Kansas State USBC BA
1991 Hall of Fame Inductees
W.W. "Red" Custenborder
Mr. W.W. "Red" Custenborder has been involved with bowling in the Topeka Association since 1946. He has serviced as president (2 terms) and also as a director. He is still very active in the Association. He has been on the State Board of Directors since 1981 and is a representative to the Kansas State YABA Managing Board.
He was the first member of the Topeka Bowling Association to earn the Bowler of the Year Award, and is also a member of the Topeka Bowling Associations Hall of Fame.
He has helped direct many of the local Youth Tournaments and assisted with many of the Topeka Association City Tournaments.
James L. (Jim) Clark
Jim was an avid bowler. He was a member of the Topeka Bowling Associations Board of Directors. He also served as President. He was later elected Secretary of the Topeka Association, a position he held for almost ten years.
He wrote a weekly bowling column for the Topeka Daily Capital. He was cp-manager of the Meadow Lanes Bowling Palace where he formed many new leagues and worked hard at promoting the game of bowling.
Jim passed away in 1962. He was elected to the Hall of Fame of Topeka posthumously. A memorial fund was set up which helped fund a tournament bearing his name that still exists today.
Neal Moss
Neal has served bowling in many ways with great pride. He is a past President of the Topeka Bowling Association (1981-83) and has served as a director. He was President of the Kansas State Bowling Association from 1977 to 1981. He has helped with the Topeka Association's City Tournament many times and also worked with the local Youth bowlers and with their tournaments.
Elmer Wetzel
Elmer began bowling in 1939 and began league bowling in 1940. He purchased a six (6) lane bowling alley in 1943 in Dodge City. There he promoted league bowling and formed leagues for the local servicemen from the near by Air Base during WW II. He sold the lanes in 1946, but never quit being active in bowling. He has bowled in a league every year since 1941 and hasn't missed a city tournament.
He was elected to the Dodge City Men's Bowling Association as Treasurer in 1947, a position he held for forty-two years. He has helped promote the YABA leagues in Dodge City. He has bowled in many Kansas State Men's Tournaments, Senior's Tournaments and last fourteen (14) ABC National Tournaments.
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