Lost Heroes  

Carl Van Horn was always my hero, probably because, beyond his many accomplishments, he was from Belvidere.  My parents went to school with Carl and his brother Milt.  My dad used to recount stories of going to Middletown with his uncle in the late 50's to pull for CVH.  I nominated Carl for induction into the BHS Alumni hall of fame however it was a year too late.  He is in the hall of fame but he passed a couple of months before the induction.  I am not sure he ever knew.

The cool thing about Carl is that he would have probably thought of himself as an ordinary man but he did extraordinary things.  After all, who wakes up one morning and thinks "I think I'll build a race track" and then DOES it?

Unfortunately, most of us that became fanatics during the time period covered by this website have lost their heros. There will never be the likes of them again!