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Kevin Herlihy MBE
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Kevin Herlihy was a World Champion softball player from 1966-1984.  He was one of the best right-handed pitchers in softball history.  With Carl Mossman he was a vital member of the successful Cambridge Blue Streaks and Waikato softball teams in the 1970s.  They were key reasons why Cambridge was among the best club teams in New Zealand.

In 1984 Kevin captained the Black Sox to win the World Championships in Michigan.  He represented New Zealand five more times and took on a professional softball life in the United States.

Such was his standing, Herlihy was softball’s only inductee into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame when it opened in 1990.  He was part of the International Softball Federation Hall of Fame a year later and the New Zealand equivalent in 1995.  He was awarded an MBE for services to the sport.

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