Pickleball is a game that came about in the early 1960s when students at the University of Washington combined elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. The word pickle comes from the game's original name, "Wallyball," a play on one of its inventors' names: William P. Berreman. The word "wally" is a synonym for a crazy person. The other inventor was Frank Huttle, whose nickname was "Hut." The term "pickle" refers to the fact that, like pickles, both can be sour but are still delicious. In 1968 it was first played outside of Seattle, Washington, in a public park in Vancouver, Washington. It became popular in the 1970s when affordable long plastic pickleball paddles with holes were invented. In the 1980s, it was popular among tennis players playing at the University of Washington a...
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