Re(1): Jai Alai Hall of Fame Posted on October 13, 2025 at 05:00:55 PM by Jesus
Thanks for sharing big Fan. Just wanted to say this is my very own limited list of people I thought could be part of a Hall of Fame of jai alai, NOT implying at all they ALL should be, or that those are the only ones. I did it to get a conversation going and get suggestions, preferably with information to back it up cause I only knew Miami Jai Alai players back in the days, Some one said Jandro for example and I really had no idea who he is, so I need info.
I'll copy and paste my FB post:
JAI ALAI HALL OF FAME- Ok, it's time to honor some of these great athletes, and I'll start. No, I have not forgotten anyone, this is just a small sample of my own preference to get the conversation started, and I am fully aware that there are hundreds other pelotaris which deserve a hall of fame, so we need a panel of people to organize criterias and get them recognized. My own criteria here is they must be inactive, retired and this is just for traditional long court jai alai. I spent hours and days researching for players info, which is practically non-existant, but found some information on players who were consistently in tournaments, at the top of their fronton in statistics and who were consistently mentioned as some of the greatest players. (thanks for questions 5-7 of Mark Gallo's spectacular 7 questions 😉 Also didn't include some because I couldn't find a damned picture ANYWHERE. I suggest some people with extensive jai alai experience form a panel and do this, I would suggest Juan Ignazio Zulaika, Luis Argote who I'm sure must know some very knowledgeable jai alai people, and on our side Benny Bueno, Stu Neiman, announcers Dave Lammont and David Lemmon, Marty Fleischman? Come on guys, this needs to happen before they make a pickleball Hall of fame. Ideas? C'mon gimme some names and why they could be in a hall of fame.
SALÓN DE LA FAMA DEL JAI ALAI: Bueno, es hora de honrar a algunos de estos grandes atletas, y yo empiezo. No, no me he olvidado de nadie; esto es solo una pequeña muestra de mis preferencias para iniciar la conversación, y estoy plenamente consciente de que hay cientos de pelotaris más que merecen un salón de la fama, así que necesitamos un panel de personas que organice los criterios y consiga su reconocimiento. Mi propio criterio es que deben estar inactivos, retirados, y esto es solo para el jai alai tradicional en cancha larga. Pasé horas y días buscando información sobre los jugadores, que es prácticamente inexistente, pero encontré información sobre jugadores que participaban regularmente en torneos, que estaban en lo más alto de las estadísticas de su frontón y que eran mencionados constantemente como algunos de los mejores jugadores. (Gracias por las preguntas 5 a 7 de las espectaculares 7 preguntas de Mark Gallo 😉. Tampoco incluí algunas porque no pude encontrar ni una maldita foto por ningún lado. Sugiero que algunas personas con amplia experiencia en jai alai formen un panel y lo hagan. Sugiero a Juan Ignazio Zulaika, Luis Argote, quien seguro conoce a gente muy experta en jai alai, y por nuestra parte a Benny Bueno, Stu Neiman, los locutores Dave Lammont y David Lemmon, ¿Marty Fleischman? ¡Vamos, chicos! Esto tiene que suceder antes de que lleguen al Salón de la Fama del Pickleball. ¿Ideas? ¡Denme algunos nombres y por qué podrían estar en el Salón de la Fama! Replies:
Tiger's Jai-Alai Chalk Talk
Also didn't include some because I couldn't find a damned picture ANYWHERE. I suggest some people with extensive jai alai experience form a panel and do this, I would suggest Juan Ignazio Zulaika, Luis Argote who I'm sure must know some very knowledgeable jai alai people, and on our side Benny Bueno, Stu Neiman, announcers Dave Lammont and David Lemmon, Marty Fleischman? Come on guys, this needs to happen before they make a pickleball Hall of fame. Ideas? C'mon gimme some names and why they could be in a hall of fame.