Members are selected each year and honored at the World Tournament. Selections are made in three different categories. PLAYER: Those who with distinguished, outstanding performances on the courts have brought prestige to the art of horseshoe pitching. ORGANIZER: Those who have made significant and beneficial contributions to the game in an administrative capacity, such as a promoter, an organizer or an officer in the NHPA. PLAYER-ORGANIZER: This is a combination of a good player and a worthy, conscientious administrator, organizer or an officer in the NHPA. One who through devotion to the game has contributed time and effort to the advancement of the sport of horseshoe pitching. NHPA membership for a minimum of ten years as an adult is required to qualify for the election to the Hall of Fame
Photos available for members may be viewed by clicking on their names.
*=Deceased CHARTER MEMBERS: 1966 * ARCHIE GREGSON, CA * DELANO DEMPSTER (DD) COTTRELL, North Cohocton, NY * TED ALLEN, Boulder, CO * FRANK JACKSON, Kellerton, IA * FERNANDO ISAIS, Los Angeles, CA * RAY HOWARD. London, OH * ARCH STOKES, Salt Lake City, UT INDUCTEES: 1967 * GUY ZIMMERMAN, Iowa & California * PUTT MOSSMAN, Iowa & Missouri * ELMER BELLER, Bellflower, California 1968 * CASEY JONES, Waukesha, Wisconsin * CHARLES DAVIS, Kansas City, Missouri * HARRY WOODFIELD, Washington DC. 1969 * CURT DAY, Frankfort, Indiana * ELMER HOHL, Wellesley, Ontario, Canada * BOB PENCE, Lafayette, Indiana 1970 VICKI CHAPELLE WINSTON, Oregon & Missouri * BLAIR NUNAMAKER, Cleveland, Ohio * F. ELLS COBB, Aurora, Illinois 1971 * JIMMY RlSK, Indiana & Florida * MRS. C.A. LANHAM, Bloomington, Illinois * FRED BRUST, Columbus, Ohio * LELAND MORTENSON, Des Moines, Iowa * JOHN GORDON, Los Angeles, California 1972 * GEORGE MAY, Akron, Ohio * CARL STEINFELDT, Rochester, New York & Florida * RALPH FORSSTROM, Springfield. Massachusetts 1973 * DALE DIXON, Des Moines, Iowa * FRANK STINSON, Minneapolis, Minnesota * RALPH DYKES, Lombard, Illinois 1974 * HAROLD RENO, Sabina, Ohio * DEAN McLAUGHLIN, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada * LEO McGRATH, Cincinnati, Ohio 1975 * PAUL FOCHT, Dayton, Ohio * HENRY FRANKE, Centralia, Illinois * RUTH HANGEN, Getzville, New York * KATIE GREGSON, Crestline, California 1976 DAN KUCHCINSKI, Portland, Indiana * BERT SNART, Manitoba, Canada DALE CARSON, Baltimore, Maryland SUE GILLESPIE, Indiana 1977 * BOB WEST, Scappose, Oregon DON TITCOMB, San Jose, California * STAN MANKER, Lynchburg, Ohio * CARL VON DER LANCKEN, Panama City, Florida 1978 OTTIE RENO, Pike County, Ohio * JOHN MONASMITH, Yakima, Washington GLEN HENTON, Maquoketa, Iowa * FRANK LUNDIN, New London, Iowa 1979 * WALLY SHIPLEY, Newport Beach, California * LEE DAVIS, Florida & New Jersey LORRAINE THOMAS, Lockport, New York * WILBUR KABEL, New Madison, Ohio 1980 * RAY MARTIN, PhiIo, Illinois * RALPH MADDOX, Poca, West Virginia * BERNARD HERFURTH, Springfield. Massachusetts * BEN LEIGHTON, Hibbing, Minnesota 1981 * CLETUS CHAPELLE, Portland, Oregon * AL ZADROGA, Elizabeth, Pennsylvania * FLOYD TOOLE, Little Rock, Arkansas * ARTHUR ADAMS, Canada 