Title: William J. Parizek Papers
Date: 1887-2006

Creator:

• Parizek, William J., 1919-2008

Unique Identifier: MSS 122

Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet

Physical Description: 1 archives box

Repository:

La Crosse Public Library
Contact Information

Archival Location:

La Crosse Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

William J. “Boober” “Mr. Baseball” Parizek, was born in La Crosse, Wis., in 1919. He was known locally as one of the most knowledgeable people when it came to local baseball history. Parizek played both baseball and softball and served as a coach over most of his 88 years of life. His day job was working at the U. S. Post Office in La Crosse. Parizek died in a La Crosse, Wis., nursing home in 2008.

The collection of materials includes clippings, notes, correspondence, photographs and other miscellaneous items about La Crosse, Wis., baseball and softball teams and players, the most notable being Edward “Koney” Konetchy, a La Crosse local who made it to the big leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals. His induction into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame was presented posthumously in La Crosse in 1962 and is represented in the collection with banquet programs, photographs of the event at the Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium, and a reel-to-reel and later reformatted digital version of the evening’s proceedings. There is also some La Crosse basketball and local history represented as well.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.lcpl-mss122

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(Accession no. 2007.075) Donated by William J. Parizek, 2007 August 30

(Accession no. 2008.068) Donated by Nancy Proksch and Kathy Lange, 2008 November

[Identification of item], William J. Parizek Papers, MSS 122, La Crosse Public Library Archives, La Crosse, WI

Materials in this collection are available for patron use, with the following exceptions:

Patrons may not access original recordings; copies must be created by Archives staff prior to patron use.

Processed by Anita Taylor Doering, Bill Doering, Margaret Donndelinger, 2009 July

The collection of materials includes clippings, notes, correspondence, photographs and other miscellaneous items about La Crosse, Wis., baseball and softball teams and players, the most notable being Edward “Koney” Konetchy, a La Crosse local who made it to the big leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals. His induction into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame was presented posthumously in La Crosse in 1962 and is represented in the collection with banquet programs, photographs of the event at the Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium, and a reel-to-reel and later reformatted digital version of the evening’s proceedings.

There is also some La Crosse basketball and local history represented as well, such as the Czech Slovak Protective Society (Free Thinkers), 1964-1978.

William J. “Boober” “Mr. Baseball” Parizek, was born in La Crosse, Wis., in 1919. His nickname “Boober” was given to him by an adult and in German it means “little child.” He was known locally as one of the most knowledgeable people when it came to baseball history. He was a statistician and collected numbers and information about La Crosse area baseball players, past and present. Parizek played both baseball and softball and served as a coach over most of his 88 years of life. In 1953 he was honored for playing 25 years in La Crosse softball circles.

His day job was working at the U. S. Post Office in La Crosse, and he enjoyed coming to the La Crosse Public Library to read about players or teams in other areas. Parizek did hope to someday publish a history of La Crosse or at least about baseball in La Crosse which was never realized. Parizek died in a La Crosse, Wis., nursing home in 2008.

Most photos were removed from the collection and added to the appropriate subject heading in the picture file. Parizek donated several photographs to the La Crosse Public Library Archives over a long period of time.

• Konetchy, Edward
• Baseball--Wisconsin--La Crosse
• Basketball--Wisconsin--La Crosse
• La Crosse (Wis.)--History
• Softball--Wisconsin--La Crosse

Box 1   Folder 1	Basketball, 1921-1963
	Baseball and softball
Box 1   Folder 2	All stars, 1941
Box 1   Folder 3	American Legion, 1958
Box 1   Folder 4	Biographical information about players, 1914-2006
Box 1   Folder 5	Bodegas, 1931
Box 1   Folder 6	Callahan cartoons
Box 1   Folder 7	Carroll, George C. "Kootch," 2007
Box 1   Folder 8	Central High School, 1950s
Box 1   Folder 9	Chanute Field Planesmen (Illinois), 1942
Box 1   Folder 10	Comeau, Erwin, 1968
Box 1   Folder 11	Dahl's Fords, 1922-1923
Box 1   Folder 12	Eagles, 1926
Box 1   Folder 13	Ed's Tavern
Box 1   Folder 14	Fairbanks, Morse (Beloit), 1916-1923
Box 1   Folder 15	Gohres, Joe
Box 1   Folder 16	Goosetown Clippers
Box 1   Folder 17	Harding, Wes, 2002
Box 1   Folder 18	Hay, William E., 1956
Box 1   Folder 19	House of David (Ohio)
	Konetchy, Edaward Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame induction, 1962
Box 1   Folder 20	Banquet materials
Box 1   Folder 21	Recordings Physical Description: Reel-to-reel (unknown runtime); digital
Box 1   Folder 22-23	Photographs
Box 1   Folder 24	Knudson, Earl K., 1968
Box 1   Folder 25	Kolb, Alfred G. "Ollie"
Box 1   Folder 26	La Crosse Angels, 1985
Box 1   Folder 27	La Crosse Boosters, 1925-1927
Box 1   Folder 28	La Crosse Browns, 1887
Box 1   Folder 29	La Crosse Clothing
Box 1   Folder 30	La Crosse Mohawks, 1953
Box 1   Folder 31	La Crosse News Company, 1922
Box 1   Folder 32	La Crosse Outcasts
Box 1   Folder 33	La Crosse Troubadours
Box 1   Folder 34	Little League and playground teams, 1909-1983
Box 1   Folder 35	Morris and Company, 1894
Box 1   Folder 36	Nelsons (Nelson Clothing Company), 1919
Box 1   Folder 37	Newbergs (Newberg Panthers)
Box 1   Folder 38	North La Crosse Ramblers, 1903
Box 1   Folder 39	Notes written by Parizek
Box 1   Folder 40	Onalaska, 1968
Box 1   Folder 41A	Orwoll, Oswald Christian, 1928-1932
Box 1   Folder 41B	Parizek, William J. "Boober"
Box 1   Folder 42	Peerless and Causeway Beer Depot, 1954
Box 1   Folder 43	Photographs of various La Crosse teams
Box 1   Folder 44	Powell Park kitten ball
Box 1   Folder 45	Riley, Pete
Box 1   Folder 46	River Rats, 1905
Box 1   Folder 47	Runkel, Louis, 1905, 1965-1966
Box 1   Folder 48	St. Wenceslaus, 1947
Box 1   Folder 49	Stock certificates
	La Crosse Base Ball Association, 1887
	La Crosse Professional Baseball Association, 1907
Box 1   Folder 50	Streichers, 1934
Box 1   Folder 51	35ers (age 35 and older), 1995-1996
Box 1   Folder 52	UAWA #396, 1939
Box 1   Folder 53	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 1953-1956
Box 1   Folder 54	Wilsey, Lloyd A., 1960
Box 1   Folder 55	Wisconsin State League champions, 1905-1906
Box 1   Folder 56	Women
	La Crosse history
Box 1   Folder 57	Czech-Slovak Protective Society (Free Thinkers), 1964-1978
Box 1   Folder 58	Michel Brothers Brewery, 1910
Box 1   Folder 59	Ott, Cyril W. "Harpo" World War II remembrances, 2005
Box 1   Folder 60	Shannon, Lindy, 2002
Box 1   Folder 61	Unidentified photographs
Box 1   Folder 62	Miscellaneous, 1965-2006