In 1974, the American Wheelchair Bowling Association established the AWBA Hall of Fame. This prestigious honor is given to those individuals who have exhibited their love and support of wheelchair bowling along with their individual achievements and long service, dedication, and promotion at a local and national level of the sport itself.
Hall of Famers
Richard Carlson (Posthumously)1974 | James “Sonny” Steward1987 |
Douglas Keaton1976 | Donald Bunn1988 |
Paul O’Hora1976 | Leroy Mitchell1990 |
Kenneth Seaquist1976 | Van Schneider1990 |
Norbert Blake1977 | James “Sully” Sullivan1991 |
Wally Gordon1977 | Larry Seymour1992 |
Stuart Kah1977 | Bob Murdock1994 |
William Roberts1978 | George Snyder1994 |
Clyde “Buddy” Cole (Posthumously)1979 | Dave Roberts1995 |
Donald Pinault1980 | Walt Roy1998 |
Richard Schumacher1980 | Paul “Triple Quad” Cook1999 |
Gene Ramus1982 | Wayne Webber2003 |
James “Woody” Woodruff1982 | William H. Boyd2007 |
Daryl Pfister1983 | Donald Bruns2008 |
Nelson Welker (Posthumously)1983 | Roger Templar2009 |
Al Uttecht1985 | Don Popora2009 |
Mike Schneider1986 | Jerry Mills, Martin Frost2010 |
Ralph Haskell2012 | Harold Bowman2013 |
Phillip Daniel2017 | George Holscher2017 |
Peter Arballo2018 | Mark Shepherd2018 |
– Symbolic of a member passing, however, each is remembered in the hearts of their families and friends. Should you have information that would help keep the record updated, please inform the association regarding those individuals. Thank you.
Nomination Form
The following procedures should be followed when submitting a nominee to the AWBA Hall of Fame for consideration. All submissions should be submitted to the AWBA Chairman no later than February 15 of the year in which they are to be considered. The person submitting this form must be a member in good standing with the AWBA. Please see the Hall of Fame Procedures to aid you in your completion of this form.