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The Table Soccer Hall of Fame
Submitted by INSIDE FOOS on August 29, 2009 - 9:20am. :: Hall of Fame | HOF Images
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 (pictured). 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.
DAVE GUMMESON inducted 2009
Submitted by INSIDE FOOS on August 26, 2009 - 12:30pm. :: HOF Images | Inductee
Dave's three decades as a player have netted him every major title in the sport. Dave has earned titles on the TS, Dynamo and Tornado tours, in singles doubles and mixed doubles. "Gummy's" awesome performance at the 1995 Tornado worlds in Dallas earned him the Open Singles title in a performance still talked about as one of the sport's strongest. Dave and partner Tracy McMillin surprised multi world champions Collignon and Loffredo at the '07 worlds in Las Vegas, and then turned the trick on Fred and Todd again in 2009, winning three straight games, after losing the first five of the final, to win their second world title in the past three years. Dave was also a player and captain for the 2009 United States National Team which won the World Cup in France.
TOM SPEAR inducted 2007
Submitted by INSIDE FOOS on August 26, 2009 - 12:21pm. :: HOF Images | Inductee
Spear was one of the greats of the Tournament Soccer era, but went on to also become renowned as a smooth-passing, smart-shooting player on the Dynamo and Tornado tours as well. Tom's performance in the Open Singles event at the 1994 World Championships remains one of the sport's most special moments.
GIL JACKSON inducted 2008
Submitted by INSIDE FOOS on August 26, 2009 - 12:18pm. :: HOF Images | Inductee
One of the game's greatest goalies, Gil and partner Todd Loffredo shocked the foosball world back in 1977 when, as 17-year-olds, they won the world Open Doubles title in St. Louis. Jackson, who died in a 1982 Motorcycle accident remains one of the sport's truly legendary figures.
TERRY MOORE inducted 2008
Submitted by INSIDE FOOS on August 26, 2009 - 12:10pm. :: HOF Images | Inductee
Considered one of the true greats of the game, Moore began his pro career in the early 1990s and went on to win more than 50 individual titles during that decade. He has earned nine world titles during his illustrious career, and revolutionized the sport back in 1992 when he became the first player to ever win a major tour title using the roll-over "snake" shot. Terry is still one of the sport's best, having earned a doubles title at the 2009 Tour Kick-Off with fellow Hall of Famer Todd Loffredo. With the win Moore and Loffredo became the first two current Hall of Fame players to ever team up to win a major event on the pro tour.
CINDY HEAD Inducted 2006
Submitted by INSIDE FOOS on April 28, 2006 - 2:38pm. :: HOF Images | Inductee
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
Submitted by INSIDE FOOS on April 28, 2006 - 2:31pm. :: HOF Images | Inductee
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 he has covered more than 150 state, regional and major pro tour events, both domestically and internationally. 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
Submitted by INSIDE FOOS on November 16, 2005 - 12:00pm. :: HOF Images | Inductee
Jim Wiswell (pictured left, above) was one of the sport's most overpowering forwards during a short but successful 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, possessed one of the fastest, most powerful pull shots in the history of the sport, making him a very intimidating opponent. (Photo "Wiz and Fur" courtesy Larry Davis Foos History Collection)
MIKE BOWERS Inducted 1986
Submitted by INSIDE FOOS on November 16, 2005 - 11:10am. :: HOF Images | Inductee
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 first 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. (Photo courtesy Larry Davis Foos History Collection)
DOUG FURRY Inducted 1996
Submitted by INSIDE FOOS on November 16, 2005 - 10:58am. :: HOF Images | Inductee
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.
