Don DelMazzio, Steve Karp, Larry Miller and Rich Moavero (RETIRED SPA MEMBER) will be among the local honorees at the 66th annual Stamford Old Timers Athletic Association dinner.

Other local honorees are Bruno Amato, Joe Anzalone and Jack Baker.

The event will be held Dec. 1 at the Stamford Italian Center. Tickets, priced at $60, are available by calling Joe Frattaroli at 322-6568.

A native of Stamford, DelMazzio got his start in sports in local recreation leagues and then played in the Federal Little League and later was with the 1960 Stamford Babe Ruth League all-star team which played in the World Series.

While attending Stamford High School, he played on baseball, football, wrestling and gymnastics teams. As a senior, he set a President's Counsel on Physical Education U.S. record by doing 2,416 sit-ups.

DelMazzio also played American Legion baseball and in the Stamford Twilight League, the New York Colonial League, the Bridgeport Senior League and the Norwalk City League. In 1972, he was a member of the Stamford Conetta Bren-Dan team which won the AABC Stan Musial Division national championship.

He received a football scholarship to Dodge City Junior College and later played baseball and football at Washburn University. He was signed by the Cleveland Indians and following his release he attended Norwalk Community where he was head coach of the NCC club football team. DelMazzio was also a baseball, football and basketball official.

He has lived in California for more than 25 years.

Karp was born in Mt. Vernon and moved to Stamford as a youngster. He went on to play in the National Little League and was a member of two Stamford Babe Ruth League all-star teams which won New England championships and participated in the World Series. He also played several seasons in the Twilight League.

Karp attended Loomis prep school where he led the baseball team in hitting for three seasons and also quarterbacked the football team for three seasons, including his senior season when the team went undefeated. He was an honorable mention All-New England football selection.

He then attended Tufts University where he was MVP on the baseball team, earned All-New England honors as a catcher and was an All-Boston League selection. He also played quarterback and defensive back at Tufts and was named to the All-New England Small College team as a defensive back. In 1965, he was named Tufts' Athlete of the year and also won the Scholar-Athlete award.

Karp played in the Cape Cod League where he hit .387 and was selected as the all-star third baseman.

Following graduation his love of the arts led to a career as a professional actor, writer, director and producer. He has appeared on Broadway and in films and for 21 years he has produced shows at Stamford Theater Works, which he founded.

Miller was born in the Bronx and got his start in sports by forming teams to participate in the NYC Baseball Federation and NYC Police Athletic League.

He graduated Clinton High School and Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and worked for 32 years with Norden Systems where he played softball and umpired and also was with the bowling league for 26 years.

He moved to Stamford in 1964 and joined the Stamford Softball Umpires Association in 1974 and has been secretary-treasurer for 28 years. He continues to umpire high school softball and girls youth softball games.

Miller became involved in the Stamford American Little League in the early 1970s and remains involved today. The league's Kane Avenue field is named in his honor.

He continues to play in the Stamford JCC softball league, and helped form the Over 50 league in Stamford.

Miller was the first Sportsman of the Year for Stamford selected by the Fairfield County Sports Commission in 2005.

Moavero is a native of Stamford and his father was an Old Timers honoree in 1979.

"Moe" began his baseball career in 1951 and was with the Stamford Little League team which won the World Series that summer.

He was also a member of the 1954 Babe Ruth League All-Star team which captured the World Series title. He was the starting pitcher and the winner in the second game of the tournament.

He also played baseball at Stamford High School and also with the Stamford American Legion and in the Twilight League.

Moavero signed with the Baltimore Orioles in 1957. After being released in 1958, he signed with the Washington Senators affiliate in the Alabama-Florida League. In his first game, he pitched a no-hitter and in his second game pitched 71Ú3 innings of no-hit ball. He was then sidelined by an arm injury and then missed the remainder of the season after being spiked.

After being released, he resumed his career in the Twilight League and also played fast pitch softball with the Sharks AC and White Collar Associates.

Moavero later coached in Babe Ruth baseball, was an umpire, bowler and avid golfer and he won the Hubbard Heights Men's Club A Flight title in 2000. He joined the Stamford Police Dept. in 1968 and retired in 1996.