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B14 February 14 • 2008
Famer In Stripes
PSL honors sports official's career.
Steve Stein
Special to The Jewish News
H
all of Fame doors have
opened once again for long-
time official Burt Hurshe.
Five years after being inducted into
the Catholic League Hall of Fame,
Hurshe has become a member of
the Detroit Public School League
Basketball Coaches Association Hall
of Fame.
The induction took place Tuesday
during the PSL basketball champion-
ship games at Cobo Arena.
"Needless to say, being in the
Catholic League Hall of Fame and now
the PSL Basketball Coaches Hall of
Fame are huge honors:' said Hurshe,
61, who has been officiating high
school and college
football, basketball,
baseball and softball
games for 39 years.
He's done only high
school games since
the mid-'90s, giv-
ing up college so he
could spend more
Burt Hurshe
time with his family.
The timing of
Hurshe's PSL Hall
of Fame induction couldn't be better.
Hurshe is a bit bummed out because
he'll undergo knee replacement sur-
gery in two weeks, shutting him down
until about May 1.
"The knee has really hurt the last
four years',' Hurshe said. "For the first
time since I started umpiring baseball
and softball games 35 years ago, I
won't be ready for the start of the sea-
son. But I had to schedule the surgery
some time."
Hurshe has officiated football and
basketball games in the PSL for 20
years. He's been a football, basketball,
baseball and softball official in the
Catholic League for more than 30
years. He's officiated championship
games in both leagues.
Wherever he's officiated, Hurshe
has earned the respect of players
and coaches because he gives them
respect. "I see myself more of an
arbitrator or guide than an official;'
Hurshe said. "My main job is to pro-
vide a safe, wholesome environment
for the players!'
Besides officiating, Hurshe is active
in assigning officials. The Waterford
resident does it for the Kenny
Goldman Basketball League at the
Jewish Community Center in West
Bloomfield, and he'll help take care of
those duties for the basketball, base-
ball and softball competitions at this
summer's Detroit JCC Maccabi Games.
A physical education teacher for
37 years in Southfield and Waterford
schools, Hurshe now teaches physical
education part-time at the Frankel
Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield.
Hurshe has been married to Donna
for 28 years. They have three children
and eight grandchildren.
Welcome, Hungary
History will be made when Detroit
hosts the JCC Maccabi Games Aug. 17-
22. For the first time since the Games
began in 1982, athletes from Hungary
will participate. Nine soccer players,
a coach and delegation head from the
Maccabi Fencing and Athletic Club in
Budapest will journey here. Detroit
donors will help pay for the trip.
"We're overwhelmed with gratitude
for this opportunity," MFAC chair-
man Jozsef Horvath wrote in a letter
to Mon Lavi of the JCC Association of
North America and the Detroit JCC
Maccabi Games organizing committee.
The MFAC was established in 1906
by Zionist youth in Budapest. The club
shut down from 1944-45 and 1951-89.
Today, more than 200 members play
eight sports.
"Since 1989, the new Hungarian
chapter of Maccabi has worked to
preserve Jewish society through par-
ticipation in sports and other cultural
events:' Horvath wrote. "This task is
quite challenging. We've made con-
siderable strides, but our lofty goal
is only possible with the help of con-
tributors like you!'
The MFAC can be contacted via
e-mail at info@maccabi.hu. The club
also has a Web site: www.maccabi.hu .
Prospective donors for the Hungarian
delegation's trip can call Detroit
JCC Maccabi Games Director Karen
Gordon at (248) 432-5482.
Gordon said Detroit JCC Maccabi
athletes, volunteers and host
families can now register online at
www.2008detroit.org.
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