Stephen Brandafi ’40 - New Moravian Hall of Fame Inductee
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Stephen Brandafi '40, a three-sport student-athlete, is being inducted into the Moravian University Athletic Hall of Fame on October 8, 2021 in Johnston Hall beginning at 6:00 p.m.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Stephen Brandafi '40, a three-sport student-athlete, is being inducted into the Moravian University Athletic Hall of Fame on October 8, 2021 in Johnston Hall beginning at 6:00 p.m.
Brandafi, a 1940 Moravian graduate, competed on the football, men's basketball and baseball teams during his career with the Greyhounds. He was the team captain for the 1939-40 men's basketball squad that was 15-2 with an 11-game winning streak and tied for first in the East Penn Collegiate League. Brandafi was named to the All-Pennsylvania State Honorable Mention Basketball Team in 1940, and he also served as the secretary of Moravian's Athletic Association as a student. Following a stint with the United States Navy during World War II, Brandafi founded and owned Superior Hotel and Bar Supply Company for more than 30 years.
Brandafi is being joined by two-sport student-athlete Michael Abbate '02; men's track & field national champion Beresford "Ozzie" Brown '10; women's track & field national champion Anna Heim Hilton '10; softball student-athlete Elizabeth Paly '08; women's basketball player Stephanie Seaman Kennedy '06 and men's track & field All-American Nathaniel Tussey '08 make up the class of 2021 that will be inducted into the Moravian University Athletic Hall of Fame. The 2007-08 men and women's track & field teams that Brown, Hilton and Tussey competed on will also be inducted on October 8 while Jon Otis '79 will receive the Robert Martin Herbstman Award.
Online registration for the 2021 Moravian University Hall of Fame Ceremony closes on September 26 and is available at https://moravian.prestosports.com/information/HOF/2021/registration.
