It's been called the fastest growing sport in the country. Some say pickleball's recent success can be attributed to one Illinois man.
resident, Seymour Rifkind, was among five people inducted into the 2023 Pickleball Hall of Fame. Rif started the first professional teaching organization in the sport of pickleball, IPTPA back in 2015.
In 2017, Rif founded the Pickleball Hall of Fame as he and several other colleagues recognized that many of the greatest players and contributors going back to 1965, when the game was invented. The World Pickleball Federation WPF was also founded by Rif just year later, his third not-for-profit corporation in the name of the sport he loves. The awards dinner and induction ceremony will take place Nov. 9 in Plano, Texas, in conjunction with the USA Pickleball National Championships.
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