DALE CARSON, Baltimore, Maryland

Inducted 1976

Player: Dale Carson of Baltimore, Maryland, pitched horseshoes for fifty years and was inducted to the NHPA in the year of his golden wedding anniversary.  He won the Pennsylvania State Championship in 1936.  Dale was Maryland State Champion 24 times.  At the 1969 World Tournament, Dale qualified for the Men’s Championship Class with 535 points and finished 25th on a 71.8 ringer percentage.  That was his first World Tournament, at age 65.