Hall of Fame

Official USATF Masters Track & Field Hall of Fame:

Hall of Fame:  Men                      Hall of Fame: Women

Thank you to Dr. Norman Green (HOF class of 1996) for all his years of assistance being Chair of the Masters Hall of Fame.  Mark Cleary replaced Dr. Norman Green.
Current Hall of Fame Chair is John Seto.    The first class was 1996.

USATF Masters website:  (External Link:  HOF)

Men’s Alphabetic list: 1996 through 2023 Men’s classes:

Hall of Fame: Men

Dan Aldrich 2010
John Alexander 2020
Charles Allie 2005   (HOF class of 2005)
John Altendorf  2015
Bill Andberg 2000
Herb Anderson 1998
Paul Babits 2018
Ken Baker 2013
Thane Baker 1999
Bill Bangert 2010
Ed Benham 1997
Bill Benson 2016
David Bickel 2023 (HOF class of 2023)
Ernie Billups 2000
Bob Boal 1998
Konrad Boas 2003
Jerry Bookin-Weiner 2021
George Braceland 2001
Fay Bradley 2003
Norm Bright 2000
Bill Brobston 2002
Harry Brown 2003
Michael Brown 2021
Ty Brown 2018
Phil Brusca 2015
Avery A. Bryant 2006
Phil Byrne 2012
Dan Bulkley 1999
Edward Burke    2010
Walt Butler 2014
Ross Carter 1998
Harold Chapson 1998
Mark Cleary 2024
Dr. William Clark 2017
George Cohen 2009
Larry Colbert 2002
Bill Collins 2003
Phil Conley 2004
Dan Conway 2007
Ted Corbitt 1999
Buell Crane 2002
Jerry Crockett 2009
Clive Davies 1998
Bud Deacon 2001
Burt DeGroot 2006
Don DeNoon 2004
Jerry Donley 1999
Stan Druckrey 2001
William Daprano 2009
Antwon Dussett 2024
Tim Dyas 2009
Paul Edens 2010A
Tim Edwards 2023 (HOF class of 2023)
Ray Feick 2009
Bob Fine 2002
Frank W. Finger 2006
Bill Fitzgerald 2000
Greg Foster 2013
Alfred Funk 2007
Tom Gage 2001
Willie Gault   2019
Burl Gist 2001
John Goldhammer 2021
Horace Grant  2016
Courtland P. Gray, III  2006
Max Green 1998
Norman Green 1996
Philip Greenwald 2024
Jack Greenwood 1997
Alfred Guidet 2007
Brian Hankerson 2024
John Hartfield 2020
Ray Hatton 2001
Rex Harvey 2000
Dudley Healy 2003
Mike Heffernan 2004
Franklin (Bud) Held 2005   (HOF class of 2005)
Robert Hewitt   2014
Hal Higdon 1999
Claude Hills 1999
Everett Hosack 2002
Dick Hotchkiss   2018
Sid Howard 2005   (HOF class of 2005)
Robert Hunt 2004
Gary Hunter 2010
Don Isett 2021
Dave Jackson 2002
Carol Johnston 2003
Payton Jordan 1996
John Keston 2001
Joe King 2008
Dale Lance 2004
Tom Langenfeld 2008
Mel Larsen 2000
Jim Law 2001
Anselm LeBourne 2014
Harvey Lewellen 2022
Bob Lida 2009
Gunnar Linde     2019
Ed Lukens 2000
George Mathews 2015
Jim Mathis 2006
Bob Matteson 2009
Ralph Maxwell  2010
Bruce McBarnette 2009
Tom McDermott 2002
Winfield McFadden 2005    (HOF class of 2005)
Leland McPhie 2010
John McManus 2012
Archie Messenger 2001
Charley Miller 2009
Gary Miller 1999
Bob Mimm 1998
Bill Morales 2008
Boo Morcom 1997
Bert Morrow 2009
Phil Mulkey 2000
Tim Muller 2019
Pete Mundle 1998
Tim Murphy 2005    (HOF class of 2005)
Bill Murray 2022
Milton Newton 2004
Harry Nolan 2017
Austin Newman 2007
Jim O’Neil 1998
Al Oerter 1999
Len Olson 2002
David Pain 1997
Antonio Palacios 2023 (HOF class of 2023)
Wendell Palmer 2004
Roderick Parker   2012
Ladislav Pataki 2008
Tom Patsalis 2003
Gary Patton 2017
Emil Pawlik 2004
Donald Pellmann 2020 (Wiki)
Oscar Peyton 2015
Roger Pierce 2008
Roy Pirrung 2001
William Platts 2024
Derek Pye 2022
Alex Ratelle 1999
Elton Richardson 2003
Stephen Robbins 2005   (HOF class of 2005)
Bill Rodgers 2009
Orville Rogers 2020 (Wiki)
Dave Romansky 2002
Howard Rubin 2010
John Seto 2017
Nolan Shaheed 2004
Al Sheahen 1998
George Sheehen 1998
Paul Spangler  1997
Maxwell E. Springer 2006
John (Jack) H. Starr 2006
James Stookey 2002
Larry Stuart 1999
Jim Sutton 2002
Pete Taylor 2016
Robert Thomas Jr 2022
Warren Utes 1999
Rudy Valentine 2004
Sal Vasquez 2004
Doug Torbert 2022
Gerald Vaughn 2009
George Vernosky 2010
Jim Vernon 2002
Bob D. Ward 2008
Jeff Watry 2015
Ken Weinbel   2002
Gordon Wallace  2003
Nate White 2008
Stan Whitley 2000
Thad Wilson, Sr. 2017
Jerry Wojcik 2000
Herm Wyatt 2007

 

References for the Masters Hall of Fame:

Bios – see: (Link)

Complete list of Hall of Fame: 1996 to Present: see usatfmasters.org  and  (archive external link 1996 to 2017)

Unofficial USATF Masters Hall of Fame list:  found on Wikipedia

National Masters News listed these annually – typically in the January issue.

1996:  Story: Balloting and Nominees for the first Hall of Fame class (Oct 1996 NMN, PDF: pg 9 of 40)
1996:  Story: 1st HOF Class Announced:  (Masters HOF: Feb 1997 NMN, PDF: pg 20-21 of 36)

All Time list of HOF: 1996 through 2005
: (Jan 2006 NMN, PDF: pg 13 of 20)

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