Fast and aggressive.\u00a0 Those were the words that described Branford Sports Hall of Famer, Adele Weted as she led many Branford teams to a successful season.\u00a0 A member and co-captain of the Branford High School basketball team, Adele excelled at softball and basketball in the Industrial Woman\u2019s Softball League and in duckpin bowling.<\/p>\n
Besides playing basketball in high school, Adele participated on the varsity cheerleading squad before she became involved with the Industrial Women\u2019s Softball and Basketball Leagues.\u00a0 In 1947, Weted began playing forward and guard on the Tel-Belles Basketball team and led them to city titles in 1947 and 1948, demonstrating her court savvy, swiftness, and shooting skills.\u00a0 Adele was named to the Gold Star Team, an honorary group which recognized outstanding sportsmanship and playing ability.\u00a0 In 1948, Weted was named captain of the Tel-Belles hoop squad which through the 1955-56 season had a record of 65-0 in league competition and eight consecutive city industrial championships under the direction of head coach Ed Beazley.<\/p>\n
As great as she was in basketball, Adele over shadowed her performance on the court with her hustle on the softball diamond.\u00a0 In 1947, the Tel-Belles won the softball league championship with 27 consecutive games won in addition to its City Softball Championship in 1947 and 1948.\u00a0 For eight years, the T-Belles won the City Industrial League Championship and in 1949, 1950 and 1952, Adele was part of the State Industrial Women\u2019s Title.\u00a0 In its quest for back to back state titles in 1950, the Tel-Belles trounced the Fuller Brush Company of Hartford 20-8 to retain the state championship as Adele and her teammates rallied from a two run deficit to dethrone its opponents.\u00a0 As a centerfielder, Weted was named captain of the team in 1951 and 1953, succeeding Lois Lyons.\u00a0 Weted held the all-time record for feminine softball players for playing errorless ball in 35 consecutive games.\u00a0 Known affectionately as \u201cJet\u201d, Adele was known as one of the best centerfielders around New England.<\/p>\n
Voted the best athlete by her Branford High School peers, Adele rolled her way into duckpin bowling excellence in a National Duckpin Tournament in Newington, Connecticut.\u00a0 Adele and her doubles partner rolled a 689 series good for third in the state at the end of that particular round.\u00a0 In the women\u2019s single competition, Weted finished with a 363 series with two other Branford duckpin bowlers \u2013 Nellie Selinskas (367 series) and Signe Turbett (341 series).\u00a0 In 1963, Weted was a member of the winning Connecticut Booster title team in duckpin bowling at Manchester, Connecticut, with team games of 623, 655, and 605.<\/p>\n
Now Adele enters the Hall of Fame joining her brother, 1988 inductee Nick Weted, and feels honored to be part of the 1991 Hall of Fame.\u00a0 She was also inducted into the New Haven Top-Off Club Hall of Fame on November 15, 1989.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am very pleased and honored to be nominated.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s wonderful. When I look back at all the ones that are in there, I almost feel I\u2019m not in their class.\u00a0 There have been many great people before me.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s an honor.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":697,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/branfordsportshalloffame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inductee\/696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/branfordsportshalloffame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inductee"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/branfordsportshalloffame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/inductee"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/branfordsportshalloffame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/branfordsportshalloffame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}