Salem Preservation’s Historic Reilly Banner committee has announced its Class of 2025. From left, individuals who nominated those featured on the banners, John Gilbert (holding for Melissa Engle), David K. Schwartz, Mike Eckstein, Joe Barbus (holding for Mary Lou and Gary Hartzell), Susan Greene Pritchard, Sue Mehno and Sue Bricker Kyser. (Submitted photo)
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SALEM — Salem Preservation’s Historic Reilly Banner committee has announced its Class of 2025. The publicly nominated honorees are nominated by a wide range of Salem Quaker fans from all over the United States of America. The nominees over the past decade represent a cross-section of people whose lives have been affected by their involvement with “Quakerdom” at Reilly Stadium.
All Reilly honorees are nominated by friends and relatives for one simple reason. Their lives in some manner, have been touched, changed or impacted by their involvement with Historic Reilly Stadium. Nominees do not have to have actively participated in sports at the former Reilly Stadium. Something they did or that happened to them at the stadium have changed or had a lasting impact on their life. Reilly banner honorees have come from all walks of life.
Their lives have had an effect not only in Salem, Ohio, but in the far reaches of the world from Bangladesh, Russia, Saudi Arabia, China and of course throughout the U.S.A.
Salem Preservation presents, in no particular order, the historic Reilly Banner Class of 2025.
Joseph Hartzell (1980): “Mr. Marathon” persevered through a near tragic auto accident to run in the Boston Marathon.
Rick Eckstein (1960): Multi-talented instrumentalist, nuclear submarine commander and nuclear consultant.
Randy Engle (1993-2000): Salem City Schools superintendent who took great pride in “showing off,” maintaining and upgrading Reilly Stadium for all of Salem’s residents.
Robert (Bo) Whinnery (1973): Navy submariner, youth sports coach, Joe Kelly Spirit award winner, voice of Salem football.
Gary Goddard (1981): Educator, communicator, mentor. Announcer for SHS basketball, baseball, volleyball and football.
Richard (Knobby) Greene (1944): Impactful on the football field and in the banking industry. Inspired his wife Barbara Butler Greene to write Salem’s alma mater.
David Stratton (1960): Quietly committed to the Salem community. Educator, coach, counselor. Gave 110% to the extraordinary number of projects he took on in school, church or throughout our community.
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