Manuel, Hartman headline 10th Springs Hall class

The Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame will celebrate its 10th birthday Tuesday with a distinguished group of inductees, including the man who took the Philadelphia Phillies to back-to-back World Series and a retired high school football coach with three state titles.

Phillies manager Charlie Manuel and former Mitchell coach Jim Hartman anchor the 10th class, which includes former Air Academy soccer star Andi Melde Hooks, former Palmer track standout Jim Miller, former Colorado College hockey great Doug Palazzari and The Broadmoor Skating Club.

About 560 people are expected for the 7 p.m. induction at World Arena. Manuel won’t be here because of his post-Series obligations, and neither will Hooks, who is pregnant with twins. Tickets no longer are available for the event, co-sponsored by The Gazette.

A look at the Hall’s incoming class:

JIM HARTMAN

The former Air Force fighter pilot, a 1951 graduate of Colorado Springs High School, now Palmer, left a lasting legacy as a prep football coach — with a 211-101-4 record and three state championships — from 1959 to 1994. All of Hartman’s titles came at Mitchell, where he spent 18 years and coached three future All-Americans — the late Cullen Bryant, Terry Miller and Jeff Sapp. Hartman led Widefield to four league crowns and Doherty to two state playoff berths, and he also coached at Palmer and Wasson.

ANDI MELDE HOOKS

The 1994 Air Academy graduate scored in bunches on the soccer field, helping the Kadets to the 1993 state title, a steppingstone to a standout career at Duke. Hooks totaled 128 goals and 61 assists and sparked Air Academy to a 69-7-3 record over four seasons, in which she earned All-State accolades four times and twice was selected a Parade All-American. As a four-year starter for Duke, she had 24 goals and 42 assists, her high point in 1997, when she was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year.

CHARLIE MANUEL

The former Colorado Springs Sky Sox manager has been involved in baseball the past 46 years, first as a reserve outfielder for the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Dodgers and as a power hitter in Japanese professional leagues, now as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. Manuel led the Phillies to a World Series title in 2008 before falling short in the Fall Classic this year. He also managed the Cleveland Indians, and he spent three years with the Sky Sox, then an Indians farm club, guiding a team led by Alan Cockrell and Jim Thome to the Pacific Coast League title in 1992.

JIM MILLER

The 1961 Palmer graduate made his mark on the track. Miller won seven state titles in four events before turning down a football scholarship at Colorado for a partial track scholarship with the Buffaloes. It was the right decision for Miller, who claimed Big Eight Conference titles in the 60-yard low hurdles, 60 high hurdles, 120 high hurdles and 330 intermediate hurdles en route to All-America honors. He held U.S. records in the 60 low hurdles and 330 intermediate hurdles, and he was part of the 1966 national team.

DOUG PALAZZARI

The son of an NHL player, Palazzari followed in his late father’s footsteps with a brief career for the St. Louis Blues after a memorable four seasons at Colorado College. He atoned for his short stature with lots of power, totaling 228 points — the third most in CC history — and twice earning All-America honors, in 1972 and 1974. He scored 18 goals with the Blues, and he was a two-time MVP of the Central Hockey League. He served as an assistant at CC for six seasons, and he worked as executive director of USA Hockey for six years.

THE BROADMOOR SKATING CLUB

The 71-year-old club, with 350-plus members who train at World Arena, has built a reputation as one of the nation’s finest, boasting several Olympic gold medalists, more than 200 national champions and many legendary coaches, most notably the late Carlo Fassi and the late Edi Scholdan. Olympic champions include Peggy Fleming, David Jenkins and Hayes Alan Jenkins. The club hosted the world championships five times from 1957 to 1975 at the now-demolished Broadmoor World Arena.