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Monday, June 29, 2009
Fairborn’s Gary Wright inducted into OHSAA Officials Hall of Fame
Former Fairborn Baker High School standout Gary Wright has been posthumously honored by the OHSAA as one of 12 new members into its Officials Hall of Fame.
A banquet and ceremony was held this past Saturday at Worthington.
Wright, a successful lawyer based in his beloved Fairborn, was killed in 2004 in an auto accident while driving to Columbus for business.
Wright was part of the Kirk Minteer, Steve Greene era of Flyers basketball that made an improbable Class AA regional appearance in 1970 following an underachieving Western Ohio League run. It didn’t hurt that Baker was lumped in the Troy district and away from Chaminade, Roth, Xenia and Beavercreek in the Dayton district.
That spring Wright was perfect on the mound for Baker. The lefty went 9-0 to single-handedly win the WOL. That was only possible because league games were all on Friday and there were few rainouts.
Wright advanced to Class AAA with the Kansas City Royals, but turned to lawyering when it was obvious his curveball had reached its career limit. He had long ago gave up hoop, then baseball. They were replaced by officiating boys high school basketball and a passion for golf. He was a fixture at Greene Country Club for years.
Fairborn can be proud of one of its favorite sons.
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