John Kirkland PDGA #100
- Disc Athlete of the 70s
- Won Octad-1st Overall event-1974
- Won WFC Overall 74 * Won 1st Florida Overall event-1975
- 1st to win Frisbee disc golf World title on baskets-76
- PDGA MP70 World Champion-2016
- Toured with the Harlem Globetrotters & appeared in Sports Illustrated magazine. 74-75
- Double Disc Court MPO World Titles: 01, 05, 10
World Records:
- TRC-74, 76
- MTA-74, 81
- Distance-74, 78
- D-75+-2023
1974: Won the 1st Overall tourney-‘The Octad’, with new TRC & MTA World Records.
Won distance and set WR @ 336′.at the WFC.
Toured with Harlem Globetrotters and appeared in Sports Illustrated mag.
1975: Won 1st Florida States (overall)
1976: Won MTA & Frisbee Golf World titles. (1st World title on Pole Holes) and new TRC record.
1977: Won Accuracy and Overall at the WFC Rose Bowl.
1978: New Distance record. 444′ with a Wham-o 40 mold.
1979: Voted Disc Athlete of the 70s
1980: Inducted into the Frisbee HoF.
1981: Set new MTA World Record. Retired from disc sports.
1995: Unretired.
2001, 2005, 2010: Double Disc Court World Champion.
2016: Inducted into Freestyle Frisbee HoF’s Pioneer Class. PDGA MP70 World Champion. Retired (again)
2023: 75+ Distance World Record. 391′.