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Remembering the
Professional Archers Association
First PAA trial tournament in 1961 in
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Back row: Jack Witt, Ann Clark, Willie Burns, Carl
Heinrich, Bob Rhode, Sylvester Chessman, George Gardner and Karl
Palmatier.
Middle row: Ann Clark: Bob Pender, Bill Partin, Jack Clark and Gene Ellis.
Setting front row: Margaret Tillberry, Jane
Waite, Carol Meinhart.
Thank you to Les Brown for supplying the above names
Steve Robinson, Jim
Miller, Vic Berger and Bill Harris at 1969
tournament event.
Familiar
site on the shooting line
Chuck Jordan
 
Tournament site in the 1970's
Bill Bednar takes aim
 
Bob Rhode, First PAA President
Ed Rohde
NFAA President, Pat
Wingfield and PAA President, Dave Staples discuss national event, 1970's
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Take a walk
through history with us as we rediscover the Professional Archers
Association.
The Beginning....
The Professional Archers Association was formed in
1961 by a group of prominent archers who were able to recognize the need
for an administrative body to manage and direct the future of the
professional aspects of the sport of archery. The first formal
"Tour" was established in 1963 with a total of ten events with purses
totaling $20,000.
At one time the PAA sanctioned and managed most
archery competitions offering cash purses held in the United States,
trained and certified professional coaches and actively promoted the
professional aspects of the sport to the general public.
 
Tournament
Director, Les Brown and Promotional Director, Diane Miller
during PAA Championship in Graying, Michigan in 1972
The first decade of PAA Champions 1963 - 1974 dominated by
Bednar, Berger, Butz and Tillberry
1963 - Daytona Beach
Florida - Bill Bednar - Margaret Tillberry
1964 - Irish Hills,
Michigan - Bill Partin - Margaret Tillberry
1965 - Irish Hills, Michigan - Bill Bednar - Margaret Tillberry
1966- Point Pleasant,
W. Virginia - Bill Bednar - Marie Stotts
1967- Pasadena, Calif.
- Victor Berger - Evelyn Goodrich
1968- Canton, Ohio-
Steve Robinson - Gwen Learn
1969- Flint, Michigan - Victor Berger - Ann Butz
1971- Grayling,
Michigan - Jim Riley, Jr. - Ann Butz
1972- Grayling,
Michigan - Victor Berger - Ann Butz
1973- Grayling,
Michigan - Sherm Winter - Ann Butz
1974- Pinehurst, NC -
Frank Gandy - Ann Butz
 
Top: Ann Butz and Victor Berger, Bottom: left:
Margaret Tillberry, right: Evelyn Goodrich
Photos by Diane Miller
 Gwen
and Lee Learn, Pittsburgh, PA - 1964
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