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DeafDigest Gold - May 24, 2009 : Deafdigest
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FATHER OF CONGRESSIONAL SOFTBALL LEAGUE
A popular recreational activity among young
people that work in Congress is softball. They
play in the Congressional Softball League. This
Washington, DC league has been in existence since
the early seventies.
Whose idea it was to establish the league?
As a young man, Howard Gorrell, who is deaf,
worked for the National Republican Party. As a
former college athlete and a Deaflympics athlete,
he wanted to play competitive softball. His
organizational skills helped found the league!
One of his softball teammates was the father
of the famous actress Lauren Graham (Gilmore
Girls TV series). Howard remembers Lauren, as
that cute tot, always running around, and getting into
the way of players on the field!
Howard eventually moved on to deaf softball teams
and one season, his team won the national deaf
softball championship.
Looking back, he said:
Playing congressional softball is the GREATEST thing to
do on the Hill!
Gorrell is still involved with sports, overseeing
the US national deaf tennis program.
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