SUNY Cortland Athletics

Hugh Jack, former baseball and football great at SUNY Cortland, was presented Cortland's “C” Club Hall of Fame Award at a ceremony held in his behalf in Tampa, Fla.

Jack is a member of the Class of 1948 at Cortland. A former resident of Rockville Center, Jack was honored by the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, which awarded him its Distinguished Service Award. The Nassau County Basketball Coaches Association gave him their Special Service Award in 1970.

Jack was a physical education teacher and freshman football coach at Hofstra University in 1948, later joined the Levittown Public School System and retired in 1972 as district supervisor of physical education and athletics.

A varsity baseball and football player while at Cortland, he is the first president of the Cortland “C” Club and was the founder of Levittown’s Little League program, serving as its commissioner for two years. For thirteen years, he was chairman of fund-raising for Operation Fitness in Nassau County.

UPDATE: Jack has since passed away, although we do not know the exact date.