GLEN HENTON, Maquoketa, Iowa

Inducted 1978

Player: Red Henton of Maquokta, Iowa, started playing the sport when he was a kid, but did not compete in sanctioned tournaments until his first State Tournament in 1960 at age 40. He played in his first World Tournament in 1962 and received the “Outstanding First Year Player Award.” twice. He won the Iowa State Championship 15 times. That area covered Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia and qualified for the Men’s Championship Class at 18 World Tournaments. He won 375 games with a career ringer average of 78.32%. In the record setting 1964 World World Tournament, Red placed 3rd, with a 29-6 record and an average of 83.9% ringers.

Red placed in the ‘top ten’ 10 times altogether and his best finish was in 1977 where he ended in a first-place tie with Elmer Hohl with a 32-3 record but ended up as runner-up, losing in a playoff, two games to none.^th