Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame Inductees

Class of 1966

  • Ralph Greenleaf “The Aristocrat”
  • Willie Hoppe “Can’t Top Me”
  • Charlie Peterson “Missionary of Billiards”

Class of 1967

  • Welker Cochran
  • Alfredo de Oro
  • Ben Nartzik

Class of 1968

  • Willie Mosconi “Mr. Pocket Billiards”
  • Jake Schaefer Sr. “The Wizard”
  • Jake Schaefer Jr. “The Prodigy”

Class of 1969

  • Herman Rambow “Stradivari”

Class of 1970

  • Harold Worst

Class of 1971

  • John Wesley Hyatt

Class of 1975

  • Frank Taberski “The Snail”

Class of 1976

  • Johnny Layton “The Diamond King”

Class of 1977

  • Jimmy Caras “Boy Wonder”

Class of 1978

  • Irving Crane “The Deacon”

Class of 1980

  • Jim Mizerak “The Miz”

Class of 1981

  • Dorothy Wise “Cool Hand”

Class of 1982

  • Joseph Balsis “The Meatman”

Class of 1983

  • Luther Lassiter “Wimpy”

Class of 1984

  • Rudolph Wanderone “Minnesota Fats”

Class of 1985

  • Jean Balukas “Cue Queen”

Class of 1986

  • Lou Butera “Machine Gun Lou”

Class of 1987

  • Erwin Rudolph

Class of 1988

  • Andrew D’Alessandro “Andrew Ponzi”

Class of 1989

  • Mike Sigel “Captain Hook”

Class of 1990

  • John Brunswick

Class of 1991

  • Walter Tevis

Class of 1992

  • Nick Varner “Kentucky Colonel”

Class of 1993

  • Michael Phelan
  • Eddie Taylor “Knoxville Bear”

Class of 1994

  • Ray Martin “Cool Cat”
  • Jimmy Moore “Cowboy”

Class of 1995

  • Cisero S. Murphy

Class of 1996

  • Glen Davidson, Oklahoma, Player
  • Sol Lipkin, New Jersey, Promoter

Class of 1997

  • Bill Melton, Oklahoma, Player
  • Jim Foran, Pacific Northwest, Player
  • George Wilber and Donna Wilber, Michigan, Promoter

Class of 1998

  • Billy Chiles, California, Player
  • Earl Kelly, Texas, Player
  • Mickey Mickens, New Jersey, Player
  • Denny Busdch, Nebraska, Player
  • Galen Gaunce, Oregon, Player
  • Joe Abraham, Illinois, Player
  • Rod Cameron, Texas, Player
  • “Little” Ray Hartness, Player

Class of 1999

  • Porter White, California, Player
  • Joanie Millar, Canada, Player

Class of 2000

  • Hall Perry, California, Player
  • Ron and Debbie Bowers, Texas, Promoter

Class of 2001

  • Bill English, Colorado, Player
  • Jean Ayers-Mays, Player

Class of 2002

  • Jim Rempe “King James”
  • Loreejon Hasson “Queen of the Hill”

Class of 2003

  • Efren Reyes “Bata”
  • Edwin Kelly “Champagne Eddie”

Class of 2004

  • George Balabushka “Stradivarius of Cuemakers”
  • Ewa Laurance “The Striking Ving”

Class of 2005

  • Robin Bell Dodson “Bankroll”
  • Mike Massey “Tennessee Tarzan”

Class of 2006

  • Earl Strickland “The Pearl”

Class of 2007

  • Sang Chun Lee “The MJ of 3-Cushion”

Class of 2008

  • Allen Hopkins “Young Hoppy”
  • Pat Fleming

Class of 2009

  • Johnny Archer “The Scorpion”
  • Allison Fisher “Duchess of Doom”

Class of 2010

  • Francisco Bustamante “Django”
  • Terry Bell & Larry Hubbart

Class of 2011

  • Ralph Souquet “The Kaiser”
  • Danny DiLiberto “Buffalo Dan”

Class of 2012

  • Karen Corr “The Irish Invader”

Class of 2013

  • Barry Hearn
  • Jeanette Lee “The Black Widow”

Class of 2014

  • Jose Parica “Amang”
  • Mike Immonen “The Iceman”
  • Oliver Ortmann

Class of 2015

  • Charles Ursitti

Class of 2016

  • Rodney Morris “The Rocket”
  • Belinda Calhoun “The Texas Belle”

Class of 2017

  • Tom Rossman “Dr. Cue”
  • Darren Appleton “Dynomite”

Class of 2018

  • Gerda Hofstatter Gregerson “G-Force”
  • Kim Davenport “California Kim”

Class of 2019

  • Paul and George Jansco
  • Greg Sullivan
  • Alex Pagulayan “The Lion”

Class of 2020

  • Kelly Fisher “KwikFire”

Class of 2021

  • Thorsten Hohmann “The Hit Man”

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