Archives: Hall of Fame Plaques

Hall of Fame Plaque Roll Description

2022

Phil Edwards Juan Farrow Lyn Gerber Jack Gorsuch Kelly Mulvihill Stahlhuth

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2019

Judy Dippold Bruce Foxworth Jack Levitt Tom O’Neal Mark Platt JUDY DIPPOLD Judy’s tireless work on behalf of the St. Louis tennis community came in numerous roles over a period of more than 50 years. She managed indoor clubs in…

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2017

Gloria Connors Jimmy Connors GLORIA CONNORS A rarity as a mother/coach, Gloria not only taught her son Jimmy to play tennis, she taught him how to compete with a no-holds-barred intensity. She coached him throughout his career and, Jimmy said,…

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2016

Ron Cobb Pat Purcell Craig Sandvig Doug Smith Terry Ward RON COBB From the 1970s to the 1990s, Ron covered tennis for newspapers in Columbia, Mo.; Bloomington, Ind.; Memphis, Tenn.; and St. Louis, writing well over 700 articles over a…

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2006

Leigh Strassner Don Dippold Lloyd Brown LLOYD BROWN Lloyd played No. 1 singles and doubles at Truman State before beginning his career as a tennis teacher and coach. As a teaching pro, he worked with Earl Buchholz Sr. and Bill…

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2003

Ralph Hart, Sr. Dick Horwitz Jerry Johnson Bill Heinbecker RALPH HART, SR. Ralph won more than 120 tournaments spanning the 1940s to the 2000s, including many with Ward Parker as his doubles partner. He won the District singles in 1941…

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2002

Doug Flach Gustave Boehmer, Jr. GUSTAVE BOEHMER, Jr. “Junior” Boehmer qualified for the U.S. nationals as boys and juniors champion of St. Louis and the Missouri Valley between 1926 and 1929. He earned a No. 16 national boys ranking and…

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