Charlie Brumfield: King of Racquetball 22-Time National and World Champion By Steve bo Keeley Free Man Publishing Co. Published 2013 by Free Man Publishing Co. Charlie Brumfield: King of Racquetball Copyright 2013 by Steven ‘Bo’ Keeley. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission of the author, except for brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Available via Amazon.com and other bookstores. For reviews, permissions, large orders, and other inquiries, please contact us at:
[email protected]. Printed in the United States of America The only authorized biography of Charlie Brum field. CREDITS Cover photo: 1975 Las Vegas Tropicana Nationals photo by Davey Bledsoe. Editors: Janet Murphy, Brian Wright, Jamie Lawson, and Mike Anguille. Dedication This biography is dedicated to Charlie Brumfield’s three coaches: Carl Loveday, Bud Muehleisen, and Chuck Hanna. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them. — William Shakespeare Charlie Brumfield: King of Racquetball—Testimonials The ‘Holder’ was a multiple national champion in racquetball, paddleball and outdoors in both singles and doubles. Charlie Brumfield is the greatest rackets players ever! – Marty Hogan, Six-Time World Champion Joe Sobek may have invented racquetball, but Charlie Brumfield perfected it! This book tells it. – Pro Jim Spittle Wonderful Reading! – Charlie Brumfield Outspoken, brash, entertaining. Brum knew for the game to grow it had to be a spectacle and he never disappointed. Watching him maneuver ‘within’ the rules was always something to which I was tuned in, as it ultimately became my job to enforce those rules.