National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame

National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame
Established	1978^[1]
Location	Little Italy, Chicago Illinois
Type	Hall of fame
Director	Jerry Colangelo since 1994
Website	Official Website

The National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame is a nonprofit institution honoring exceptional U.S. athletes of Italian descent. In 1977 George Randazzo created the Italian American Boxing Hall of Fame. This was as a means for raising money for local Catholic youth programs. After a successful year and dinner honoring 23 former Italian American boxing champions, Randazzo created the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame. The original location was in Elmwood Park, Illinois. The first induction ceremony honored Lou Ambers, Eddie Arcaro, Charley Trippi, Gino Marchetti, Dom DiMaggio Joe DiMaggio and Vince Lombardi. Since its founding in 1978, more than 200 Italian Americans have been inducted into this hall of fame.

A 44,000-square-foot (4,000 m²) building for the Hall of Fame and museum is on Taylor Street in the heart of Chicago's "Little Italy".

External links

National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame website

References

^ [1] History of the NIASHF

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