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Paddle Fashionistas, 70s style

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This entry was posted on February 15, 2014 by IT APTA.

Paddle People: Mixed Doubles Champions 1975-76 – DeBree and Fitz Gibbon

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This entry was posted on February 15, 2014 by IT APTA.

Squires had lead the way but now books on how to play the game were beginning to proliferate

Bob Callaway & Michael Hughes, Jay Iseman, George Sullivan, Doug Russell and Ernest Chu, Bill Ballard & Jim Hevener all had book published

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This entry was posted on February 12, 2014 by IT APTA.

Graebner/Russell win the second Passport Scotch Grand Prix tournament of the 1978/79 season in Chicago. Grand Prix standings and prize money through 12/11/1978

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This entry was posted on February 12, 2014 by IT APTA.

Bob Callaway opens the first commercial platform tennis facility in Norwalk, CT

An article in the magazine Paddle World by Bob Callaway covered his experiences in opening the center

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This entry was posted on February 12, 2014 by IT APTA.

The Baird “Boys” – compared to the other top player they were, and they were contenders

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This entry was posted on February 11, 2014 by IT APTA.

San Diego to Host Paddle World Series – $25,000 purse. First of a kind for the West Coast

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This entry was posted on February 11, 2014 by IT APTA.

Pro-Keds Classic to be at Burlington House plaze in Manhattan. Another Dick Squires promotional event

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Source: Paddle World Vol. 1, No. 5, Fall 1976

This entry was posted on February 11, 2014 by IT APTA.

Tribuno Men’s & Women’s Tour schedule announced – $75,000 in prize money

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This entry was posted on February 11, 2014 by IT APTA.

Coca-Cola sponsors the Tribuno Men’s Tour with a purse of $40,000

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This entry was posted on February 10, 2014 by IT APTA.

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