Norm Mallonee
April 8, 1927-

A MAN INVOLVED
Norm Mallonee enlisted in the navy on his 17 birthday, served four years in
Word War lI and again in the Korean War. He joined organized archery in 1950, became a member of Diablo Bowmen in 1959 and is still an honorary member. In 1961 he joined Roving Archers of Richmond and in 1963 served as President until he opened his archery shop, The Bow Rack, that year. He was a member of Professional Archers Association and is still a member of the NFAA Professional Archers. Norm assisted in founding Albany Target Archers in 1965, which later merged with Briones Archers. In 1971 he moved The Bow Rack to San Pablo where he has 16 indoor lanes. In 1975 he started the California Archery Businessmen's Association and Chaired the association until 1979.

He created the first Blue Book of Archery for used bow trade-in. For one year he was advisor for the California Big Game Club and is still a regular member. As a member of Safari Club International he served as board member of his local chapter for one year. In 1985 he started Golden Archers and has been the President ever since. Norm has been a board member of Archery Lane Operators Association and helped organize the Archery Range and Retail Association, a nation wide dealer buying group, and has been a charter board member and treasurer since 1981. He has also served as a committee member on the board of the California Archery Hall of Fame for nearly twenty years, serving as its Chairman for several terms.

For seven years Norm taught archery at City College of San Francisco where he increased student participation to two hundred student archers. He hosted a state championship on campus one year and became coach of the year three times. In 1979 He was voted National College Coach of the year.

He has organized many benefit shoots for the March of Dimes and Children's Hospital, a yearly event. He can be counted on to promote archery with shooting and displays at many sports shows. He has been a guest speaker at community luncheons for lodges and other organizations where he also offered exhibition shooting. Norm has also been an active tournament shooter throughout the nation and has a strong winning record. One of the highlights of his hunting career was hunting in Alaska with the legendary Fred Bear. He has three animals in the top ten in the Safari Club International Record Book,


Since 1991 Norm has been writing a monthly product evaluation column for the NFAA ARCHERY magazine and is a contributing editor for US ARCHER.

Norm Mallonee- a man involved in all aspects of archery.

Inducted 2000