The “LGPLL” was born in 1953 “just as the village population began to boom” after World War II, according to Lou Ritten, current La Grange Park Community Park District Board President and LGPLL league historian. The league was founded by a group of local residents: Eldon Glaves, Roy Hart, Doc Merrifield, Bap Mueller, and Burnie Walsh, and they were driven to offer the community an “organized recreational activity for youngsters.”