WHPA Hall of Fame

Wisconsin Horse Pullers Assoc Hall of Fame Enductees

YEAR	DATE Awarded	INDUCTEE	Town	Presented at	Deceased
1990	8/6/90	August Zibell	Deerfield, WI	Wisconsin State Fair	12/24/69
	8/7/90	Henry Markham	Elkhorn, WI	Wisconsin State Fa	1995
	8/7/90	Aubrey Skinner	Reedsburg, WI	Wisconsin State Fair	1991
	8/8/90	Russell Larsen	Denmark, WI	Wisconsin State Fair	1995
1991	7/28/91	Roman Koepple	Manitowoc, WI	Denmark, WI	2006
	8/8/91	Maurice Barclay	Seymour, WI	Wisconsin State Fair	2006
	8/11/91	Marvin Starks	Stoughton, WI	Utica	1996
	8/17/91	Louis Skinkis Sr	Sobiski, WI	Gillett	1977
	9/14/91	Marshall Grass	Blair, WI	Blair	1996
1992	5/23/92	Eugene Soppa	Arcadia, WI	Arcadia	1977
	9/6/92	Dennison Loomis	Mondovi, WI	Mondovi	1994
	9/13/92	Bill Rosenthal	Elmwood, WI	Elmwood	1981
	9/26/92	Kenny Huffman	Richland Center, WI	Viola	2007
	9/26/92	Chancey Sidie	Viroqua, WI	Viola	2009
	9/26/92	Chub Maly	Boaz, WI	Viola	2009
1993	11/6/93	Walter Carriveau	Lena, WI	Waupaca*	1995
	11/6/93	Pete Cole	Ridgeland, WI	Waupaca*	1994
	11/6/93	Arnold Schmidt	Two Rivers, WI	Waupaca*	D
1994		John Koenig	Barron, WI		1992
	6/19/94	Arthur "Bud" Ward	Waterloo, WI	Cottage Grove	1/20/14
	7/4/94	Chuck Schaaf Sr	Chetek, WI	Chetek	4/7/13
	8/14/94	Claude Armitage	Seymour, WI	Wisconsin State Fair	1977
	8/14/94	Myron Rieland	Hortonville, WI	Wisconsin State Fair	2011
	9/4/94	Everette Green	Chippewa Falls, WI	Mondovi	1996
1995	7/23/95	Buford Miller	Lyndon Station, WI	Deerfield	2004
	8/13/95	Steve Lance	Lake Mills, WI	Wisconsin State Fair	7/5/2005
1996	7/10/96	Leo Martin	Melrose, WI	Tomah	1997
	7/20/96	Julius Mundschau	Oconomowoc, WI	Deerfield	1999
	9/2/96	Monty Polencheck	Glidden, WI	Glidden	4/22/22
1997	6/1/97	Rich Weinfurter	Marshfield, WI	Arpin	2007
	6/15/97	Leland "Dick" Sidie	Viroqua, WI	Cottage Grove	1997
	9/13/97	Jim Strasburg	Mauston, WI	Viroqua	2008
1998	7/12/98	Phill Zibell	Cambridge, WI	Cambridge	1/28/18
1999	7/11/99	Don Nelson	Cambridge, WI	Cambridge	1998
	7/25/99	Don Skinkis	Kewaunee, WI	Denmark	1972
	8/15/99	Wally Pagelow	Sheboygan, WI	Wisconsin State Fair	2011
	9/25/99	Kenny Craig	Blue River, WI	Viola	1999
	11/6/99	Everette Loomis	Mondovi, WI	Stevens Point*	1980
	11/6/99	Ford Stelter	Boyd, WI	Stevens Point*	1986
	11/6/99	Ron Lang	Columbus, WI	Stevens Point*	1998
	11/6/99	Don Lang	Columbus, WI	Stevens Point*	1997
	11/6/99	Rollie Drost	Rice Lake, WI	Stevens Point*	1996
	11/6/99	Tom Schroeder	Elmwood, WI	Stevens Point*	1987
	11/6/99	Ted Goerhing	Clarksmills, WI	Stevens Point*	D
2000	6/16/00	John Vold	Osseo, WI	Osseo	12/24/08
	6/18/00	LeRoy Payne	Deerfield, WI	Cottage Grove	2002
2001	5/26/01	Bob Ferries	Ontario, WI	Ontario	10/1/16
	8/7/01	Gordon Skinkis	Brillion, WI	Wisconsin State Fair	9/30/15
	8/12/01	Ray Garb	Beaver Dam, WI	Wisconsin State Fair	2/17/24
	11/3/01	Tim Kearney	Hillpoint, WI	Tomah*	2/18/14
2002	7/19/02	LaVerne Krueger	Bangor, WI	West Salem	9/27/24
2003	9/20/03	Don Dalberg	Hillsboro, WI	Viola	2008
2004	7/25/05	Glen Larsen	Denmark, WI	Denmark	8/1/19
2005	7/10/05	Dan Pirkle	Deerfield, WI	Deerfield	2012
2006	6/18/06	Lawrene Anderson, Sr	Rockland, WI	Middle Ridge	8/4/15
	7/26/06	Wallie Wilde	Wilton, WI	Tomah	1995
	8/20/06	Frank Kurth	Medford, WI	Chelsea	1985
2007	6/16/07	Virgil Perry	Blair, WI	Osseo	3/29/18
2008	6/15/08	George Wellner Sr	Stanley, WI	Stanley	1988
	8/31/08	John Loomis	Mondovi, WI	Mondovi
2009		Tex Flynn	Mondovi, WI	West Salem	12/16/16
		Leonard Tostenson	Houston, MN	Tomah	12/5/16
2010	5/30/10	Joe Roraff	Woodville, WI	Arcadia	4/15/10
	6/13/10	Duane Skaar	Deerfield, WI	Deerfield	1/28/24
2011	6/19/11	Vernon Gross	Madison, WI	Cottage Grove	2/13/17
	7/24/11	Pete Koepple	Francis Creek, WI	Denmark	3/16/14
	9/18/11	Ralph "Bud" Nelson	Beldonville, WI	Menomonie	4/22/16
	9/18/11	Walt Becker	Iron Ridge, WI	Menomonie	2/26/23
2012	5/20/12	Ron Soppa	Arcadia, WI	Arcadia	12/11/13
	6/10/12	Frank Brodd	Deerfield, WI	Deerfield
2013	6/15/13	George Wellner, Jr	Boyd, WI	Osseo
	7/7/13	Tom Ward	Waterloo, WI	Waterloo
	9/1/13	Carl Goehring	Cato, WI	Chilton
2014	6/7/14	Alan Grass	Blair, WI	Arcadia
	8/16/14	Melvin Barclay	Seymour, WI	Gillett
	9/1/14	Ken Markham	Elkhorn, WI	Elkhorn
2016	6/12/16	Mike Zibell	Cambridge, WI	Deerfield
	6/19/16	Dale Huston	Cottage Grove, WI	Cottage Grove
2017		Larry Sidie	Viroqua, WI	Viroqua	3/21/22
		Francis Derks	Stanley, WI	Stanley	12/12/12
		Larry Green	Chippewa Falls, WI	Stanley
		Tony Halverson	Taylor, WI	Osseo
	8/13/17	John Souchek		Chaseburg
	8/27/17	John Osborne	Watertown, WI	Palmyra
2018	8/3/18	Jim Lowrey	Cambridge, WI	Utica
2021	4/10/21	Dennis Armitage	Armstrong, MO	Banquet?
	8/6/21	Robert Johnson	Cambridge, WI	Utica
2022	9/18/22	Gary Smith	North Freedom, WI	Menomonie