2011 ISC Hall of Fame inductee, Lanny Rupp
August 25, 2011
Long Beach, CA
LONG BEACH, CA – In the 1970s and '80s, great players, great teams and great managers abounded in southern California’s Western Softball Congress.
But when it came to recruiting, no one was as great as the late Lanny Rupp.
Rupp was the general manager and manager of the Lakewood Jets. If Rupp wanted to sign a top-caliber player, he went after him with a salesman’s charm and a bulldog’s gusto.
Most times, he landed his target.
“He worked, he plotted, he planned and he recruited, recruited, recruited,” said Hice Stiles, who played with and against Rupp in the Western Softball Congress (WSC)...
Bob Otto
