Bergenfield Little League

Gallery This Flickr content can’t be displayed because of your current privacy settings. To view it, please accept the necessary cookies. Content . The Bergenfield Little League Association Historical Archives "Saving our history of yesterday for the next generation of tomorrow." Do you have old newspaper clippings, photos, printed material and artifacts from Bergenfield Little League? You can help us build our Historical Archive website page! Bergenfield Little League Sportsman of the Year Award Recipients: 2004 - Paul Hajjar 2005 - Pat Lynch 2006 - Vinny Bufis 2007 - None 2008 - Ed Mooney 2009/2010 - Lynmarie McGoldrick 2011 - Ned Kneisler 2012 -None 2013 - Bob Fritz 2014 - Lifetime Achievement Award - Ray Gaston 2015 - Mike Murray 2016 - Juan Valdez 2017 - Sean Murdock 2018 - Gary Beckles 2019 - Tom Crisafulli 2020 - John Kradenski 2021 - Joe Stapleton 2022 - Kevin Smith 2023 - John Gallagher 2024 - Mike Burns 2025 - Lifetime Achievement Award -Kathie Lacey Official Debut of Little League Baseball Club of Bergenfield Inc. Monday, April 30, 1951 6:00 P.M. Prospect Field - South End of Melrose Avenue Newspaper article dated April 26, 1951 Mayor Henry throws out the first ball Melvin Drakeford of the Lions Club running home, Gordon Johnson of Maxwell Motors waiting for the throw. Lions Club Defeat Maxwell Motors 11-1 Photo courtesy of George Munz Memorial Field 1954 Roy Nigren, John Rafti and Ken Bedell help construct the current field house Photo courtesy of Conte Studio Memorial Field 1958 20th Anniversary 1970 This excerpt is from our 20th Anniversary Yearbook 1970… BERGENFIELD LITTLE LEAGUE A 20 Year Road To Success This year is dedicated to all the members, managers, coaches, umpires, the boys who played for them and to all the wives and mothers who rearranged mealtime schedules and, in general, supported the teams. Ironically, the idea for a Little League in Bergenfield originated not with a man, but with a woman. Alice Harvey read a magazine article about Little League in the Summer of 1950 and mentioned it to her husband Ed. Interested in a program of this type for youngsters, Ed wrote to Williamsport, Pa., and received an answer from Carl E. Stolz, who founded Little League baseball in 1939. Subsequently they met in Cresskill to discuss the principles and format of Little League. Ed then spoke to Mr. Maxwell of Maxwell Motors who agreed to become the first team sponsor. After contacting the various clubs and service organizations in town, the Lions Club, Rotary Club, the V.F.W. Post # 6467 and Bergen Motors also agreed to sponsor teams. Now the boys needed a place to play ball. Notified about the problem by the league's commissioners Ed Sheridan, Carman Leggiere, and Ed Harvey, the Mayor and Council provided a section of property at the end of Melrose Avenue. Through the cooperation and dedication of more than thirty men and women throughout our town, the area was cleared and the building of the field began. The field was not ready for o