The United States Curling Association Hall of Fame was started in 1984 to recognize and honor individuals and teams that have achieved extraordinary distinction in curling or have made major contribution to the development of curling in the United States. It is operated by the United States Curling Association (USCA), the governing body for curling in the United States. The Hall of Fame is housed at the USCA headquarters in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
There have been 45 individuals and 4 teams inducted into the Hall of Fame.
The first inductee was Bud Somerville, 2-time world champion and 2-time Olympian. Somerville is also included as skip of two of the four teams to have been inducted to the Hall of Fame, the 1965 World Men's Championship team and the 1975 World Men's Championship team. The other two teams that have been inducted are the 1976 World Men's Championship team and the 1978 World Men's Championship team.
The Hall of Fame selection committee meets annually to choose inductees. Inductees are categorized into one of three categories: Curler recognizes an individual or team for their competitive success, Builder recognizes an individual for their contribution to curling in the United States, or Curler/Builder which recognizes an individual who has combined the two previous categories.
Members Year Category Hall of Fame inductee Team members, if applicable(order: skip, third, second, lead) 1984 Curler Bud Somerville 1988 Builder Ted Childs Curler/Builder Glenn Harris Builder Hughston McBain Builder Don McKay Curler Bruce Roberts 1989 Builder Art Cobb Builder Harvey Marshall Curler Bill Strum 1990 Curler Mike Slyziuk Curler Bob Nichols 1991 Builder J. Nelson Brown Builder Norman Rickards Builder Mary Van Ess 1992 Curler Orvil Gilleshammer 1993 Builder Ann Brown 1994 Curlers (Team) The champions Bud Somerville, Bill Strum, Al Gagne, Tom Wright Curlers (Team) The champions Bruce Roberts, Joe Roberts, Gary Kleffman, Jerry Scott Curler Tom Locken Builder Dr. Donald Barcome 1995 Curler Bob Christman Builder Jim Stephens 1996 Builder Bernie Roth Curler Ernest Slyziuk Curler/Builder Ken Sherwood 1997 Curler Harold Lauber 1998 Builder Frank Befera Curler Steve Brown 1999 Builder Tom Satrom 2000 Curler Glenn Gilleshammer 2001 Curler George Godfrey Curler Nancy Richard 2002 Builder John Williamson Builder Robert Hardy 2003 Curler/Builder Elgie Noble 2005 Curler Scott Baird 2006 Curler Lisa Schoeneberg 2007 Curler Mark Haluptzok 2009 Builder Kaytaro Sugahara Curler Paul Pustovar 2010 Builder Bob Fenson 2012 Builder Jon Mielke 2013 Builder Jerome Larson 2016 Curler Lori Mountford 2017 Curlers (Team) The champions Bud Somerville, Bob Nichols, Bill Strum, Tom Locken Curlers (Team) The champions Bob Nichols, Bill Strum, Tom Locken, Bob Christman 2018 Builder Andy Anderson Builder David Garber Builder Russ Lemcke 2021 Contributor Elmer Freytag 2024 Contributor Rich Lepping Builder Dave Staveteig Curlers (Team) The champions Debbie McCormick, Allison Pottinger, Ann Swisshelm Silver, Tracy Sachtjen
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