Robert A. BROWN CHAIRMAN
APRIL 2010
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. Recipients have also demonstrated a high level of integrity, sportsmanship, and consideration for others and thus earned the respect and admiration that they deserve 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 Nassau Country Club in Glen Cove at the National Championships held on Long Island. Between 1992 and 2010, forty-four additional honorees have been inducted in presentations held at the Fox Meadow Tennis Club in Scarsdale, NY (1993, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007), the Montclair Golf Club (1995), the Pittsburgh Field Club (1997), the Exmoor Country Club in Chicago (1998), the New York Athletic Club (1999, 2007), the Cherry Valley Club in Garden City (2002), the Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Scarborough, NY (2003), the Cleveland Racquet Club (2004), the Beacon Hill Club (2005) and the Canoe Brook Country Club (2006, 2007, 2009) both located in Summit, NJ, the Glen View Club in Golf, IL (2006, 2010), the Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester NY (2008), The Ridge Club in Cincinnati (2008), and the Waynesborough Country Club in Paoli, PA (2010) bringing the total to 77 as of this date.
Members of the Platform Tennis Hall of Fame
* Deceased (as of 6-30-11)
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*
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*
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
2002 B. J. DeBree, Robin Rich Fulton, Paul G. Sullivan*
2003 Robert R. Kingsbury, Richard C. Squires*
2004 Gerald W. 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 Patricia A. Butterfield, Gloria Dillenbeck Dodd, Herbert S. FitzGibbon, John F. Mangan, Douglas S. Russell
2008 David C. Kjeldsen, Frederick J. Odenbach, Philip W."Flip" Goodspeed Jr., Scott M. Mansager
2009 Edwina "Winnie" Worth Hatch*, Sharon K. Hummers
2010 Alan M. Graham, Cynthia Ann Prendergast
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)
If you would like to nominate someone for exemplary performance or contributions to the game, you can submit a nomination to the APTA.
