Sunday Stats: Alvarado Wins His 9th from the 1987 Washington Post

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The WPH has proudly presented the WPH Sunday Stats since the start of 2020, highlighting the Race 4 Eight’s and Icebreaker’s greatest champions and stats, longest winning streaks, greatest accomplishments, tournament directors, nicknames, obscure stats, handball’s origins and history, handball champions featured in national publications, and so much more.

This Sunday we’ll revisit the June 28, 1987 Washington Post Alvarado Wins 9^th Handball Title article (HERE).

Naty Alvarado, Sr. trailed Vern Roberts 10-21, 3-8 in the 1987 USHA Four Wall National Singles Final in Baltimore, MD, as “El Gato” was seeking to tie Joe Platek with nine overall titles.

“I kept thinking of Platek’s record,” Alvarado said. “I tried not to, because it made it hard for me to concentrate.”

Could Alvarado rally from the 10-21, 3-8 deficit? Find out in the Washington Post’s Alvarado Wins 9^th Handball Title article (HERE).

David Fink

WPH Historian