“On the left is Craig McCoy while Don Thomas is finishing a backhand. I believe this picture is iconic because both of these great professionals were beloved by all. Unfortunately, they both passed away at an early age. In my opinion, this great of a picture of them playing together will go down in history as an iconic photograph.”-Randy Stafford
“Taken in the 70’s, Bud Leach pictured with his airplane which advertised his name/brand. Bud started the famed company Leach Industries.”-Randy Stafford
“This shot has to go in the Iconic area. Art Shay immortalized Marty Hogan and Charlie Brumfield in this photo. Marty is hitting a power shot against Brumfield; you can see the intensity between these rivals. You can just feel Marty’s power and Charlie’s expression as he is charting out his next move. Marty changed the sport forever with his power racquetball, and Charlie was the game’s greatest player that combined ability, strategy, and attacking his opponent’s mind during play.”-Randy Stafford
“In this historic photo the player on the left with the large grin is everyone’s mentor, world badminton champion, Carl Loveday. Next is Doc Chuck Hannah, the racquetball physician to all the early pros. Brumfield is in the center, and then Muehleisen, and an ‘A’ badminton and racquet player named Al Chamberlin. These are the five founding members of the single court PPA that was the midwife of racquetball. “-Bo Keeley
“When Art Shay snapped Jerry Hilecher flying across the court in horizontal flight it accomplished two things. First, it put racquetball on the map. Many people outside of racquetball now recognized the sport because the photo received national acclaim. Second, it was another stamp in Art Shay’s portfolio and proved yet again that he was a truly great photographer. Catching Jerry flying through the air is in itself remarkable, but to also capture the ball in flight heading to a rollout is taking photography to another level.”-Randy Stafford
“This shot has to go in the Iconic area. Art Shay immortalized Marty Hogan and Charlie Brumfield in this photo. Marty is hitting a power shot against Brumfield; you can see the intensity between these rivals. You can just feel Marty’s power and Charlie’s expression as he is charting out his next move. Marty changed the sport forever with his power racquetball, and Charlie was the game’s greatest player that combined ability, strategy, and attacking his opponent’s mind during play.”-Randy Stafford
“On the left is Craig McCoy while Don Thomas is finishing a backhand. I believe this picture is iconic because both of these great professionals were beloved by all. Unfortunately, they both passed away at an early age. In my opinion, this great of a picture of them playing together will go down in history as an iconic photograph.”-Randy Stafford
“This iconic photograph shows our two champions, Charlie Brumfield and Bill Schmidkie in the early 70’s. This picture in color is the cover for the first book ever written on racquetball, Inside Racquetball by Chuck Leve. This photograph, along with most of the others, was taken by recently inducted Hall of Famer, Ary Shay of Chicago. Art was so far ahead of his time, catching a shot like this with the ball in flight.”-Randy Stafford