1982 * CAROLINE SCHULTZ Decker, Ohio & Illinois * ART HEADLOUGH, Akron, Ohio * JOHN PAXTON, Ottumwa, Iowa * JIM WEEKS, Norwalk, California 1983 * ESTHER JAMES, Hastings, Michigan * EMMA FOCHT, Dayton, Ohio * RAY MILLER, Springfield, Ohio * BYRON JASKULEK, New York City, New York 1984 * LEE JACOBS, Plymouth, Michigan * WINNIE WINETROUT, Lummi Island, Washington MARK SEIBOLD, Huntington, Indiana JACK ADAMS, Saskatchewan, Canada 1985 BONNIE SEIBOLD, Huntington, Indiana * HERB PINCH, Sharon, Pennsylvania * JAMES (POP) JOHNSON, Cincinnati, Ohio ARTHUR HOLTER, Minneapolis, Minnesota	1986 * SOL BERMAN, Elizabeth, New Jersey * JOHN RADEMACHER, Plant City, Florida HENRY KNAUFT, Spokane, Washington * DONNIE ROBERTS, Pike County, Ohio 1987 * JOE DUBIE, Georgia JIM KNISLEY, Bremen, Ohio DON KOSO, Falls City, Nebraska ED DOMEY, Sutton. Massachusetts 1988 WALTER RAY WILLIAMS Jr., Stockton, California EARL WINSTON, LaMonte, Missouri 1989 * MARION LANGE, Ankeny, Iowa * PHYLLIS NEGAARD, St Joseph, Minnesota 1990 MERLIN POTTS, Leonardsville, Kansas DEBORAH MICHAUD, Raynham, Massachusetts * LUCKY D. LONG, Bronson, Kansas * MAYME FRANCISCO, Columbus, Ohio 1991 * HAROLD FALOR, Akron, Ohio * MILDRED BROUILLETTE, Minneapolis, Minnesota * L. E. TANNER, Anchor, Illinois * JACK CLAVES, SL Louis, Missouri DAVE LOUCKS, Grass Valley, California * PAUL ROSE, Salt Lake City, Utah 1992 * HARVEY CLEAR, Santa Cruz, California HAROLD CRAIG, Muncie, Indiana * BERT DURYEE, Wichita, Kansas * HARRY DUNCAN, Denver, Colorado * H.L. ERMATINGER, St. Petersburg, Florida * RAY OHMS, Salt Lake City, Utah * GLEN PORTT, Albany, Georgia OPAL RENO, Elkins, Arkansas * MARINES TAMBOER, Wichita, Kansas 1993 BARRY CHAPELLE, Portland, Oregon ART TYSON, Mt Vernon, New York 1994 TARI POWELL, Rossville, Illinois * HAROLD DARNOLD, Burlington, Iowa 1995 KEVIN CONE, Alta, Iowa VINCE YANNETTI, Bound Brook, New Jersey DALE LIPOVSKY, Apple Valley, Minnesota * LOUIS DEAN, San Clemente, California 1996 * W.J. SEAS, Florida ALAN FRANCIS MO & , Defiance, Ohio * JACK SPRINGER, Statesville, North Carolina * LUCILLE HOPKINS, Ottumwa, Iowa * ANNA LINDQUIST, Morgantown, West Virginia * ROY W. SMITH, California 1997 BOB CHAMPION, Boulder, Colorado * JAMES L. SOLOMON, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 1998 NONE 1999 * DR. E. C. BEACH, Delaware, Ohio * ROLAND KRAFT, Lecompton, Kansas WALTER RAY WILLIAMS SR., Ontario, California 2000 JERRY SCHNEIDER, Anaheim, California * DEAN BROWN, Long Beach, California 2001 SUE SNYDER, Madisonville, Kentucky SANDY JANSSENS, Wallaceburg, Ontario * NORMAN GASEAU, Clearwater, Florida 2002 DIANE CANTIN, Alberta BEVERLY NATHE, St Stephen, Minnesota 2003 BRIAN SIMMONS, Coventry, Rhode Island 2004 DICK HANSEN, Franksville, Wisconsin * GARY KLINE, Dayton, Ohio SYLVIANNE MOISAN, L'Epiphanie, Quebec PAUL STEWART, Statesville, North Carolina 2005 * REINHARD BACKER, Salt Lake City, Utah JESSE GONZALES, Los Osos, California 2006 * RALPH "KELLY" SPENCER, Picher, Oklahoma 2007 * Tom Brownell, Amsterdam, NY Curt Bestul, Eau Claire, WI Don Weaver, Las Vegas, NV

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