The United States Croquet Hall of Fame was established in 1979 by the Croquet Foundation of America to recognize individuals with exceptional skill in the sport of

croquet Croquet ( or ; french: croquet) is a sport that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops (often called "wickets" in the United States) embedded in a grass playing court. Its international governing body is the Wor ...

or men and women who have contributed to the sport's health and growth. The Croquet Hall of Fame is located in West Palm Beach, Florida, at the headquarters of the

United States Croquet Association The United States Croquet Association (USCA) fosters croquet in all its forms, from the familiar nine-wicket croquet game to the modern sport of six-wicket croquet. There are USCA-affiliated clubs and tournaments across the United States and Canada. ...

, the National Croquet Center. Each year, new inductees to the Croquet Foundation of America's Hall of Fame are celebrated at a fund-raising dinner and ball usually held at the National Croquet Center. Inductees to the Croquet Hall of Fame, by year: * 1979 ::Margaret Emerson ::

Samuel Goldwyn Samuel Goldwyn (born Szmuel Gelbfisz; yi, שמואל געלבפֿיש; August 27, 1882 (claimed) January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish-born American film producer. He was best known for being the founding contributor a ...

Averell Harriman William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891July 26, 1986), better known as Averell Harriman, was an American Democratic politician, businessman, and diplomat. The son of railroad baron E. H. Harriman, he served as Secretary of Commerce un ...

Moss Hart Moss Hart (October 24, 1904 – December 20, 1961) was an American playwright, librettist, and theater director. Early years Hart was born in New York City, the son of Lillian (Solomon) and Barnett Hart, a cigar maker. He had a younger brother ...

::Milton "Doc" Holden ::

George S. Kaufman George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, theater director and producer, humorist, and drama critic. In addition to comedies and political satire, he wrote several musicals for the Marx Brothers and others. ...

Harpo Marx Arthur "Harpo" Marx (born Adolph Marx; November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, mime artist, and harpist, and the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers. In contrast to the mainly verbal comedy of his brothers Grou ...

::Dorothy Rodgers :: Herbert Bayard Swope Sr. ::Joseph Tankoos ::

Alexander Woollcott Alexander Humphreys Woollcott (January 19, 1887 – January 23, 1943) was an American drama critic and commentator for ''The New Yorker'' magazine, a member of the Algonquin Round Table, an occasional actor and playwright, and a prominent radio p ...

Daryl Zanuck Darryl Francis Zanuck (September 5, 1902December 22, 1979) was an American film producer and studio executive; he earlier contributed stories for films starting in the silent era. He played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as one of ...

* 1980 ::John David Griffin ::

Howard Hawks Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American director who is not a household name." A v ...

::John Lavalle :: Suzie Linden ::Duncan McMartin ::Lillian Phipps ::

Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American Musical composition, composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the most ...

Michael Romanoff Harry F. Gerguson (born Hershel Geguzin, February 20, 1890 – September 1, 1971), known as Michael Romanoff, was a Hollywood restaurateur, con man and actor born in Lithuania. He is perhaps best remembered as the owner of the now-defunct Roman ...

George Sanders George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British actor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth, bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous chara ...

Gig Young Gig Young (born Byron Elsworth Barr; November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in ''Come Fill the Cup'' (1952) and '' Teacher's Pet'' ...

* 1981 ::

George Abbott George Francis Abbott (June 25, 1887 – January 31, 1995) was an American theatre producer, director, playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer whose career spanned eight decades. Early years Abbott was born in Forestville, New Yo ...

Andrew Fuller Andrew Fuller (6 February 17547 May 1815) was an English Particular Baptist minister and theologian. Known as a promoter of missionary work, he also took part in theological controversy. Biography Fuller was born in Wicken, Cambridgeshire, and ...

Louis Jourdan Louis Jourdan (born Louis Robert Gendre; 19 June 1921 – 14 February 2015) was a French film and television actor. He was known for his suave roles in several Hollywood films, including Alfred Hitchcock's ''The Paradine Case'' (1947), '' Lette ...

