Roger Love

1958-1962 – High School – Played Baseball, Basketball, Football and Track (1 year)
1962 – Grand Ledge High School Graduate
1963 – Started Grand Ledge Youth Football League – Paid $800 of his own money to buy uniforms
1963 – 1987 – Coach in both Grand Ledge Football and Baseball at different High Schools levels
1965 -1987 – Drafted into US Army – Played on Army Basketball team
1967 – Took over the Grand Ledge Youth Football League
1967 – Worked with PONY Baseball in Grand Ledge
1968 – Ran Grand Ledge Football – 5th through 8th grades
1968 – Scouted for all Grand Ledge Varsity Football Opponents
1979 – 2011 – Owned and operated First Place Sports and supplied many uniforms for teams in Grand Ledge
1987 – Present – Coach of Grand Ledge JV Football
1987 – Present – Game Manager of Baseball, Basketball, Softball and Volleyball
1988 – 1997 – Coach JV Baseball
Missed only 2nd Varsity Football game since 1963 this year vs. Hudsonville
Donated all of the trophies for Diamond Classic Baseball Tournament for the last 25 years
Active with First Place Sports when it comes to awards to young people in the Mid-Michigan area

Submitted by Pat O’Keefe and Bill Archer