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Terry Moore and Gil Jackson, Latest Hall of Fame Inductees
Tornado great Terry Moore and 1970's legend Gil Jackson became the latest table soccer stars to be honored with Hall of Fame induction at the recent Las Vegas event. Moore, who revolutionized the sport by becoming the first player to ever win a major title using the snake shot, was the clear winner of the annual voting, while Jackson, who as a teenager shocked the foosball world by winning the 1977 world Open Doubles title with Todd Loffredo, was inducted in a vote of the veteran's committee. (Pictured: Terry Moore)
The USTSA Hall of Fame Committee
Founded by Johnny Lott in 1986, the Table Soccer Hall of Fame offers modern day foosers the chance to look back and remember the players and influential people who have helped make the sport of foosball what it is today. Each year at the season opening event in Las Vegas, the newest Hall of Fame members are introduced in a formal ceremony hosted by Induction Committee Chairman Jim Stevens. Inductees are decided upon in an annual polling of the 16 former and current players and promoters who make up the USTSA Hall of Fame Induction Committee.
CINDY HEAD Inducted 2006
JIM STEVENS Inducted 2006
JIM WISWELL Inducted 1997
Jim Wiswell was one of the sport's most overpowering forwards during a short but successfule career that began in Minnesota in the middle 1970s. Jim played in a remarkable 29 open finals during the years 1977-80, winning nineteen times, including victories at the $250,000 World Championships in 1979 in open doubles, and 1980 in the mixed doubles event. "Wiz" and his steady partner Doug Furry claimed the first-ever Super Doubles title in 1978. Wiswell, who passed away in 1981, possesed one of the fastest, most powerful pull shots in the history of the sportmaking him a very intimidating opponent.
MIKE BOWERS Inducted 1986
Mike Bowers was one of the sport's earliest champions, notching victories at both the 1973 and 1974 Tournament Soccer National Championships in singles. Considered one of the greatest goalies ever, he teamed with Tim Burns to win the world doubles title in 1980 on the Tournament Soccer tour and won world honors with Todd Loffredo on Dynamo tables in 1983. In a remarkable performance at the 1997 Masters, Mike became the only player to win a major tour title while a member of the Hall of Fame, winning open doubles with Scott Wydman at the age of 45. Bowers won "Player of the Year" honors in 1977, and was voted "Player of the Decade" for the 1970s.
DOUG FURRY Inducted 1996
Considered one of the truly great table-soccer perfromers of all time, Doug paired with the late Jim Wiswell to form one of the sport's most successful championship teams, "Wiz and Furr". This Minnesota legend won major titles in singles and doubles, playing both forward and goalie and was one of the smartest competitors to ever play the game. His more than twenty open tour titles included wins in Super Singles in 1977, Super Doubles in 1978, and Open Doubles at the $250,000 World Championships in 1979. Doug, who retired in 1984, remains to this day one of the sport's most legendary names.
LAWRENCE PATTERSON Inducted 1986
Patterson was the founding father of coin-operated foosball in the United States, importing tables from Germany, built according to his own specifications in 1962. He was also involved with the running of the first local tournaments in 1969. One of the game's true pioneers.
BOB HAYES Inducted 1986
Bob, a former Dallas tavern owner, designed the first American-made table, the Tornado, in 1970. Setting a standard of table quality that continues to this day, Hayes built a durable piece of equipment that would withstand the rigors of heavy everyday use. This allowed foosball to become a commercial vending success and help make the game more popular throughout the country .
LEE PEPPARD Inducted 1986
The mastermind behind the original pro foosball tour, Peppard ran the first-ever national championship tournament as a $1,500 event in 1972 in Missoula, Montana. His monumental 1974 event, The $50,000 International Championships, was the first big-money championship in the sport's history. In 1975 he created the first professional foosball tour and proceeded to give away more than $3,000,000, in over 100 major tournaments through 1980. His style of promotion and the general tournament format of his "Million Dollar Tour" helped provide a blueprint for today's professional events.
