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U. S. Badminton Walk of Fame

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USA Badminton established a hall of fame in 1956 and inductions were held periodically through 1998, but the hall then became dormant for five years.

In 2003, the organization came up with a new idea to honor the sport's top athletes, coaches, and officials: a Walk of Fame at the Orange County Badminton Club in Orange, California.

The walk of fame is an actual wealk, with a 1-foot-square tile of black granite for each person honored. The tile bears the name, year of induction, and category for the person.

All of those inducted into the original hall of fame are also honored on the walk of fame.

Athletes are eligible eight years after retiring from major competition, while non-athletes become eligible at reaching the age of 55. Inductions have been held every two years since 2004.

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InducteeYear
Joseph C. Alston1956
Lois Alston1968
Tyna Barinaga2003
Del Barkhuff1956
Evelyn Boldrick Howard1958
Mary Ann Bowles2006
Pam Brady1998
John Britton2006
Taylor Caffery2003
Thomas Carmichael Jr.1993
Kenneth Davidson2004
Judy Devlin Hashman1963
David G. Freeman1956
Linda French2004
Helen Gibson1959
Diane Hales2008
Stanton Hales2004
Gary Higgins1999
Chris Jogis2003
Judianne Kelly1988
Chris Kinard2003
Walter Kramer1956
Hamilton B. Law1957
Ben Lee2005
Carl Loveday1972
Ethel Marshall1956
Beatrice Massman1969
Martin Mendez1967
Dick Mitchell1974
Charles Newhall1978
Dorothy O'Neil1994
Donald Paup1973
Sue Peard1976
Bruce Pontan1995
James Poole1970
Paisan Rangsikitpho2008
Donald Richardson1962
Wynn Rogers1956
T. M. Royce1996
Wayne Schell1977
Mrs. Hulet Smith1966
Patricia Stephens2004
Helen Tibbetts1997
Margaret Varner1965
Mike Walker1992
Cheryl Carton White2003
Janet Wright1960
Richard O. Yeager1957
Zoe S. Yeager1958

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