The USHA Hall of Fame

The U. S. Handball Association established its hall of fame in 1954. There are two categories of inductees: players and contributors.

To be inducted, a player must be over 40 years of age and retired from serious competition for at least five years. Contributors are honored for outstanding service to the game on the national level.

The hall of fame is located in the USHA’s national headquarters in Tucson, Arizona. In addition to plaques honoring the inductees, it contains photographs, plaques, medals, trophies, and other memorabilia, as well as a library that includes tournament and instructional videos along with books. A Wall of Champions list winners of national one-, three-, and four-wall tournaments. Gather even more updates from the USHA Website, HERE>

Hall of Fame Players:

Al Banuet, 1954
Joe Platak, 1954
Sam Atcheson, 1955
Maynard Laswell, 1955
Vic Hershkowitz, 1957
George Quam, 1959
Angelo Trulio, 1959
Frank Coyle, 1961
Gus Lewis, 1961
Robert Brady, 1965
Ken Schneider, 1965
George Brotemarkle, 1969
Jim Jacobs, 1972
Oscar Obert, 1972
John Sloan, 1976
Paul Haber, 1983
Marty Decatur, 1984
Sam Haber, 1984
Steve Sandler, 1985
Pat Kirby, 1986
Ruby Obert, 1987
Phil Collins, 1989
Lou Russo, 1990
Walter Plekan, 1991
Fred Lewis, 1993
Stuffy Singer, 1994
Rosemary Bellini, 1996
Dennis Hofflander, 1996
Naty Alvarado, 1998
Carl Obert, 1999
Bill Yambrick, 2000
Vern Roberts, 2002
Howie Eisenberg, 2003
Artie Reyer, 2003
Al Torres, 2004
Joel Wisotsky, 2004
Ken Davidoff, 2005
Wally Ulbrich, 2006
Joe Danilczyk, 2008
Dave Dohman, 2009
LeaAnn Martin, 2010
Steve August, 2011
Albert Apuzzi, 2011
Joe Durso, 2012
John Bike Jr., 2012
Anna Calderon, 2014
Mark Levine, 2014
Allison Roberts, 2014
Anna Engele Christoff, 2015
Sheila Maroshick, 2015
Harry Goldstein, 2015
Morty Alexander, 2015
Sy Alexander, 2015
Ed Maisonet, 2016
Moey Orenstein, 2017

Hall of Fame Contributors:

Frank Garbutt, 1955
Bob Kendler, 1957
Charles O’Connell, 1957
Al Schaufelberger, 1959
Les Shumate, 1961
Joe Shane, 1963
Hymen Goldstein, 1964
George Lee, 1965
George Brotemarkle, 1969
Bob Davidson, 1973
Mort Leve, 1976
Joe Ardito, 1979
Steve Subak, 1985
Pete Tyson, 1987
Mike Dau, 1988
Ken Konkol, 1989
Carl Porter 1995
Alvis Grant 1995
Ron Emberg 1995
Bob Peters, 1997
Joe McDonald, 2001
Tommy Burnett, 2005
Dr. John Aronen, 2009
Bob Hickman, 2011
Paul Williams, 2014

R.W. Kendler Award Recipients

Morris Levitsky, 1991
Don Quinlan, 1992
Tony Huante, 1993
Mickey Blechman, 1994
Jack Gordon, 1994
Ralph Weil, 1994
Charles Mazzone, 1996
Tom Sove, 1998
Marty Singer, 1999
Tom Easterling, 2001
Charlie & Joan Wicker, 2004
Sol Aber, 2005
George Miller, 2005
Al Bostrom, 2008
Paul Williams, 2009
Gary Cruz, 2009
Pete Overeem, 2009
Chuck Reeve, 2010
Bill Kennedy, 2010
Donn “Curly” Carswell, 2016
Tom Gilbert, 2016