Hall Of Fame

The first Hall of Fame class, inducted in 1986, consisted of 27 members from six countries: Australia, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Industry professionals came together and selected individuals who made a difference. To honor those chosen few, the Friends of Towing (now ITRHFM) dedicated an entire section of the museum’s walls for portraits of the inductees.

Today the Hall of Fame has grown to include over 350 distinguished towing professionals with members from:

Australia
Belgium
Canada
Finland
France
Germany

Ireland
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
Poland
Scotland

South Africa
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Wales

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HALL OF FAME NOMINEE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Tow Equipment/Product Innovation

Innovation of a product sold in the marketplace that has helped move the industry forward. Candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of service to the industry.

Exemplary Dedication

Candidate must have 20 years running a towing business in an outstanding and exemplary manner, promoting a positive image of the towing industry and have positive relations with the community, i.e., performing services for the community about and beyond the services for hire. Limit: One inductee per year.

Industry Leadership

Leadership involved with an outstanding project that has had a dynamic and lasting effect on the towing industry. Candidate must have minimum 10 years service to the towing industry.

Professional Achievement

Creating a product or service of any kind that has had a significant and lasting effect on thousands of towing professionals. Candidate Must have a minimum of 10 years to the industry.

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Alex Robb

Alex Robb was born April 28 1934 in Bellshill, Scotland. He left school at the age of 16 and spent another 12 months at the school of engineering… Read More

Nicholas J. Ovenden

Nick Ovendon was born in 1958 in Ashford, Kent, England. Nick started in the business with his father as a young child riding alongside him and learning the… Read More

Michael P. McGovern

Michael McGovern grew up in a towing family. He started driving a tow truck as a teenager for his family’s business in Knoxville, Tennessee. He worked nights, weekends,… Read More

Darrell H. Mansfield

Darrell Henry Mansfield was born in Cheshire England in August of 1962. Born into the family business of farming Darrell spent most of his childhood working on the… Read More

Paul M. Bressi

Born on May 1, 1946 in Seattle Washington, Paul went to school in Seattle and graduated from Blanchet High School where he started his first job with a… Read More

Robert G. Birrell, Jr.

Robert Birrell Jr. was born in 1952 in Sharon, PA. Robert graduated from Joseph Badger High School in 1970 and from Norwood University in 1974. From an early… Read More

Val F. Reich III

Elected: March 24, 1986 Inducted: June 26, 1986 Born: December 1, 1925 Chattanooga, Tennessee Married: Irene L. Reich Children: Patty, Brownsburg, Indiana Elizabeth, Arlington, Texas Val… Read More

Stanley A. Wane II

Elected: March 24, 1986 Inducted: June 26, 1986 Born: March 27, 1923 Kensington, Melbourne Victoria, Australia Married: Josephine Wane, 1944 Children: Stanley John Wane III … Read More

Roderick T. MacKintosh

Elected: March 24, 1986 Inducted: June 26, 1986 Born: November 24, 1947 Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa Married: Paula Marilyn Norton, 1970 Children: Kevin, Ross & Dale … Read More

Robert L. Freeman

Elected: March 24, 1986 Inducted: June 26, 1986 Born: July 25, 1924, Copperhill, Tennessee Married: Elizabeth Williams, Chattanooga, Tennessee - 1945 Children: Robert Alan Freeman Roger Steven… Read More

Phillip A. Kenny

Elected: March 24, 1986 Inducted: June 26, 1986 Born: June 13, 1930 Melbourne, Australia Married: Olga Marlene, June 1, 1960 Children: Edward Peter History: … Read More

H. Olov Ekengard

Elected: March 24, 1986 Inducted: June 26, 1986 Born: May 8, 1925 Married: Ma. Hilda Arrambide de Cortez Children: Hilda, Sonia, Bernabé, Alejandro – Monterrey, Mexico History: … Read More