ABOUT

THE HALL OF FAME COMMITTEE WAS FORMED IN 2018 WITH CASEY DUNAWAY AS CHAIRMAN AND FOUNDER OF THE ALABAMA POWERLIFTING HALL OF FAME. EARLY 2019 TED BUTLER WAS ASKED TO TAKE OVER AS CHAIRMAN BY CASEY DUNAWAY. TED SERVED FOR THE 2019 AND 2020 YEARS. ON AUGUST 1, 2020, PHIL DUKE, JR., WAS SELECTED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. PHIL SERVED FOR THE 2021 INDUCTION YEAR. BUDDY McKEE WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN ON JULY 31, 2021.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE:

BUDDY McKEE (CHAIRMAN), CASEY DUNAWAY, TIM WOMACK, BRANT BISHOP, STEVE GRUBBS, TOM GONNERING, CHARLIE LYONS, JEFF RAY, SCOTT ALBANO, AND , BILLY K EEL.

SERVING THE CHAIRMAN AS ADVISORS ARE SHELBY ROBBINS, ROBERT WILKERSON, AND JOE LADNIER.

CASEY DUNAWAY HAD THE ORIGINAL IDEA TO FORM A POWERLIFTING HALL OF FAME TO HONOR ALL THE GREAT POWERLIFTERS IN THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THOSE OF THE FUTURE. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DECIDED TO HAVE TWO CATCH UP YEARS (2019 AND 2020). THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WANTED TO HONOR THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 55.

THIS WEB PAGE WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED BY TED BUTLER.

RULES

CATEGORIES FOR INCLUSION INTO THE HALL OF FAME

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POWERLIFTER/SINGLE LIFT SPECIALIST, ASSOCIATION STATE CHAIRMAN, MEET DIRECTOR,

JUDGE/OFFICIAL, CONTRIBUTOR TO POWERLIFTING, COACHES, SPECIAL OLYMPIC, AND

THE PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED.

HALL OF FAME BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

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THE HALL OF FAME BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL BE COMPRISED OF A CHAIRMAN AND AS MANY AS NINE BOARD MEMBERS.

THE TERM OF THE CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE TWELVE MONTHS. THE CHAIRMAN

AND BOARD MEMBERS MAY BE ELECTED TO AS MANY TWELVE-MONTH TERMS AS THEY ARE

WILLING TO SERVE. ANY POWERLIFTER MAY SUBMIT THEIR NAME FOR CONSIDERATION. THE CHAIRMAN

AND BOARD WILL BE SELECTED BY A 70% VOTE OF THE SITTING BOARD MEMBERS.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD CAN APPOINT UP TO THREE ADVISORS. THEY WILL BE APPROVED BY A 70% VOTE OF THE HALL OF FAME BOARD. THE ADVISORS CAN ONLY VOTE ON INDUCTEES TO THE HALL OF FAME AND MAY NOT VOTE ON RULE CHANGES.

THE HALL OF FAME BOARD CAN VOTE FOR NEW RULES OR RULE CHANGES BUT MUST HAVE A 70% VOTE FOR THE RULE TO BE APPROVED.

GENERAL RULES.

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PROSPECTIVE INDUCTEES MUST BE 30 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF INDUCTION. A DECEASED POWERLIFTER CAN

BE NOMINATED AND IF INDUCTED HIS/HER SELECTION WILL NOT COUNT TOWARD THE YEARLY TOTAL OF INDUCTEES.

INCLUSION INTO THE HALL OF FAME WILL REQUIRE A 70% VOTE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELECTING INDIVIDUALS TO THE HALL OF FAME, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD CAN DECLARE A QUORUM OF THE HALL OF FAME BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. A BOARD MEMBER CAN SUBMIT A VOTE BY PROXY AS LONG AS THE PROXY VOTE IS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE ANNUAL MEETING.

HALL OF FAME NOMINEES WILL BE A RESIDENT, PAST RESIDENT, OR WERE BORN IN ALABAMA TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR INDUCTION.

IN THE EVENT A BOARD MEMBER IS NOMINATED THAT MEMBER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE.

NOMINEES TO THE HALL WILL HAVE AT LEAST FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE UNLESS AN INJURY OR

SOME OTHER FACTOR ENDED THE NOMINEES CAREER.

BEGINNING IN 2023 A MAXIMUM OF SEVEN MEMBERS WILL BE INDUCTED INTO THE HALL. BEGINNING 2024 THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF INDUCTEES WILL BE FIVE

ANY POWERLIFTER CAN BE NOMINATED TO THE HALL. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A STATE, NATIONAL, WORLD CHAMPION, OR HOLD RECORDS TO BE CONSIDERED. ANYONE CAN BE NOMINATED TO THE HALL OF

FAME. TO NOMINATE AN INDIVIDUAL USE THE CONTACT FORM ON THIS WEB SITE. YOU MUST INCLUDE A BIOGRAPHY ON EACH PERSON NOMINATED.