Awinner of more than 100 international
or national racquetball titles and six
United States National Championships
during his dominating 14-year professional
career, Marty Hogan was ranked
either number one or two in the world
from 1976 to 1990.
Hogan won the U.S. National
Championship five consecutive times
from 1978 to 1982 and again in 1986. He
was runner-up in 1976, 1977, and from
1983 to 1985. From 1978 to 1981, he
reached the finals of 62 consecutive
tournaments, winning 56 of them.
The St. Louis-born, San Diegoraised
Hogan revolutionized the sport
of racquetball, changing it from a control
game into a power game. He is an
athlete who, competitors say, was able
to jump both horizontally and vertically
at the same time, while driving a ball
as fast as 142 miles per hour.
Marty turned pro in 1975 and became
racquetball’s first millionaire. In
1989, he captured his final national racquetball
title and retired the following
year. At the time of his retirement, he
was the sport’s all-time leading money
winner. National Racquetball Magazine ranks Marty the number one player of
all time. |