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JIM CHURCHAthlete, Lansdale HS, 1950 Named to All Bux-Mont League Teams in Basketball and Baseball Inducted 2005 |
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Lansdale High School, 1950 A 1950 graduate of Lansdale High School, Jim was a three sport athlete, All Bux-Mont in basketball and baseball, and a member of the undefeated 1948 Lansdale football team. He played baseball for the Lansdale American Legion and the Lansdale Tigers of the Perkiomen Valley Twilight League. In basketball he played for the Lansdale Moose and Quakertown Pioneers in the old Big Nine. He was one of the league’s top ten scorers and an all–league selection twice. In the 1950s he played basketball for the Sons of Italy in the Lansdale Basketball League and later in the Souderton-Telford Church Basketball League. He also played softball in the 1950s and 1960s, competing for Cassel’s Real Estate, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Wyndram Hotel, Naceville Hotel, and Rick’s Hotel. He was public address announcer for the Sellersville Greenjackets for four years. Since 1970, Jim has been the play-by-play voice for local sports on WNPV-AM 1440 Radio. He has broadcast hundreds of area football and basketball games. For a number of years, he has hosted “Bux-Mont Bonus,” a series of interviews with athletes and Coaches. Since 1970, he has been host of “On the Bench,” a Saturday morning fixture on WNPV during football and basketball seasons. He won a Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters award for the documentary “A Look Back at the Bux-Mont” in 1986. He has been Co-Chairman of the Montgomery County All-Star Football Game since 1991. He is also involved with the Souderton-Telford Rotary, Grand View Hospital Foundation, Senior Adult Activities Center of the Indian Valley, and helped start the North Penn Alumni Athletic Association. |
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