Jaycees' 1966 Jr. Golf Tournament hosted by Harleysville Jaycees; authored a feature length article on the history of baseball in the Harleysville area from early 1900s to late 1940s; originator of the concept for the 1998 debut of the Univest Grand Prix Indian Valley Bicycle Festival.