The AAABA Tournament national board, Johnstown Oldtimers Baseball Association and Altoona AAABA League as well as baseball fans throughout West-Central Pennsylvania are sad about the loss of a tournament leader and a true friend in John Austin, who died on Tuesday, August 23, 2022.
John Austin served as the AAABA Tournament Executive Director and was the head of the Franchise Committee as well as the President of the Altoona AAABA League.
A member of the Class of 2000 AAABA Hall of Fame, John Austin served two terms as national president of the AAABA in 1998-99 and 2016-17.