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Olen "Chubby" Jones - Player Inducted in 2026 A native and lifelong resident of Willards, Olen "Chubby" Jones began a lifetime of distinguished service to baseball and men's fastpitch softball as a boy learning the game in the cow pastures of his family's farm. His first taste of organized ball was for the Willards Lions Club team in the Jake Flowers Sandlot League. A 1959 graduate of Pittsville High School, Jones won numerous MVP awards and made myriad all-star appearances while playing for competitive, travel, and tournament squads that included not only the hometown team of Willards but Seidel, Jack's Sanitary Service, Heineken- Fineran, and Wilson Powell softball lineups as well. Highly regarded as a stellar third baseman that hit for both power and average during a playing career that spanned from 1957 to 1981, Jones' career on the diamond culminated with induction into the Maryland Fastpitch Hall of Fame in 1995. He additionally was nominated to join the Olympic men's softball team as attempts were made to include that sport in the Summer Games during the 1970s. Chubby Jones also spent years as a manager and coach at multiple levels of local baseball. His tenure includes teams such as the Mets (Salvation Army), Ruritan (East Wicomico Little League), Kiwanis (Pony League), Mountain Dew (Junior East Little League), Lee Johnson (Colt Baseball League), and Willards (county league). Jones also umpired on behalf of several of these organizations as well as for Wicomico County high school baseball contests. |
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