Tom Petroff – 1979

Inducted: 1979

Lansing Eastern High School
Football, Basketball, Baseball.
All-State Football – 1945.
All-State Basketball – 1945.

Professional Baseball
Played six seasons (1947-1952) in the New York
Yankees and Cleveland Indians organizations.

Director of Minor League Field Operations for the Detroit Tigers – 1990-1993.

Baseball Coaching Career
Michigan State University Freshman Team – 1954-1960.
Rider College – 1961-1970.
Coached Rider to College World Series berth – 1967.
Inducted into Rider Hall of Fame – 1990.
Northern Colorado University – 1971-1985.
Coach of the Year – 1971.
Coached Northern Colorado to College World Series berth – 1974.
Inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame – 2002.
USA Coach for the 1972 USA vs Japan World Series.
Netherlands Olympic Head Coach – 1988.
Inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association
Hall of Fame – 1986.