GARY "ZIP" HANSON
1966 Played for Hogan's Sporting Goods - Fort Dodge
City Metro League
Made
City Metro League All Star Team
Asked
to play for Sandy's Distributing - Fort Dodge
8/24/66 Played in a 24 inning game which at that time set a state
record and tied a national record for game length.
1969,1970,1971
United States Marine Corps.
Tried out for and made
Unit Team each year.
Played in Base
Tournament and made base All Star Team each year.
Played in West Coast
Marine Regional Tournament and made All Regional All Star Team each year.
Played in All Marine
Corps Tournament and made All Marine Corps All Star Team each year.
Played
in Inter-Service Tournament representing Marine Corps against Army, Air Force, and
Navy.
1970 Made Inter-Service
All Star Team - Turned down National ASA Tournament with team to attend
sister's wedding. Led
tournament in hitting.
1972 Made 29 Palms, CA,
All Base Team before being discharged in July
1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
Marine Corps Softball
Led
every Unit Team in batting average, home runs and RBI's.
Led
every Base Team in batting average, home runs and RBI's.
Led
every Regional Team in batting average, home runs and RBI's.
1972 Following USMC
Discharge - Joined Dodger Tap in Fort Dodge
City
Metro League Champions
Made City Metro League
All Star Team. Led in batting average, home runs and RBI's
Class A
Midwest Regional Tournament
1973 Levien
Chevrolet - Fort Dodge
City Metro League
Champions
City Metro League All
Star Team. Led team in batting average, home runs and RBI's
City Metro League MVP
1974 Levien
Chevrolet - Fort Dodge
Led
team in batting average, home runs and RBI's.
City Metro League
Champions
City Metro League All
Star Team
City Metro League MVP
1975 Levien
Chevrolet - Fort Dodge
City Metro League Champions
Led
team in batting average, home runs and RBI's.
City Metro League All
Star Team
1976 Webster City
Merchants
Led team in batting
average, home runs and RBI's
1 st
Men's Open State
Played
over 130 games this year with 7 different teams. One of my trademarks;
loved to play the game and drove anytime, anywhere to play.
Hit over 40 home runs
total this year.
1977 Webster City Merchants
Led team in home runs
Men's Open State
MVP - Fort Dodge
Invitational with Pasquales of Fort Dodge
1978 Gigi's
- Des Moines
Led
team in home runs
CIC All Star Team - Des
Moines League Open State
1979 Clear Lake Buttertop
#2 on
team in home runs and RBI's. .
ASA Open Regional
1980 Des Moines Reames
Open
State
1981 Ross Chrysler -
Ames
CIC League All Star Team
Open State
1982, 1983 Dave Temple
& Associates - Ames
Open
State
1984 Ames Palmas
Open
State
1985 Ames Palmas
Open
State
Open
Midwest Regional
ISC Regional
1986 Ames Agri-Pro
Open State
ISC Regional
lSC World
1987 Ames Agri-Pro
Open
State
1988 Ames Agri-Pro
Open State
ISC Regional
ISC World
MVP - Grand Island, NE Toumament
1990, 1991, 1992 B-40
Bombers - Des Moines Over 40 Nationals each year
2 ISC World Tournaments
5 ASA National Tournaments (1 I turned
down)
18 All Star Teams
12 Regional Tournaments
14 State Tournaments
16 Times led team in batting average and
home run
15 Times led team in RBI's 3 MVP Awards
3 MVP Awards
25 Year Career