Player Name

Topping, Tim

Type

Builder

Sport

Baseball

Is Part Of

Niagara Falls Virtual Sports Wall of Fame

Inducted

2024

Description

Tim Topping's lengthy career in coaching started with his young son's T-ball team over 40 years ago. Since then, Tim has coached baseball for teams in Niagara ranging from house league to university.
Tim has coached 3 Ontario Baseball Association championship winning teams with the Greater Niagara Baseball Association (GNBA): a minor mosquito team that won the provincial title in 1996, a midget team that won in 2005, and a peewee team as assistant coach that won the title in 2014.
Tim was also a pitching coach for the Brock University baseball team from 1995 until 1999, his teams winning back-to-back CIBA championships in 1998 and 1999.
The GNBA teams that Tim coached have represented Niagara Falls across Ontario. He created the first Niagara Falls baseball
team to compete in an American Legion Baseball League, which brought his team to New York, and several American teams to
Niagara Falls. His team also played several times in the Freeport Invitational, a large international tournament in Freeport Pennsylvania, where they competed against teams from the US, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Japan.
In the off months, Tim held baseball clinics and workshops for both players and coaches while attending clinics himself and improving his coaching levels for the NCCP. He became a member of the GNBA executive while coaching, and remained on the board for 25 years, including a 2-year term as president beginning in 2000. Later, he was privileged to be made a lifetime member of that organization. Tim also served on the NDBA board for over 15 years.
Tim received a Niagara Falls Volunteer Recognition award in 1998, and in 2017 he was made a Paul Harris Fellow by the
Niagara Falls Rotary Club for his outstanding contributions to his community. Tim continues to be active in baseball.

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Subject

Awards

​Sports - Baseball

Niagara Falls Virtual Sports Wall of Fame

Portraits - Biographical