MARK SEIBOLD, Huntington, Indiana
Inducted 1984
Player: Mark Seibold, of Huntington, Indiana was born January
16, 1954, and began pitching horseshoes at age eight. He won Junior Boy’s World
Championship in 1966 and 1969. In
1969, he set a record by pitching 83.5% ringers. Mark was Indiana Junior Boy’s
State Champion six times, 1965-1970 and was Indiana Men’s Champion 1973, 1976,
1978, 1979, and 1980.
Mark qualified for the
World Tournament Men’s Championship Class over twenty times, winning over
500 games and holding a career average of 78.45%. He won the 1979 Men’s World
Championship with a record of 27-4 while pitching 82.6%. In 1973 he was runner-up as well as in
1973 when he tied Elmer Hohl for 1st place but lost on a two-game
playoff. In Mark’s first 10
World Tournaments, he never placed lower than fifth place.
Mark is part of a rare
horseshoe pitching family as both his mother (Bonnie) and father (Curly) are
also in the NHPA Hall of Fame.