East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame
The Class of 1996 The legends
The Class of 1996
Charlie Bunger
Dick Catri
Claude Codgen
Colin Doc Couture
George Gerlach
John Hannon
Dan Heritage
Rudy Huber
Bob Holland
Cecil Lear
Mimi Munro
Jack Murphy
Pat O'Hare
Peter Pan
Gary Propper
David Reese
Skip Savage
Pete Smith
Yancy Spencer
Mike Tabeling
Bruce Valluzzi
Bob White
Bill Wise
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The Class of 1996 was the first group of surfers inducted into, "Greg Noll's East Coast Surf Legends Hall of Fame". Greg Noll, known as a big wave rider and pioneer surfboard builder from the 50's and 60's, came up with the idea of a Hall of Fame to honor the sport's East Coast pioneers, competitors and contributors to the lifestyle. Along with the help of Cecil Lear, Dick Catri, Pete Smith and Bill Yerkes, the first induction was held at the Surf Expo in Orlando, Florida in January of 1996.