The mission of the Norwalk Old Timers Athletic Association is to recognize and honor individuals with a connection to Norwalk, who have impacted the local sports community and/or beyond, and to celebrate these sportsmen/sportswomen as well as our city’s glorious sports history at an awards dinner held each year with proceeds benefiting the Norwalk Old Timers Scholarship Fund.
The 59th Norwalk Old Timers
2023 Awards Dinner
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 | 5:30 p.m.
ST. ANN CLUB
16 Hendricks Avenue, Norwalk, CT
2023 HONOREES
Kevin Stevens
Tony Ward
Posthumous Honoree:
Joe Santo, Sr.
Mike Errico Award:
Art Schad
PURCHASE TICKETS:
ONLINE: 2023 Awards Dinner tab > Ticket Purchase tab
CALL: (203) 434-2320
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U.S. MAIL: Number of tickets and check to:
Norwalk Old Timers' Athletic Association
P.O. Box 125, Norwalk, CT 06852-0125
A message from former president Jack Couch
WELCOME! It has been my distinct honor and privilege to serve as president of the Norwalk Old Timers since 2015.
The Norwalk Old Timers Awards Dinner evening has become a great tradition for the City of Norwalk. It reunites friends and honors those who have made significant contributions to the Norwalk sports scene. Each year we honor athletes who have distinguished themselves in sports and beyond.
The support of each of you who attend the dinner, purchase ads for the program book, and offer support in any way has enriched the City of Norwalk with this event and sustained the scholarship fund, which has grown to three annual scholarships each for Norwalk and Brien McMahon High Schools.
I must thank our dedicated Old Timers executive committee, the members of which put in many hours of work all year, but especially in the months before the Awards Dinner in order to make it a very special evening indeed. Finally, we are grateful also to our many sponsors, patrons, and donors for their vital support.
Jack Couch
President, 2015-2021
Norwalk Old Timers: Through the Years
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A crowd of over 300 local sportsmen — and only men — attended the first Norwalk Old Timers dinner at the Shorehaven Golf Club on a Monday night, June 24, 1963. (Source: Fennar Studio)
A 26-year-old Stew Leonard, the future successful entrepreneur, displays the form that made him a North American water ski champion in 1956, four years after he took over running the family dairy business. He was honored by the Norwalk Old Timers in 1991.
Paul Atkins (11), former all-state basketball player at Brien McMahon and a 2016 Norwalk Old Timers honoree, stretches prior to a preseason practice session with the Boston Celtics, the team that selected him in the sixth round of the 1983 NBA draft. Next to Atkins is five-time NBA all-star Dennis Johnson.
A crowd of over 300 local sportsmen — and only men — attended the first Norwalk Old Timers dinner at the Shorehaven Golf Club on a Monday night, June 24, 1963. (Source: Fennar Studio)