HONORING ART DAVID (1933-1996)

Arthur D. David was a titan of the youth and recreation sports community in the San Francisco peninsula area.  Based in Redwood City, he was first and foremost an umpire working different sports with a particularly love for fast pitch softball (he averaged 400 softball games a year).  He also scheduled and assigned referees for an incredible number of leagues.  This included softball leagues (over 800 teams), adult basketball leagues and the North Peninsula Athletic League (over 30 schools and 100s of teams).  In addition he created game schedules for local softball leagues and the NPIL league.  This effort required full time dedication which he truly enjoyed doing. 

Art is remembered fondly by those that knew him as an excellent official who loved youth sports and loved what he did.  He always had a smile on his face and was definitely "in it for the kids". 

When the NPIL league split apart in 1996, our newly formed Art David Athletic League was named in his honor.