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Long-time Lilly Conrad Chiropractic American Legion players Pat Gully, Ian Olsavsky and Josh Bracken, along with Ken Durbin -- a former player, coach and league president -- will represent the Altoona Greater City Baseball League's 2020 class at the Mid-Atlantic Region's Semi-Pro Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony that is set for this Sunday at noon at the Bavarian Hall.
Over 70 individuals, many of whom are former Mid-Atlantic Region Hall of Fame inductees, are expected to attend Sunday's ceremony.
Criteria for induction is having a minimum of 10 years playing in the GCBL, along with having won league awards such as Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player, or Most Valuable Pitcher.
Gully, Bracken and Olsavsky have been integral contributors to Lilly's string of championship runs, while Durbin has been a long-time league pillar.
Joe Fornwalt, who was recently appointed as the Altoona GCBL President, said that all four inductees are quite worthy of their selections.
"Pat Gully is a catcher and designated hitter who was named the league's Rookie of the Year several seasons back,'' Fornwalt said. "He's currently the baseball coach at Mount Aloysius (College).
"Josh Bracken is an outfielder, and Ian Olsavsky is a pitcher. When summertime rolls around, those three guys are always there, and they have been a very, very important part of that (Lilly) dynasty.''
Durbin, retired from the Pennsylvania State Police, has had an an affiliation with the GCBL that has spanned five decades.
"Kenny has been vital to the league,'' Fornwalt said. "I think he started playing in the 1980s, and he hung his cleats up about 10 years ago and started coaching.
"He was the president of the league until he stepped down recently because of some health problems, and I became the president.''
Along with the four inductees from the GCBL, players, coaches and officials from both the Penn-Mar League and the Chasm League in Maryland will comprise Sunday's list of inductees.