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Terry Moore and Gil Jackson, Latest Hall of Fame Inductees

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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

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:15:31 -0700

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

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This great Alabama fooser has won more than 70 times on the major professional tour and has earned a record 36 World Championship titles during her amazing career, 15 more than any other player. One of the sport's truly dominating performers, she earned a remarkable nine straight world singles championships from 1986-94 and added doubles titles in eight of those years. Still considered one of the sport's top female foosers, Cindy has won five of the past seven singles titles at the Worlds and added a second straight doubles title at the recent Kick-Off event with partner Dawn Duquette. The incredible Ms. Head has also won the singles title at the Las Vegas season-opener seven times in the nine years that it has been held, losing only to arch-rival Moya Tielens in 2002 and 2006. Cindy continues to be one of the most dynamic players on the pro tour, an intimidating and aggressive player who is a difficult match-up for anyone she plays. When you're at a tour event and you hear her signature phrase "Boom Baby" echoing across the ballroom, you'll know that the great Cindy Head has scored again, and is probably on her way to yet another tournament victory.

JIM STEVENS Inducted 2006

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:37:26 -0700

A former pro player, Jim Stevens moved to the broadcast booth in the early 1990's and created the art of "fooscasting". He formed Inside Foos Productions in 1994 with partner (and top lady player) Christina Fuchs and since then they have covered more than 100 state, regional and major pro tour events. Jim's rapid-fire style of play by play commentary and knowledge of the game have helped make him one of the most respected individuals on the pro tour.

JIM WISWELL Inducted 1997

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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

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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

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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

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:10:14 -0700

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

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:08:09 -0700

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

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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.

GARY PFEIL Inducted 1986

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:02:09 -0700

Gary, who began his career in Dallas in the late 1960s, was one of the first of the "Texas Style" players. He revolutionized the sport, dominating opponents using his wall pass and pull shot, and high-percentage, ball-control style of play, a style that would soon become commonplace among all serious foosers. Pfeil won titles on all three major tables and was a five-time National Champion and was the leading money winner on the first T.S. tour in 1975.

DAN KAISER Inducted 1998

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:52:50 -0700

Kaiser, from Portland, Oregon, was an extremely successful player whose pro career spanned from 1975 through 1981. He won three world titles, two in singles and one in doubles and claimed the 1979 Super Singles championship as well. Dan�s gritty determination and tough over all game made him one of the very best players in an era filled with great performers.

TODD LOFFREDO Inducted 2005

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:54:07 -0700

Generally recognized as the greatest player in the history of American foosball, Todd Loffredo has earned more than seventy major titles during the course of his nearly three-decade-long career. Still considered one of the sports best, Todd has teamed with partner Frederic Collignon to win six of the last seven world doubles titles. Since 1990 Loffredo has won an amazing ten of the fifteen World Open Doubles Championships that have been held,playing with three different partners, Gus Trevino (1990, '92), Scotty Wydman (1994, '95), and of course Collignon (1998-'02, 2004). Todd burst onto the scene back in 1977 when he and partner Gil Jackson shocked the foosball world by winning the World Open Doubles Championship in St.

The 1979 World Open Doubles Final

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(Courtesy Larry Davis Foos History Collection)

STEVE MURRAY Inducted 2002

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One of the most fiercely-competitive players to ever play the game, Steve Murray used his exquisite offensive 5-row and Texas-style pull shot to put together a career record that places him among the best to ever play the game. Steve won more than twenty major open titles during an illustrious playing career that began in the late 1970s and concluded at the end of the 1996 season. He earned six career world titles, and became the first man to ever triple in Dallas when he claimed the Open Doubles, Singles and Mixed titles at the 1987 event. Murray also won the inaugural Masters Singles championship in 1988 and was voted Tour Player of the Year two different times. Steve, who is employed by VDLP is the long-time promoter of the annual Texas State Championships, one of the sport's top regional events.