Sturgeon Bay’s George Husby was inducted into the Wisconsin American Legion Baseball Hall of Fame at the annual State Banquet in Milwaukee on August 18th. Husby has been head coach from 1967-70 and from 1981 to date and has also been the teams business manager since 1971. He was also instrumental in starting the Sturgeon Bay Junior Legion team in the mid 70’s, thought to be the first of its kind in Wisconsin. Joining Husby in the 2012 induction class were Stan Torstenson of Genoa City and Jim Coonan of La Crosse. Husby has also been inducted ino the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame (1990), the Door County Baseball Hall of Fame (1994) and the Wisconsin Sport Collectors Hall of Fame (2011).
