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KANSAS
HORSESHOE PITCHERS ASSOCIATION
HALL OF FAME

K. W. HUNTER
Wichita, KS
1980 PROMOTER INDUCTEE

 
 K. W. Hunter, a teacher in the Wichita school system, 
began pitching horseshoes in the late 1950s and entered 
his first Kansas State Tournament in 1962.  K. W. was 
never a championship player but enjoyed participating 
in many local tournaments in the 1960s, as well as the 
state tournament.  In 1966, K. W. began holding 
tournaments in the Wichita area and served as tournament 
director for these local tournaments.  Also in 1969, 
K. W. agreed to be appointed to finish the term of Ray 
Lee as the Secretary-Treasurer of the Kansas Horseshoe 
Pitchers Association.  He served in this office until 
1974 and directed the Kansas State Tournament for six 
years.  During his tenure, membership grew to a then 
record 160 state members, and he helped put the association 
on the road to financial stability.

K. W. resigned as Secretary-Treasurer in 1974 due to health 
problems but remained active for several years, attending 
local and State Tournaments as his health allowed.  He also 
attended four World Tournaments as a spectator and observer.  

For his service to the Kansas State Horseshoe Pitchers 
Association, K. W. Hunter was elected to the Kansas 
Horseshoe Pitchers Hall of Fame in 1980 as a promoter.