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Hall of Fame Inductees OOA Officials' Hall of Fame Inductees In 1986 the Oklahoma Officials Association "OOA" established the Officials Hall of Fame. The following criteria is used in the selection process: •must be a retired official •must be 60 years of age (special requests can be made to waive the age criteria) • must have a minimum or 20 years of service as a game official To date, 77 of our deserving officials have been honored and their pictured plaques hang in the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association Office in Oklahoma City. YEAR INDUCTEE 2008 Dr. Gerald Benn Tom Johnson Dorwen Porter Wesley Smithart 2007 Jack Barton Lyle Bibb Charles Miller 2006 Art Kerr Buddy Kessinger Cecil Powell Gary D. Rader 2005 Robert Colon Michael Bradley Preston Byford Kirby Hogue Jerry Taylor 2004 Lawrence Cudjoe Robert Douglas C.K. Glover Don Hammock J.D. McLemore 2003 Tug Baughn Eldridge Colston Glen Reeder Henry R. Young 2002 Ron Chesser Carl Holt LeeRoy Smith Ted Thomas Coy Watson 2001 Larry McEvoy John Miskovsky J.A. Patrick Johnnie Cherblanc 2000 Frank Allen Russell Gott Bo Raney Art Williams 1999 Walt Boulanger Jack Dobbins Earl Henton Don Salmon 1998 Roy Clymer Jerrell Glass Winston Havenstrite Warren Heitzman 1997 Don Brown Morris “Kemp” Fox Foster Garrett 1996 Carl Campbell Joe Thomas Robert E. (Bob) Lewis Ray Thompson Bud Brown 1995 Lewis “Babe” Eubanks Earl Franklin Renner L. Burl Neighbors Doyle Gilstrap 1994 Wilbur Smith Bobbie Riddle Jim Ginn Don Buchanan Phil Benson 1993 V.E. “Onions” Martin Jim Potts Orville Drake 1992 Bill Finley Jim Wallace D.D. Patterson 1991 Grady Skillern Floyd Wolf Cecil Devine 1990 Lysle C. Mason Walter “Pete” Williams Hoyt E. Estes 1988 H.A. Blackburn L. Glenn Flanagan Bill Blackburn Bill Bradley Harold Lamprich Frank Pete Laubauch 1987 Harry Easter Cotton Grove Hugh Warren