HALL OF FAME
To be elected to the Hall of Fame is to have your name forever associated with the highest level of meritorious service and performance within the sport of bowling in Memphis.
We congratulate these individuals for their accomplishments and thank them for their contributions to our great sport.

The following terms denote through which organization the bowler was inducted:
MBA - the old Memphis Bowling Association
MWBA - the old Memphis Women's Bowling Association
USBC - the new merged Memphis Area USBC Bowling Association

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BY YEAR OF INDUCTION

 

ALPHABETICAL ORDER

Dorothy Barker
Inducted 1966 (MWBA)
for Performance

Bill Blackburn
Inducted 1989-90 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service

Silas "Ed" Butler, Jr.
Inducted 1993-94 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service

A. D. Byrd
Inducted 1997-98 (MBA)
for Performance

Lee Chandler
Inducted 1999-00 (MBA)
for Performance

Joe Cianciolo
Inducted 1981-82 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
DECEASED

Early Cody
Inducted 1993-94 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service

Charlie Cordera
Inducted 1982-83 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service

Vic Culbreth
Inducted 2005-06 (USBC)
for Performance

Grady Creasie
Inducted 2001-02 (MBA)
for Performance

E. T. Crofoot
Inducted 1983-84 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
DECEASED

Thad Davis
Inducted 1988-89 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
DECEASED

John Dorian
Inducted 1981-82 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
Pete Epperson
Inducted 1980-81 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
DECEASED
Laney Flynn
Inducted 1998-99 (MBA)
for Performance
Randy Frykholm
Inducted 1988-89 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
DECEASED
Byron Gray
Inducted 1995-96 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
Billy Hardwick
Inducted 1988-89 (MBA)
for Performance
USBC Hall of Fame
Mose Hartley
Inducted 1978-79 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
DECEASED
Richard "Taz" Howell
Inducted 2002-03 (MBA)
for Performance
Sam Howell
Inducted 2003-04 (MBA)
for Performance
Doug Jordan
Inducted 2000-01 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
Elmer Keenum
Inducted 1998-99 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
DECEASED
Becky Lankford
Inducted 1977(MWBA)
for Meritorious Service
DECEASED
Tommy Martin
Inducted 1992-93 (MBA)
for Performance
Johnny McPhail
Inducted 1987-88 (MBA)
for Performance
Chester Morgandale
Inducted 1982-83 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
Tom Nolen
Inducted 1978-79 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
DECEASED
Alice Nye
Inducted 1967 (MWBA)
for Performance
John Orwick
Inducted 1995-96 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
DECEASED
Bill Pace
Inducted 1996-97 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
Pat Papke
Inducted 2001-02 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
Joe Pinner
Inducted 1994-95 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
DECEASED
Gene Pulliam
Inducted 1997-98 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
Tommy Stokes
Inducted 2000-01 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
Jimmy Vickery
Inducted 2004-05 (MBA)
for Performance
Pam Vickery
Inducted 1984 (MWBA)
for Performance
Joseph Williams
Inducted 2007-2008 (USBC)
for Performance
Ray Williams
Inducted 2003-04 (MBA)
for Meritorious Service
Robert Womble
Inducted 1991-92 (MBA)
for Performance
 

BY YEAR OF INDUCTION  (* denotes deceased)

1966
Dorothy Barker
1967
Alice Nye
1977
* Becky Lankford
1978-79
* Mose Hartley
* Tom Nolen
1980-81
* Pete Epperson
1981-82
* Joe Cianciolo
John Dorian
1982-83
Charlie Cordera
Chester Morgandale
1983-84
* E. T. Crofoot
Pam Vickery
1987-88
Johnny McPhail
1988-89
* Randy Frykholm
Billy Hardwick
* Thad Davis
1989-90
Bill Blackburn
1991-92
Robert Womble
1992-93
Tommy Martin
1993-94
Silas "Ed" Butler, Jr.
Early Cody
1994-95
*  Joe Pinner
1995-96
Byron Gray
*  John Orwick
1996-97
Bill Pace
1997-98
A. D. Byrd
Gene Pulliam
1998-99
Laney Flynn
*  Elmer Keenum
1999-2000
Lee Chandler
2000-01
Doug Jordan
Tommy Stokes
2001-02
Grady Creasie
Pat Papke
2002-03
Richard "Taz" Howell
2003-04
Sam Howell
Ray Williams
2004-05
Jimmy Vickery
2005-06
Vic Culbreth
2007-08
Joseph Williams
 
 
 

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