George A. Schutte was born in Galveston, TX in 1924 of German Immigrant parents. He was a superior athlete. George earned at scholarship to USC, where he played four years of Varsity Football. He served in World War II, in Europe, as a B24 Navigator, at twenty years of age. A 1949, USC graduate, George …
2006 Inductees
Frank Rustich, Football/Boxing
Frank Rustich is a legendary figure in San Diego Sports Officiating history. Frank had a 50 plus year officiating career that included boxing, football, basketball and baseball. He was a basketball referee in San Diego County for 50 years, and worked in the American Basketball League. Rustich was a referee in old American Football League …
Ed Runge, Baseball
Ed Runge’s 17 year career as an American League baseball umpire included three World Series and four All-Star games. His crew worked the 1956 World Series when Point Loma High alumnus Don Larson of the New York Yankees pitched a perfect game. Previous to his years in the American League, he worked in Mexico, the …
Ellie Minor, Field Hockey
Both a player and a coach, Minor’s greatest achievement in field hockey was her position as an instructional chairperson for the CIF San Diego Section. Her program raised the level of work by officials in San Diego. She also served as San Diego’s representative for the National Federation of High Schools Rules Committee for five …
Doug Harvey, Baseball
Doug Harvey was a National League baseball umpire for 31 years and spent 47 years as a baseball umpire. He worked in five World Series, eight league championships, and six All-Star games. His time officiating sports includes 22 years in football and 27 years in basketball in the American Basketball League and American Basketball Association. …
Phil Gutierrez, Softball
Phil Gutierrez has been an official for than 30 years in softball, baseball, football and boxing in San Diego, Southern California and around the nation. He has been an umpire at many CIF championship events and American Softball Association national championships. He is serving as the Executive Director of Margarita Officials Association and has been …
David Gonzalez, Baseball
Bob Duggan, Lacrosse
Bob Duggan has been a lacrosse official in San Diego since 1976 and has worked at the collegiate and post-graduate level since 1980. He was selected to work as a professional official for Major League Lacrosse in 2006. He has been assigned to numerous NCAA games, as well as the first California high school state …
Shelley White, Youth Baseball
Jack Taylor, Basketball
Debby Ahrenstein, Softball
Debby Ahrenstein has been making assignments for officials in youth, High School and College softball since 1981 and High School swimming, soccer and field hockey for many years. She has also worked as an official in softball, from youth to Division 1 including Men’s and Women’s fast pitch, as well as High School volleyball. She …