Chops won 43 titles in17 years of play. This North Riverside police officer began playing in 1976 for the N Riverside Warhawks. They won championships in 1976-1978 and was MVP of the 1978 team. His career took off and played for quite a few teams including the Berwyn Taxmen in 1980 batting by going 44 out of 55 with a team high 11 home runs. In 1984 the outstanding Melrose Park Lords traveled to Trevor, WI for the Spring Fling tournament and in his first time pitching in a major softball tournament faced the Budweiser Whips. The Lords defeated them 14-13 and later won the tournament. In 1985 he pitched the Lords to a USSSA qualifier championship in Crystal Lake and collected tournament MVP. In 1985 he pitched the Lords to a Metro victory in Skokie and a respectable 5th place finish at the ASA Nationals in Marshalltown, IA. He also pitched and won for the Rockers, American Video and Bat and Brew. Sprinkled in there are MVP’s earned and pitched a couple no hitters and a perfect game.
