Hall of Fame

Members of the Platform Tennis Hall of Fame     The APTA Hall of Fame Committee     Nominations     Museum & Hall of Fame Web Site

Induction into the Platform Tennis Hall of Fame is the highest award that can be earned in platform tennis. It is presented to individuals who have achieved distinction in the play of platform tennis and/or who have otherwise contributed to the growth, development and administration of the game through the Association. Recipients have also demonstrated a high level of integrity, sportsmanship, and consideration for others and thus earned the respect and admiration for their endeavors in platform tennis.

The award was originally established as "The Honor Award" by the APTA Board of Directors in 1965. In 1998 the APTA Board voted to change the designation to “The Platform Tennis Hall of Fame”. Between 1965 and 1979 thirty-three individuals were honored. The program was not administered from 1980 to 1991. It was revived in 1992, when three honorees were inducted, at the National Championships held on Long Island. Between 1992 and 2009, forty-two additional honorees have been inducted in presentations held at the Fox Meadow Tennis Club in Scarsdale, NY (1993, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007), at National Championships held at the Montclair Golf Club (1995), Pittsburgh Field Club (1997), Exmoor Country Club in Chicago (1998), New York Athletic Club (1999, 2007), Cherry Valley Club in Garden City (2002), Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Scarborough, NY (2003), Cleveland Racquet Club (2004), Beacon Hill Club (2005), and Canoe Brook Country Club (2006, 2007, 2009) in Summit, NJ, Glen View Club in Golf, IL (2006), Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester NY (2008), and The Ridge Club in Cincinnati (2008) bringing the total to 75.

--- Bob Brown, April 2009

News Archives:
Hall of Fame Champion Peggy Stanton , August 7, 2009
Sharon Hummers & Winnie Hatch Inducted into the Hall of Fame , February 11, 2009
Hall of fame Inductees for 2009 Announced , January 22, 2009
Hall of Fame Induction of Flip Goodspeed and Scott Mansager , January 17, 2009
Paddle Archeology , September 25, 2008
Hall of Fame and Museum location announced , June 30, 2008
Hall of Fame Inductees for 2008 Announced , January 15, 2008
Hall of Fame Champion Dick Hebard
Fessenden S. Blanchard and James K. Cogswell, Jr.

Members of the Platform Tennis Hall of Fame

* Deceased (as of 12-01-09)

The Sixties

1965  Madeline Beck*, Fessenden S. Blanchard*, James K. Cogswell, Jr.*, Clifford Couch*, Kitty Fuller*, Earle Gatchell*, Richard K. Hebard*, James Hynson*, Charles O'Hearn*, Kenneth Ward*
1966  James Carlisle*, Don K. Evans*, Harold Holmes*, Barbara Koegel*, Charlotte Lee*, Marie (Mrs. C. H.) Walker*, Fred Walker*
1967  Walter Close*, John A. Stephenson*, Clifford S. Sutter*
1968 Oscar Moore*
1969 George Harrison*, William Pardoe*

The Seventies

1970 Elfie Carroll*, Alexander Carver*, Mary A. Moore*
1972 Philip W. Osborne
1973 Gordon S. Gray*
1974 Richard J. Reilly, Jr.
1976 John R. Moses*, Susan Wasch
1979 Eldredge L. Bermingham, Peggy Stanton*

The Nineties

1992  Charles Baird, Nancy Mangan, Lucie Bel McAvoy*
1993  Robert A. Brown
1995  Bradley C. Drowne, Hank Irvine, John P. Ware*
1997  Pamela M. Bermingham
1998  Yvonne Hackenberg, Chet Kermode*, Hilary Hilton Marold, Jack L. Watson
1999  Stephen W. Baird, Buffy Briggs*, Richard K. Maier

The Oughties

2002 B. J. DeBree, Robin Rich Fulton, Paul G. Sullivan
2003 Robert R. Kingsbury, Richard C. Squires*
2004 Gerald Manhold, Walter Peckinpaugh, Diane Straus Tucker
2005 David L. Childs, William P. Childs, Patricia M. Hogan, Charles E. Vasoll
2006 Sue E. Aery, G. Estabrook Kindred*, Howard A. Sipe, Geraldine J. Viant
2007 Pat Butterfield, Gloria Dillenbeck Dodd, Herb FitzGibbon, John Mangan, Doug Russell
2008 David Kjeldsen, Fritz Odenbach, Flip Goodspeed, Scott Mansager
2009 Edwina "Winnie" Worth Hatch*, Sharon K. Hummers

The APTA Hall of Fame Committee

The Hall of Fame Committee is appointed by the Board of Directors to include former Hall of Fame inductees and current and past Directors of the APTA. The members of the Hall of Fame Committee are:

Robert A. Brown, Chairman
Stephen W. Baird, Vice Chairman
Charles E. Vasoll Secretary
Scott Bondurant
Patty Hogan
Walter Peckinpaugh
Deirdre Redden
Tim McAvoy (non-voting)

Nominations

If you would like to nominate someone for exemplary performance or contributions to the game, you can submit a nomination to the APTA in one of the formats listed below.

• Open this form (pdf version).
  Print it out and fill it in.
  Write a cover letter nominating the candidate and outlining the reasons the candidate should be considered.
  Mail both to the APTA at:
  Ann Sheedy, Executive Director
  APTA
  109 Wesport Drive
  Pittsburgh, PA  15238
  ...or...
  Scan and email the form and cover letter to the APTA at apta@platformtennis.org .

• Open this form (word version) .
  Fill it in and save it (careful of formatting).
  Write a cover letter nominating the candidate and outlining the reasons the candidate should be considered.
  Email both to the APTA at apta@platformtennis.org .