2004 USFTL Cleveland Hall Of Fame

Joe Lynch

INDUCTION: DIRECTOR
PRESENTER: FRANK RINI
CITY, STATE: STRONGSVILLE, OH
DATE OF BIRTH: 8/28/43
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6’3”/230
CHILDREN: BETH, ERIN, KATHY, OWEN
OCCUPATION: ATHLETIC DIRECTOR & BASKETBALL COACH OF STRONGSVILLE H.S.
POSITION: DEFENSIVE END
NUMBER: #42
CAREER/PLAYER: 4 YEARS (1975-1978/WICKLIFFE TOUCH FOOTBALL LEAGUE)
CAREER/DIRECTOR:11 YEARS (1981-1991/BEDFORD REC FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE)

JOE WAS THE BEDFORD, OH REC DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR FROM 1981-1991, WITH NATIONAL POWERHOUSE TEAMS SUCH AS Z & S LOUNGE, DUNHAM AUTO BODY, TIN PAN ALLEY, TWEEDY’S, NATE’S SHELL & BISCOTTI’S, ARGUABLY, THE GREATEST FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME. JOE GRADUATED FROM MAPLE HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL IN 1961 PLAYING FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL & BASEBALL WHILE THERE. IN 1965, HE GRADUATED FROM BALDIN WALLACE, PLAYING 4 YEARS OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL, 2 YEARS AS TEAM CAPTAIN. HE WAS CHANEL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH FOR 24 YEARS, FROM 1968-1991. HE WAS ALSO CHANEL’S BASEBALL COACH FOR 5 YEARS AND FOOTBALL COACH FOR 4 YEARS.