Longtime Umpire Inducted into the Alabama Amateur Softball Association HOF

Courtesy of Selma Times-Journal Facebook

A longtime baseball umpire from Selma will be inducted into the Alabama Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame next month.

The Selma Times-Journal reports that Terry Jackson will be inducted March 4 after calling nearly four decades of games for numerous organizations. With the nickname “PeeWee,” he worked six national tournaments during his time as an umpire for the ASA.

Jackson started calling games for the ASA in 1981 until 1999. He had a second stint with the organization from 2004-2011.

Jackson played on a softball team in 1996 that reached the national tournament. But he decided to work the tournament after being chosen to call games as an umpire.

Jackson worked as an official for the Alabama High School Athletic Association since 1979.
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