The National Auto Auction Association has formed a G.O.A.T. Society to bring together a nucleus of the organization’s “Greatest of All Time.” All past presidents, Hall of Fame inductees, and Industry Pioneer award recipients comprise the new group’s membership. An NAAA GOAT is someone who broke new ground in technique, subject matter, or ideas, had popular appeal and a lasting impact on auto auction culture and represented the greatest work of the association’s most respected members and colleagues. The G.O.A.T.s embody NAAA’s core values, and they serve as the spirit of the association. The Society’s mission is to never forget those who have gone before us and to share in fellowship with those who are still amongst us as a reminder of their role in making this association what it is today.

President Hall of Fame Pioneer Tom Adams, Sr   1975   Tom Adams, Jr.   1992   Arnie Addison 1995     Clo Angelicchio     2006 Dave Angelicchio 2010 2017   Timothy E. Anspach 1957 & 1958 1970   Bob August   1995   Chad Bailey 2019     Jeff Barber     2019 O.B. Batten 1976     Thomas W. Beasley 1959 1976 1998 Frank Brasher 1973 1987   Larry F. Brasher 1989 2005 2017 Joseph C. Briley 1961     Mike Browning 2016     Tom Bruce   1985 2004 Bob Burnett   1999   Jay Cadigan 2011 2015   David Cape   1988   Tom Caruso 2006 2012   Darryll Ceccoli   1998   Jack Charlesworth 1984 1968   J.C. Clanton, Jr. 1966 1981   Warren Clauss 2018     Frank B. Clement   1970   Nicholas P. Cocoves   1979   Jimmy Compton 2003     Jimmy Cotton     2003 W.J. Cotton     2010 E. Leroy Cox 1970     Tom Cross   2018   Tom Cunningham   1995   T. Lynn Davis 1972     Steve DeMedicis   2010   Jim DesRochers 2005   2018 Don DeVries 1999 2006   Williard Dinkel     2007 C.B. Drake 1948-1951     Leona T. Drake   1984   Norman F. Early   1978   Jimmy Franks 1971   2003 Charles W. French   1981   Sydney Friedlander   1978   Sam Gelt 1979 1986 1998 Bob Gentle 1981     Chet Goins     2008 Sam Goodman 1953     Burt Greenwood   2001   Frank Grochal   1983   Frank Hackett   2021   Jim Hallett   2019 2008 Bernard Hart   1988   Ruth Hart-Stephens 1994 2002   Larry Hedrick 1992 2004   Jeff Heichel   2007   Harold C. Henry 1960 1973   Esther Hershey     1998 Jacob B. Hershey, Sr.   1996   Jake Hershey     2012 Frank Hildreth 1980 1990   Clyde Hillwig   1989   Jerry Hinton 2017     Mike Hockett     2009 Steven Houston   2008   Bob Howe 1986     Stan Hoynitski     2006 Garrison Hudkins 2023     Alexis Jacobs 1995 2014 2011 Ellie Johnson 2015 2019   Elmo L. Joseph   1971   Dan Kennedy   2011   Jack Kesler     2013 Jacqueline Kesler     2013 Harvey Klein     2001 Tom Knivial   2000   Gregg Kobel 2007   2015 Martin A. Kottler   1980   Dennis A. Kuhn   1972   J. Omar Landis 1990 1999		President Hall of Fame Pioneer David Langley   2005   James H. Lawrence   1986   Paul Lips 2013     Tony Long 2004     Pete Lukasiak     2005 Joe Lyng 1987 2003   Fred M. MacDougall   1972   Carl E. Marker 1955 & 1956     Virgil Matczak   1997   Paul B. McClure 1967     Martin D. McCollum   1977   Robert McConkey, Sr. 1977   1998 Robert McConkey, Jr. 2009 2018   Robert A. McDevitt   1984   Eugene McDonald   1985   Mike McHale   1991   Don Meadows     2014 Jan Merritt   1989   Woody Miller   2001   Tony Moorby   2000   William G. Morgan   1974   Betty Murray     2002 Pete Murray 1982 1989   Lin Musick 1996     Charles B. Neely   1970   Jack Neshe 2014     R. Charles Nichols 2022     Raymond Nichols 2002 2008   Kenny Osborn 2001 2013   Dave Osterhoff   1998   J.B. Patterson 1969 1980   Berta Phelps   2004   Julie Picard 2021     John Poteet     2023 Charlotte Pyle 2012 2023   Bob Rauschenberg     2016 J. Martin Rawls   1972   Jimmy Rea     2008 John Rea 2008     Melvin E. Reid 1965 1975   Mike Richardson   1991   Don Rogers 1975 1982 2000 Barry Roop 1993     Jacob H. Ruhl 1963 1974   Mercedes Ruiz   2006   Sandy Schwartz   2021   Claude M. Scoggins   1982   Paul Seger   2022   Jim Seder 1983 1993   Linda Silverstein   2009   Jim Smythe 1997     D. Wayne Snyder   1996   David B. Spielman   1979   Henry Stanley 2000 2013   Patty Stanley   2016   C.H. Van Steenberg   1969   Homer Stephens 1978     Chuck Stepter   2003   Mel H. Suhr   1987   Edward E. Sullivan   1977   King Sutton 1954     Lawrence Tarleton   1976   Laura Taylor 2020     James Terry   1990   William N. Thee   1973   Larry G. Tribble, Sr. 1964 1973   Larry G. Tribble, Jr. 1998 2007   Eugene Waldrep 1962     Bert Walker 1968     Lynn Weaver   1993   Denzil Webster 1952     Tim West   2011   Barbara Wheatley   1997   Jim Wheatley 1988 1994   Harry Whitney   1973   Ken Widmeyer   2002   R. Tony Wolfe 1991     Warren Young, Sr. 1974 1983