BRUCE ALLEN MEADE

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1988

MYRTLE BEACH, SC

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1989

SAN DIEGO, CA

BRUCE MEADE, WHO MADE A CAREER OF WINNING WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIPS, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNITED STATES SLO-PITCH SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME IN THE MALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

A NATIVE OF BRADENTON, FLORIDA, MEADE LED SIX TEAMS TO WORLD TITLES AND WAS NAMED TO THE ALL-WORLD TEAM A RECORD EIGHT TIMES.

WITH A .725 CAREER BATTING AVERAGE ND OVER 2000 HOME RUNS IN USSSA TOURNAMENT PLAY, THE SIX FOOT SIX, 270 POUNDER KNOWN FOR A HANDLEBAR MUSTACHE, HAS SET STANDARDS FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW.

MEADE WON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH NELSON’S OF OKLAHOMA CITY, JERRY’S CATERERS OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, ELITE COATING OF GORDON GEORGIA, AND THE SMYTHE SOX OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, HE ALSO PLAYED FOR DAVE CARROLL SPORTS AND KEN MICHAELS DURING HIS CAREER.

A TRUE GENTLEMAN ON AND OFF THE FIELD, MEADE ALWAYS BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN HIS TEAMMATES. HIS TOWERING HOME RUNS, ON TAPE-MEASURE SHOT OVER 500 FEET, HAVE LONG BEEN THE TALK OF SOFTBALL FANS AROUND THE NATION.

MEADE ESTABLISHED SEVERAL WORLD SERIES RECORDS AND BATTED OVER .700 EVERY SEASON IN THE MAJOR PROGRAM.