Corkey Oliver

 

Umpire

 

Inducted 1995

 

Corkey umpired his first seven years as an ASA registered umpire in Richmond, Virginia.  In 1976, he moved to Tidewater and, at the time of his induction, was still umpiring for a total of more than twenty-five years.  During his career, he umpired at least ten Metro tournaments, six Regional tournaments, and three National tournaments (Men’s, Church, Men’s Major Industrial, Men’s Class A Industrial).  He served six years in Tidewater as a Deputy Umpire-In-Chief.  He umpired over one hundred local tournaments, both in slow– and fast-pitch.