The Northbrook Park District honors volunteers and athletes in the community with its Sports and Volunteer Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame, created in 1978, recognizes volunteers who significantly improved the quality of Park District programs or facilities. The Sports Hall of Fame, created in 1995, recognizes the accomplishments of athletes who are from Northbrook or who have used Northbrook park District facilities as their primary training location. The Board of Park Commissioners reviews nominations to the Halls of Fame and votes for admission.
Call for 2026 Nominations Now Closed
Call for Nominations Closed on Thursday, April 30, 2026
Sports Hall of Fame
2024 • Doug Rader
2024 • Dee Dee Scadron
2022 • Jesse Compher
2022 • Lana Gehring
2020 • JT Compher
2020 • Brian Hansen
2017 • Holly Blatchford Masters
2013 • Heather Aseltine
2013 • Jason Kipnis
2012 • Richard Widmark
2009 • Debra Suzanne Cohen
2009 • Greg Biagini
2008 • Scott D. Anderson
2007 • Jim Papreck
1995 • Brian Arsenau
1995 • Neil Blatchford
1995 • Sally Blatchford-Dye
1995 • Beverly Buhr
1995 • Chuck Burke
1995 • David Cruikshank
1995 • Andy Gabel
1995 • Janet Goldman
1995 • Ann Henning
1995 • Diane Holum
1995 • Mark Huck
1995 • Greg Lyman
1995 • Nathaniel Mills
1995 • Pat Moore
1995 • Leah Poulos Mueller
1995 • Edward J. Rudolph
1995 • Edward J. Rudolph, Jr.
1995 • Lydia Stephans
Volunteer Hall of Fame
2025 • Penny Randel
2024 • Oscar Dahl
2024 • Samuel Einhorn
2022 • Gus Locallo
2022 • Stuart Spiegel
2004 • Dr. Darryl A. Skale
2003 • Mark Gerstein
2003 • Jeff Steinback
1998 • Thomas “Tommy” Rifkin
1993 • Jeanne Seffren
1993 • Richard Widmark
1992 • Stephen B. Cohen
1990 • Donald Kissock
1987 • Dick Lay
1987 • Lee Lippman
1986 • Gene Adams
1985 • Robert Richter
1984 • George Garner
1984 • Hunter Gilbertson
1983 • George Martin
1983 • Frank Quinn
1983 • Herman Wenk
1982 • Arthur Kunde
1982 • Glenn Miller
1982 • Sam Poulos
1981 • Helen McGohan
1981 • Mary Kay Gage
1980 • Franco Giannotti
1980 • Jim Rushing
1979 • Shirlie Barth
1979 • Dick Evans
1979 • Charles “Bud” Heckler
1979 • Norbert Koehs
1979 • Klaus Ruege
1978 • Hugh Barth
1978 • Cliffe Eitel
1978 • Mary Eitel
1978 • Eleanor Koehs
1978 • Albert Lavick
1978 • Walter “Doc” O’Neil
1978 • William “Torchy” Peden
1978 • Edward J. Rudolph