Joel Pritchard

Joel McFee Pritchard (May 5, 1925 – October 9, 1997) was an American businessman and politician. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Washington as a member of the Republican Party. He was nicknamed the Father of Pickleball, as he invented the sport in 1965, along with two friends. He was added to the Pickleball Hall of Fame in 2017.

He died on October 9, 1997 in Olympia, Washington, because of lymphoma.

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