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Established 1988 — roster as the club's own hall page stood, 10 November 2026
The hall: The Fort Wayne Komets' Hall of Fame, established in 1988, honours the club in three sections — Executive Builders, Team Personnel and Media — and lives with the club at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. Its arithmetic, kept by the club itself, runs: 46 members after the Class of 2017, when Colin Chaulk and Al Sims were inducted automatically on the retirement of their numbers; 51 after the Class of 2018; and 53 on the hall's own page as it stood when read for this record on 10 November 2026. A further induction was announced for the club's seventy-fifth-anniversary weekend, at the game of Sunday 15 November 2026, the inductees to be announced — announced, not yet named, as this record closes. The club also retires numbers, a separate honour that overlaps the hall without being it.
Executive Builders (14): Ken Ullyot (general manager, coach, owner 1958–1982); Colin Lister (business manager, owner 1959–1985); Don Myers (general manager, Memorial Coliseum); Ramon Perry (owner 1952); Ernie Berg (owner 1952); Harold Van Orman (owner 1952); Earl Stritmatter (off-ice official 1952–2003); Dick Zimmerman (off-ice official and statistician 1958–1990); Flossie Zimmerman (office assistant 1966–1990); Win Rood (supervisor of minor officials 1969–2015); Ken Roehrs (official scorer and minor official, from 1969; Class of 2017); Don Detter (statistician 1980–2020; Class of 2017); Ted Rolf (statistician 1982–2020; Class of 2017); Ruth Wiegmann ("Komet Mom" and office assistant; Class of 2018).
Media (9): Bob Reed (Journal Gazette); Carl Wiegman (Journal Gazette); Bud Gallmeier (News-Sentinel); Hilliard Gates (WKJG; inducted 6 March 2002); Bob Chase (WOWO; inducted 8 March 2003, per the hall's own page); Dick DeFay (WKJG; inducted 28 March 2004); Dean Pantazi (WPTA; inducted 10 March 2018); Kent Hormann (WKJG and WPTA; inducted 10 March 2018); Mike "Doc" Emrick (inducted 7 March 2020).
Team Personnel (30): Eddie Long (1952–1966); Len Thornson (1957–1970); Terry Pembroke (1964–1978); Robbie Irons (1967–1981); Chuck Adamson (1962–1967); Merv Dubchak (1963–1970); Reggie Primeau; Lionel Repka; George Drysdale (1952–1955; inducted 2002); Roger Maisonneuve (1957–1966; 2002); George Polinuk (1955–1961; 2002); Cal Purinton (1963–1973; 2002); Norm Waslawski (1958–1969; 2002); John Goodwin (1961–1969; 2002); Ted Wright (1962–1970; 2002); Rob Laird (1974–1989; 2002); Marc Boileau (player-coach 1970–1974; inducted 2004); Bobby Rivard (1962–1966, 1974–75; 2004); Colin Chin (1986–1996; inducted 2007); Steve Fletcher (1982–83, 1990–2002; 2007); Terry McDougall (1975–1982; 2007); Guy Dupuis (1991–2011; inducted 2011); Nick Boucher (2007–2012; inducted 2013); Colin Chaulk (2002–2013; inducted 2017); Al Sims (coach 1989–1993, 2007–2013; inducted 2017); Carey Lucyk (1987–1995; inducted 2017); Dale Baldwin (1980–1987; 2017); Jim Burton (1981–1990; inducted 2018); Ron Leef (1981–1987; 2018); Kaleigh Schrock (2009–2015; inducted 2020).
Sources:
- Fort Wayne Komets, the club's Hall of Fame page (komets.com/hof), read 10 November 2026 — the sections, the roster and the induction dates as the hall itself gives them.
- Fort Wayne Komets club releases — the membership counts of 46 (Class of 2017) and 51 (Class of 2018), and the announcement of the 15 November 2026 induction (club news, 9 November 2026).