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Honoring Athletes, Coaches and
Benefactors whose outstanding performance has earned them the right to be enshrined in the
Sussex County Sports Hall of Fame!
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The Sussex County Sports Hall of Fame
1976 Charter Member
DOLSON H. (DOC) AYERS
GRADUATE OF SUSSEX HIGH SCHOOL – 1948, RECEIVED VARSITY LETTERS IN SOCCER
AND BASEBALL 4 YRS. AND IN BASKETBALL, 3 YEARS. IN BASEBALL, WON BATTING
TITLES AND WAS ALL County 1ST TEAM AND ALL STATE GROUP I IN
1946-1948. HIS FOUR YEAR BATTING AVERAGE WAS .488. NAMED TO THE ALL
County. BASKETBALL TEAM IN 1948 AND MADE THE STATE HONOR ROLL.
ATTENDED SETON HALL UNIVERSITY, PLAYED VARSITY BASEBALL FROM 1948-1952.
PLAYED BASEBALL FOR THE FRANKLIN AMERICAN LEGION IN 1946, THE SUSSEX FARMERS
IN 1945-1947, UNCLE SAM’S BLUE JAYS OF PATERSON IN 1948, 1949. IN 1950 FOR
THE DOWN EAST LEAGUE IN PORTLAND, ME. AND THE BLACKSTONE VALLEY LEAGUE IN
WHITINSVILLE, MA IN 1951.
IN 1952 SIGNED WITH THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, ASSIGNED TO THE GRAMBY,
QUEBEC, CANADA TEAM, CLASS C. PROV. LEAGUE. US ARMY FROM 1953-1954, PLAYED
ON THE 188TH AIRBORNE REGIMENTAL TEAM. IN 1955 FOR THE SALT LAKE
CITY CLASSIC TEAM. IN 1956 FOR THE WILSON, NC CLASS B CAROLINA LEAGUE IN
1957, 1958 FOR THE TULSA, OK CLASS AA TEXAS LEAGUE. IN 1959 FOR THE
WILLIAMSPORT, PA CLASS A EASTERN LEAGUE. PLAYED FOR THE SUSSEX CARDINALS –
1966-1971 AND WITH THE NEWTON AA – 1971-1977.
HIS RECORDS FOR THE 11 YEARS IN THE NORTH JERSEY LEAGUE ARE: 545 AB, 163
RUNS, 216 HITS WITH 125 RBI’S, 42 DOUBLES, 53 SINGLES AND 3 HOME RUNS FOR A
.396 AVERAGE. MVP 1973 & 1974 IN mORRIS cOUNTY MAJOR bASEBALL LEAGUE.
ACTIVE IN THE HIGH POINT LITTLE LEAGUE AND MIDGET FOOTBALL PROGRAMS AND
BASEBALL BOOSTER CLUB. MEMBER OF THE PLAINSMEN, A SINGING GROUP. |
