
AL GIBSON - INDUCTED 2006
AL GIBSON BEGAN PLAYING IN ORGANIZED SLOW-PITCH LEAGUES IN 1971 WITH TARTARS OUT
OF ECORSE, WHERE HE WAS NAMED TO
THE ALL-STAR TEAM. AL GIBSON WAS ALSO NAMED TO THE MICHIGAN USSSA 70'S DREAM
TEAM.
IN 1974, GIBSON HELPS TAKE BERT'S BLACKHORSE TEAM TO SECOND PLACE IN THE USSSA
WORLD TOURNAMENT. IN 1976 GIBSON WAS
SELECTED MVP OF THE SOFTBALL CITY INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT, AND WAS WAS ALSO
SELECTED TO THE FIRST ALL-WORLD TEAM
WITH UNIROYAL.
IN 1979, GIBSON WAS SELECTED TO THE ALL-WORLD TEAM WITH LONNIE'S, AND LATER WAS
SELECTED TO PLAY IN THE FIRST AMERICAN
PRO SLOW-PITCH LEAGUE (LITTLE CAESARS). WHILE PLAYING WITH THE DETROIT CAESARS
TEAM, GIBSON WON 2 WORLD SERIES AND
WAS SECOND ON THE TEAM IN HOME-RUNS AND THIRD IN THE LEAGUE WITH 64.
IN 1991, GIBSON WAS NAMED TO THE ALL-WORLD TEAM IN THE 45 & OVER WORLD
TOURNAMENT WITH NOTHDURFT, WON THE 50 & OVER
WORLD TOURNAMENT WITH C & W AND WON THE 55 & OVER WORLD TOURNAMENT WITH LIBERTY
CONSTRUCTION.
GIBSON WAS ALSO SELECTED TO 2
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS, AND 2 ALL-WORLD TEAMS WITH NATIONAL TRAILS. GIBSON WAS
ALSO
SELECTED TO THE 45 & OVER ALL-WORLD TEAM WITH MOTOWN STARS IN THE 45 & OVER, AND
TO THE ALL-WORLD TEAM WITH LOCAL 600
IN THE 50 & OVER IN THE SAME WEEKEND.