Elmer Hohl
Inducted In
1977
Elmer Hohl, born in 1919, and raised on a farm near Wellesley, won the World’s Horseshoe Pitching Championship in the years 1965, 1968, 1972, 1973, and 1977, and was runner-up six times. He pitched a perfect game in the world tournament of 1968.
Hohl started pitching horseshoes at an early age. At thirteen he defeated all comers. He began pitching tournaments in 1957 and won the Ontario and Canadian championships the first time he entered. He has been champion of both groups fifteen times. The secret of his technique was that he pitched a one and three-quarter turn show.
He travelled hundreds of thousands of miles through North America, held several world records and won over 200 trophies and plaques.
Hohl won a gold medal in the Ontario Summer Games in 1977 and received the Queen’s Anniversary Medallion in that year in recognition of his accomplishments.