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 Albert J. Carino, the founder and longtime President of the Basketball Club of South Jersey, set the wheels in motion for the establishment of a South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980.

 Carino’s first step towards that goal was to call upon Doug Frambes, former Riverside High School coach and a sportswriter at the Courier-Post to form and chair a committee for this purpose.

 Frambes along with Walt Burrows, Stan Mroz, George Pims, Dick Carpenter, Jack Harte, Al Mattern, Charlie Nash, Bill Thomas and Bob Viggiano met to set the ground rules and the format to be used in the selection process. 
In addition to selecting former outstanding coaches and players, the committee decided one inductee each year would be chosen for distinguished service to basketball in the area.

 The first banquet and induction ceremony was held in February, 1981 when 13 inductees were welcomed into the Hall of Fame. 
Carino was the first recipient of the Distinguished Service Award.
 The following year the Hall of Fame was expanded to include women.  Bob Kenney, Sports Editor of the Courier-Post and Ginny Whitaker, Athletic Director for Cherry Hill East High School were added to the selection committee for this purpose.

 After five years of serving as Chairman of the Selection Committee, Frambes stepped down but remained active on the committee.  In 1985 Viggiano, also a sportswriter at the CourierPost, was named the new chairman of the Selection Committee. 
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Later Dick Carpenter served as Chairman and in 1996, Harry Beaudet assumed the role of Chairman until 2014 when Bill Hiltner (former Sterling coach) was appointed chairman.

To date, almost 400 individuals in the history of South Jersey basketball have been inducted to the South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame.

Please click the link below to download and view the complete South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee list.

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