::Frederick Shock, Jr. ::Herbert Bayard Swope, Jr. * 1982 ::Raoul Fleischmann ::

Jean Negulesco Jean Negulesco (born Ioan Negulescu; – 18 July 1993) was a Romanian-American film director and screenwriter.Oliver, Myrna"Jean Negulesco 1900–1993 ''The Los Angeles Times'', 22 July 1993. He first gained notice for his film noirs and later ...

::Edmund A. Prentis III ::Francis Tayloe * 1983 :: Paul Butler :: William Harbach :: Jack R. Osborn :: Nelga Young :: John Young II * 1984 ::

William Hawks William Bellinger Hawks (January 29, 1901 – January 10, 1969) was an American film producer. Career Hawks attended Yale University, where he was a member of Scroll and Key and graduated in 1923. In his early career, Hawks was a stockbroker. ...

::Richard Pearman ::Archie Peck ::Catherine Tankoos-Barrett * 1985 ::Hilda McMartin ::Elizabeth Newell * 1986 ::Tom McDonnell * 1987 ::Barton Gubelmann ::Walter Gubelmann * 1988 ::

Cesare Danova Cesare Danova (March 1, 1926 – March 19, 1992) was an Italian television and screen actor. Best known for his roles in ''The Captain's Daughter'' (1947), ''Viva Las Vegas'' (1964), '' Chamber of Horrors'' (1966), ''Mean Streets'' (1973), and v ...

:: Ned Skinner ::Frederick Supper * 1989 ::E.A. "Teddy" Prentis IV ::S. Cortland Wood * 1990 ::Al Heath ::Jim Lyons * 1991 ::Jean Arrington ::Patricia Supper * 1992 ::Robert Clayton ::Don Degnan ::Lee A. Olsen * 1993 ::Peyton Ballenger ::Mack Penwell * 1994 ::Rudulph E. (Foxy) Carter * 1995 ::Archie Burchfield ::W. Ellery McClatchy ::Stan Patmor ::

Forrest Tucker Forrest Meredith Tucker (February 12, 1919 – October 25, 1986) was an American actor in both movies and television who appeared in nearly a hundred films. Tucker worked as a vaudeville straight man at the age of fifteen. A mentor provided fund ...

* 1996 ::John Donnell ::Bill Hoy ::Russ Ketcham * 1997 ::James B. Miles * 1998 ::James H.U. Hughes * 1999 ::Michael Gibbons ::Robert Kroeger * 2000 ::Ray Bell ::Reynold E. Kraft ::Jerry Stark * 2001 ::Charles P. Steuber * 2002 ::Norma S. Truman * 2003 ::Freeman A. (Bill) Berne ::Billie Jean Berne * 2004 ::William (Bill) W. Campbell * 2005 :: Fred Jones ::John C. Osborn * 2006 ::John W. Curington * 2007 :: Robert (Bob) Chilton * 2008 :: Diane Blow :: Jackie C. Jones * 2009 :: Honoring all previous inductees * 2010 :: Alexander Ix :: Dr. William Luke :: Margaret Mihlon * 2011 :: Dan Mahoney :: Rich Curtis :: Richard Brackett * 2012 :: Jack McMillin :: Johnny Mitchell :: Ruth Summers * 2013 :: Charles Lazarus :: Anne Frost Robinson :: Rhys Thomas * 2014 :: W. David McCoy :: Ervand Peterson * 2015 :: Shereen Hayes :: Steve C Johnston :: Mike Orgill * 2016 :: Damon Bidencope :: Albert J (Bert) Myer * 2017 :: Digby Bridges * 2018 ::

Ben Rothman Ben Rothman is, as of May 2012, the number one ranked Association croquet player in North America. After focusing his life towards the game in 2007, he has become a formidable force and a player to beat in serious competition around the world. Ro ...

:: Eugene F. “Gene” Young * 2019 :: Harvey Geiger :: Danny Huneycutt :: John W. Solomon (posthumously) * 2020 :: Sherif Abdelwahab :: Rory J. Kelley * 2021 :: Jim Bast :: Mohammad Kamal * 2022 :: David Ekstrom :: Jacques Fournier * 2023 :: Harold (Hal) Denton :: Robert L (Bob) Alman (posthumously)

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Croquet National Center

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