Print, Photographic

Photograph

Shanaman Sports Museum

Gordy Pfeifer and Jimmy Jacobs

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

0107.04L

Description

Gordy Pfeifer plays against Jimmy Jacobs in a handball match in 1970 national championships at the L.A. Athletic Club in Los Angeles, California. Pfeifer was an accomplished handball player in the Pacific Northwest. The University of Puget Sound Hall of Fame athlete — he played basketball, baseball and golf — won 15 world, national or professional handball titles including consecutive United States Handball Singles Championships in 1971-72. Pfeifer was named the Pierce County Athlete of the Year in 1971 and was a Seattle Post-Intelligencer Man of the Year nominee in 1972. Pfeifer also authored A Lifetime Reference Guidebook to Handball and Racquetball in 1975. He was inducted into the Washington State Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.

Made/Created

Date made

1970

Place

Location

Los Angeles Athetlic Club

Lexicon

Search Terms

Handball, Recreationl

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Jacobs, Jimmy

Person or Organization

Pfeifer, Gordy

Person or Organization

handball

Person or Organization

University of Puget Sound Hall of Fame

Person or Organization

L.A. Athletic Club

Person or Organization

United States Handball Championships

Person or Organization

Pierce County

Person or Organization

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Person or Organization

Washington State Sports Hall of Fame

Related Events

Event

1970 National Handball Competition