Hall of Fame
A true friend of FC/UF athletics, Larry Alter has served as sports editor for The Courier, Findlay, For 24 years. Alter has staffed numerous University athletic events, particularly football, basketball and baseball, in 13 states and in Germany. He has staffed over a combined total of 1,150 season and post-season games including football, men’s and women’s basketball, and baseball. After also staffed post-season play for women’s soccer and district and conference wrestling championships. Alter served as information director for the Hoosier-Buckeye College Conference from 1973 to 1986 and as information director for NAIA District 22 for 10 years. He has been UF’s statistician since 1972 for football, basketball and baseball. Currently, he is information director of the Mid-States Football Assn. Professionally, he was recognized as second in the reproduced category in the NAIA 1974 football brochure contest. For the same category in the NAIA 1974-75 basketball brochure contest, he finished seventh. Alter was honored for having the top football and number three basketball tabloids covering high school athletics by the Ohio Associated Sports Writers Assn in 1993-94. Alter is a charter member of the Hancock Sports Hall of Fame and has served on the UF Oilers Club committee and on UF’s Iggy Mancuso Award committee. It is fitting that because of Alter’s many contributions to the athletic teams we induct him as an honorary member of The University of Findlay’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Alter and his wife, Carol, have on daughter, Aymce. They reside in Findlay.
