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Honoring the great athletes from Cambria County.

Joe DelSignore Sr.

Water Skiing, Class of 2002

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Joe DelSignore Sr. makes a jump.
Joe DelSignore jump during 1981 event
Joe DelSignore, Johnstown High School All-State selection in 1945.
Joe DelSignore
Joe DelSignore collage

Accomplishments

  • Set national records as a water skier while competing into his 70s.
  • At age 72, Captured the Men’s 8 category championship at the Eastern Regional Championship of the United States Water Ski Association during an event in Sparta, Va., in 2000.
  • Jumped 80 feet to win the age 70-74 division while setting the Men 8 national jumping record, eclipsing the previous mark by 17 feet.
  • At age 53 in 1981, established a national jumping record of 124 feet while jumping from the left side of the ramp in the Men’s 5 Senior Division.
  • Had a national record jump of 109 feet in the Men’s 4 Division in 1977.
  • Earned the U.S. Army Middleweight Boxing championship in 1946.
  • Had 17 victories in the ring.
  • Established himself as one of the region’s top scholastic football players at Windber High and later Johnstown High in the 1940s.
  • An Associated Press All-State lineman at Johnstown in 1945.
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Classes

  • 1965
  • 1967
  • 1969
  • 1971
  • 1973
  • 1975
  • 1978
  • 1981
  • 1984
  • 1990
  • 1998
  • 2002
  • 2004
  • 2006
  • 2008
  • 2010
  • 2012
  • 2014
  • 2016
  • 2018
  • 2020

Sports

  • Artistic Roller Skating
  • Athletic Administration
  • Athletic Trainer
  • Auto Racing
  • Baseball
  • Baseball Builder
  • Baseball Umpire
  • Basketball
  • Boxing
  • Broadcasting/Media
  • Builder
  • Distance Running
  • Equipment Manager
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Handball
  • Hockey
  • Horse Racing Jockey
  • Hunting
  • Mono Skiing
  • Officiating
  • Skeet Shooting
  • Sports Medicine
  • Sports Promotion/Media
  • Swimming
  • Television Broadcasting
  • Tennis
  • Track and Field
  • Trap Shooting
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Water Skiing
  • Wrestling
  • Wrestling Official

Fast Facts

First Banquet: 1965
First Chairman: Richard Mayer
First Banquet Location: Cambria County War Memorial Arena
Number of Banquets: 20 through 2018
Total Inductees: 142
Female Inductees: 20
Male Inductees: 122
Largest Class: 18 in 1965
Most Inductees: Football (44)
2018 Chairman: Bruce Haselrig
2018 Master of Ceremonies: Tim Rigby
2018 Banquet Location: Frank J. Pasquerilla Conference Center

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