Aiming to reduce a beastly job to bite-sized pieces, M50 hurdler Andy Hecker has put out a call for photos (action and portraits) of members of the USATF Masters Hall of Fame. Andy writes: “When one thinks about putting together a pictorial and written history of our sport, where should one start? I started at the Masters Hall of Fame. What is there? Just a list of names. We should do better. Who are these people? What have they accomplished? What do they look like?” BTW, new USATF Masters T&F Chairman Gary Snyder has appointed Andy as head of a Masters History Committee (or somesuch.) So his project now has an official USATF stamp of approval.

Andy continues:
“I’m sure our in-house investigative journalist (Ken Stone) has links to articles and pictures of a few of these folks. Can any of the rest of you blog readers point me to pictures and articles about our legends? Are you one of these legends?
Charles Allie
Vicki Bigelow
Gloria Brown
Barbara Filutze
Franklin (Bud) Held
Sid Howard
Barbara Jordan
Lori Maynard
Winfield McFadden
Tim Murphy
Stephen Robbins
Phil Conley
Don DeNoon
Mike Heffernan
Robert Hunt
Betty Jarvis
Dale Lance
Milton Newton
Wendell Palmer
Emil Pawlik
Nolan Shaheed
Sue-Ellen Trapp
Rudy Valentine
Sal Vasquez
Konrad Boas
Fay Bradley
Harry Brown
Jaclyn Caselli
Bill Collins
Jeanne Daprano
Gerry Davidson
Ruth Eberle
Dudley Healy
Margaret Hinton
Carol Johnston
Tom Patsalis
Elton Richardson
Gordon Wallace
Bill Brobston
Larry Colbert
Buell Crane
Bob Fine
Everett Hosack
Dave Jackson
Sandra Kiddy
Tom McDermott
Len Olson
Dave Romansky
James Stookey
Jim Sutton
Johnnye Valien
Jim Vernon
Betty Vosburgh
Ken Weinbel
Louise Adams
George Braceland
Bud Deacon
Stan Druckrey
Tom Gage
Burl Gist
Ray Hatton
Vanessa Hilliard
Bernice Holland
John Keston
Jim Law
Archie Messenger
Roy Pirrung
Becky Sisley
Marcie Trent
Bill Andberg
Ernie Billups
Norm Bright
Carolyn Cappetta
Anne Clarke
Bill Fitzgerald
Rex Harvey
Mel Larsen
Ed Lukens
Leonore McDaniels
Phil Mulkey
Joan Ottaway
Stan Whitley
Jerry Wojcik
Thane Baker
Mary Bowermaster
Dan Bulkley
Ted Corbitt
Jerry Donley
Joanne Grissom
Hal Higdon
Claude Hills
Helen Klein
Pearl Mehl
Edith Mendyka
Gary Miller
Al Oerter
Alex Ratelle
Larry Stuart
Warren Utes
Herb Anderson
Bob Boal
Ross Carter
Harold Chapson
Polly Clarke
Clive Davies
Max Green
Marion Irvine
Shirley Matson
Bob Mimm
Pete Mundle
Jim O’Neil
Pat Peterson
Al Sheahen
George Sheehen
Ed Benham
Christel Donley
Jack Greenwood
Boo Morcom
David Pain
Phil Raschker
Paul Spangler
Ruth Anderson
Toshi D’Elia
Miki Gorman
Norman Green
Payton Jordan
Bev LaVeck
Irene Obera
“My goal for (a) future historical Web site is to have an action picture, a face picture and an article listing the career accomplishments of these Hall of Famers, so their accomplishments and story is known further than just a name on a hidden list on the USATF website. And if more information is available, I’d like to provide links to other articles and pictures.
“Personally I have met a little over three dozen of the people on this list, I’ve watched many others from a distance, but I don’t know any of them well enough to write an article on any of them.
“I’m also still recruiting anybody who would like to help on the massive project of preparing this kind of material for display on the World Wide Web. Please contact me at info@trackinfo.org”
Me again:
Andy is right about my having a few shots of these folks. I’ll connect him to my content. Please do what you can as well. Many masters make light work. (And to all those Hall of Famers who read this blog, don’t be shy! Send Andy your best shots!)