LAWRENCE A. "LARRY" HUGHES

190 4-1970

CHAMPION ARCHER

Born in Portland, Oregon, Larry moved to Burbank, California in 1929 to work for one of the major movie studios. He started shooting a bow in 1933 in his back yard.

Basically a "target" archer, Larry shot the typical archery equipment of the day, a long bow, no sights, holding the arrow split finger and anchoring under the chin. Larry perfected a "point of aim" method of shooting which he used through out his archery career. An article published in 1948 stated Larry shot "Easton bows and arrows" exclusively.

Larry set the following records:

1935-Single York, 851. Double York, 1658. Single American, 724.
Double American, 1426. York-American, 1575. Double York-American, 3084.

1941-American Round 268 of a possible 270 with 29 of a possible
30 golds. A clout record of 286 which stood until 1948.

National Target Archery Champion in 1941 and 1948. Larry also won numerous local and mail match tournaments both with the NAA and NFAA. Between 1935 and 1950, Larry Hughes won eight California State Target Championships.

From 1936 through 1944, Larry Hughes was ranked number one on the "100 leading archers in the U.S." list. Number six in 1945, number four in 1946, fourth in 1947, second in 1948 and third in 1949.

In 1938 Larry made a 16mm film, "Archery With Larry Hughs" covering the basics of archery. Many articles were published about Larry Hughs in Archery publications of the day. The February 1942 issue of "American Bowman Review" showed a picture of Larry Hughes and Howard Hill shooting a field round together on the Pasadena Roving Archers range, the caption called them "The two greatest: archers of all time". Even though he was considered a great competitor, Larry never failed to give pointers when asked. He stressed confidence, concentration, co-ordination and practice.

Larry Hughes--A competitive Champion

Inducted 1992