Wilbur Wright Hall of Fame to induct first class

WILBUR WRIGHT ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

2013 Inductees

Dick Bitzer (Class of 1955), Jerry Booher (’60), Tony Carmichael (’81), Bill Cukovecki (’44), Bing Davis (’55), Dale Eckert (’49), Steve Fickert (’68), Dave Gilbert (’63), John “Booty” Harris (’58);

Fred Holland (’47), Homer Knorr (’42), Jim Lambert (’50), Kirk Lewis (’73), Ricky Lewis (’64), Tony Lewis (’66), Debbie Long (’82), Corky McCune (’55), J.D. Miller (’52);

Howie Padgett (’49), Dale Plunkett (’44), Carlos Roberts (’76), Jack Schulte (’71), Bob Snider (’59), Vaughn Taylor (’49), Bob Wakeley (’54), Sheila Wallace (’81) and Gary Worthy (’79).

Staff report

The inaugural class of the Don Meineke Memorial Wilbur Wright High School Athletic Hall of Fame will be inducted at the Milton Athletic Club in Dayton today.

Twenty-seven former Pilots athletic standouts will make up the first class. Many have indicated they will attend the ceremony.

Former longtime University of Dayton men’s basketball coach Don Donoher will be the featured speaker.

Meineke was a 1948 Wilbur Wright grad and is considered to be among the best basketball players at UD. He was an All-American with the Flyers and led them to runner-up NIT finishes in 1951 and ’52. He died in September.

Check-in at today’s ceremony is 5:45 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. Inductees will be honored afterward.

Wilbur Wright High School opened in 1940 on Huffman Avenue in East Dayton. Belonging to the Dayton Public Schools, it switched to a junior high in 1982. It has since been razed.