Albert Apuzzi
Albert Apuzzi Induction: 2002* *Albert Apuzzi was inducted into the Handball Hall of Fame in 2002. Not a fan of fanfare and still trying to compete at the Open level, Apuzzi asked to hold off...
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Gus Lewis
Gus Lewis, 1918-1998 Induction: 1961 1947 Four-Wall Singles Champion 1948 Four-Wall Singles Champion 1949 Four-Wall Doubles Champion 1954 Three-Wall Doubles Champion 1955 Three-Wall Doubles Champion Lewis took advantage of his background as an acrobatic...
Frank Coyle
Frank Coyle Induction: 1961 1938 Four-Wall Doubles Champion 1939 Four-Wall Doubles Champion 1941 Four-Wall Doubles Champion 1944 Four-Wall Singles Champion 1946 Four-Wall Doubles Champion 1950 Four-Wall Doubles Champion 1951 Four-Wall Doubles Champion 1951 Three-Wall Doubles...
Angelo Trulio
Angelo Trulio Induction: 1959 1932 Four-Wall Singles Champion 1932 Four-Wall Doubles Champion 1946 Four-Wall Singles Champion Angelo Trulio gave as much of himself to handball as anyone associated with the game…as a player, contributor and...
George Quam
George Quam Induction: 1959 George was told to forget about handball, because it was strictly a two-handed game. Quam determinedly learned the game and went on to win an exhibition over Baltimore’s George Nelson in...
Joe Danilczyk
USHA Hall of Fame Induction: 2008 Joe Danilczyk’s main arsenal was a hopping two-way hook serve. He could also mix in deadly kills, a round-house opposite left punch along with crafty placement. He won his...
Vic Hershkowitz
USHA Hall of Fame Induction: 1957 Hershkowitz is considered by most historians as the greatest all-around player in handball history. No other player has ever so thoroughly dominated one-, three-, and four-wall handball competition. It...
Maynard Laswell
USHA Hall of Fame Induction: 1955 The first multiple winner of the national handball title was Maynard Laswell of the Los Angeles Athletic Club. The champion had one of the greatest underhand back-wall drives in...
Sam Atcheson
Sam Atcheson USHA Hall of Fame Induction: 1955 Sam Atcheson won the four-wall National Open singles title in 1933 and 1934. In 1945, at the age of 43, he added the Open doubles title with...
Joe Platak
USHA Hall of Fame Induction: 1954 The record book shows that Platak, representing Chicago’s Lake Shore Club, won seven national four-wall singles championships in a row, added two more after Navy service in World War...
Shiela Maroshick
By Dan Flickstein On November 22, 2015 Sheila Maroshick, brilliant one-wall singles star from 1949-1964, was officially inducted into the USHA Hall of Fame in Brooklyn at Chadwick’s...
Al Banuet
Al Banuet USHA Hall of Fame Induction: 1954 Whenever there is talk of the all-time best, Al Banuet is mentioned. He won three consecutive titles, in 1929 (at the age of 19), 1930 and 1931....