American Boxer Club Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame Award nominees are taken from the Lifetime Achievement Award winners and are nominated and voted on by ABC life members.
The results are also announced at the Annual Award Dinner.
Eligibility & Qualifications for Hall of Fame
Requisites for NOMINEES For the Hall of Fame must be an ABC Lifetime Member and also be a Lifetime Achievement Recipient. The candidate must also and have given extraordinary service to the ABC and the Boxer breed in multiple facets.
Only Life Members may nominate. A committee will select the top three nominations for the final vote for the Hall of Fame by all Lifetime Members
Please send all nominees with a brief biography of nominee by February 14. Please feel free to ask for additional information.
Virginia Shames, Chairman
2026 Hall of Fame Nomination Form PDF
Hall of Fame Recipients:
David & Stephanie Abraham – TREFOIL
Richard “Dick” Baum – MOON VALLEY, BREEZEWOOD
Alberto Berrios – BREEDER JUDGE
Patricia (Mrs. Jack) Billhardt – WOODS END
Miriam Z. Breed – BARMERE
Dr. Robert Burke – MARQUAM HILL
Rufus & Mary Francis Burleson – MARBURL
Joyce G Campbell, DVM – BOXRUN
John T. & Carole A. Connolly – CAPRIANA, HUFFAND
Laura Abbot Dale – MOZART
Ben & Shirley DeBoer – SCHER-KHOUN
Larry Downey – PROFESSIONAL HANDLER
Theodore S. Fickes, DVM – ARRIBA
Dr. Lloyd D. & Mary Flint – FLINTWOOD
Jane Kamp Forsyth – GRAYARLIN
Joseph E. Gregory – CLOVER DOWNS
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Hamilburg – SALGRAY
Dr. & Mrs. R. C. Harris – SIRRAH CREST
Joseph Heine – BOXELLA
Tracy Hendrickson – SUNCHASE
Marilyn Krejci – KREJCI
Nate Levine – PROFESSIONAL HANDLER
Eleanor Rowe Linderholm-Wood – MERRILANE
Phil Marsh – PROFESSIONAL HANDLER
Eileen McClintock – HOLLY LANE
Lorraine C. Meyer – MY-R
Salli Moore-Kottas – SAJAC
Sandy Orr – ORRKID
Earl W. Overstreet – EWO
Virginia Shames – TALISMAN
Sharon Steckler – RONARD
Frau Stockmann – VON DOM
Dr. William & Zoila Truesdale – HI-TECH
Barbara E. Wagner – WAGNER
John P. & Mazie E. Wagner – MAZELAINE
Carl & Alice Grove Wood – WOODCREST