"African American Golfers Hall of Fame - Legends"

2009 - 2012

2009 Pioneers

*Harold LeClair Ickes; *John Mercer Langston & Wake-Robin Golf Club, Washington, DC


Inaugural Leadership Awardee

U.S. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington, DC

Inaugural Golf Course Management Excellence Award”

Golf Course Specialists, Inc.

2010 Members

*Pearl Carey, Seaside, CA & LaRee Pearl Sugg, Richmond, VA

2010 Leadership Awardees

U.S. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, Charleston, SC & U.S. Congressman William Lacy Clay, Jr., St. Louis, MO

2010 Pioneer

Posthumously inducted: Eugene Jack Adderley, Nassau, The Bahamas

2010 Founders Awardees

Bahamas Golf Federation Central Ladies Division; Chicago Women’s Golf Club;
University of MD Eastern Shore, PGA Golf Management Degree Program &
*Herbert “Turk” Walker, Dayton, Ohio

2011 Members

James “Junior” Walker, Los Angeles, CA
Posthumously inducted: Vernice Turner & Helen Webb Harris, Washington, DC

2011 Humanitarian Awardee

Robert “Bob” Murphy, Boynton Beach, FL

2011 Leadership Awardees

Sanford D. Bishop, Abany, GA, Chaka Fattah, Philadelphia, PA & *Eddie N. Williams, Washington, DC

2011 Pioneer of the Year

Exie Shackelford Ochier, St. Augustine, FL

2011 Inaugural University President of the Year

Dr. Thelma B. Thompson

2011 Golf Publisher of the Year

Lorraine M. Harris, The Villages, FL

2011 Legacy Awardee

James E. Simpson, West Palm Beach, FL

2011 Founders Awardees

Autocrat Golf Club, Inc., New Orleans, LA, William Brooks, Detroit, Michigan & Pro Duffers USA, Inc.,

AAGHOF 2012 Members

*Erellon Benjamin Davis, Detroit, Mich.; Richard Bernard “Jelly” Hansberry, Washington, D.C.

2012 Pioneer of the Year

Jesse James Parker, Bethesda, MD

2012 Inaugural Corporate Awardees

Paul G. Alexander, Boston, Mass. (Liberty Mutual) & Don Butler, Detroit, Mich. (Cadillac)

2012 Legacy Awardees

Herbert Dixon, Bartow, FL & Albert “A.B.” Peter Hill, New Orleans, LA

2012 College Golf Coach of the Year

Marvin E. Green, Jr., FAMU, Tallahassee, FL

2012 Founders Awardees

Dorothy Jean Johnson, Cantonment, FL; Rushern L. Baker, III, Upper Marlboro, MD;

*Frank Reese, West Palm Beach, FL; Arthur “Art” Shell, Monroe, GA

2012 Trailblazer Awardees

Stanley Alexander Wilson, Lake Worth, FL; Horace Brown, San Diego, CA

*Deceased

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