[shredxcam]

matty marshall

[Eaglesnation36]

Bob Long and Matty Marshall

[mrmike7822]

Matty Marshall for sure

[Coenen]

Some of these are tough, guys like Bob Long or the Gardner brothers might be done as players, but their influence on the industry is far from over.

Bob Gurnsey
Bob Long
Lurleen Wallace (I believe she was the first woman to play)
Tom Kaye
The Palmers
Bud Orr
Rocky Cagnoni for certain
Ed Poorman is another great choice
Danny Love
Dave Youngblood
Matty Marshal

It would be sort of nice if there was a way for players to better connect with and understand the roots of the sport. In a lot of ways paintball is sort of a sport without a history, not a lot of people know jack about paintball before the day they first played themselves.

P.S. - I'm glad I wasn't the only one to want to make a joke about Jeremy Salm.

[an asian]

keley watson =P i dont know how to spell her first name if its wrong...

[the hit man]

jim lively

[stevebski]

Originally Posted by NoelyDeezNutz

Bud Orr
Glenn and Craig Palmer
Tom Kaye
Dennis Tippmann
Mike Peverill (sp?)
Gardner Bros.
Bob Long
Bob Gurnsey
Noel Hayes
Chris Hanse
Earon Carter
Dave Youngblood

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[MyNameIsAdamBee]

suprised no one has mentiion Ron Kilbourne yet

[IPaIInTbAlL IKid]

chino carbajal

[mj2009]

Bob Long
Bud Orr
Matty Marshall

[PBSAM126]

before my time

[#vag]

Dan Colby - (The pioneer of N2 in paintball, Founder or Air America) Think about it, while in the south N2 might not have been a big deal (outside of tourneys), In Chicago and all places up north, Without N2 you couldn't play 4 months out of the year.

[MB007]

How about the original founding members of the NPPL from 1992

Without them there would be no NPPL!!!!!!!

[socal_varmet101]

Originally Posted by MyNameIsAdamBee

suprised no one has mentiion Ron Kilbourne yet

This is true, Ron did have the longest running team until the end of 2009.

Originally Posted by 818

Jeremy Salm

world cup 2002 avalanche sniping incident

[OldManPaintballer]

Originally Posted by 818

Jeremy Salm

world cup 2002 avalanche sniping incident

He will forever be remembered as the Pete Rose of Paintball.

How about our boy Chuck Hendsch?

[painter4life05]

Patrick Spohrer
I do not think anyone has said his name yet, his films have inspired many players to do things that they do to make the sport amazing.

[stevebski]

Originally Posted by #vag

Dan Colby - (The pioneer of N2 in paintball, Founder or Air America) Think about it, while in the south N2 might not have been a big deal (outside of tourneys), In Chicago and all places up north, Without N2 you couldn't play 4 months out of the year.

I thought Tom Kaye was the one who thought to use compressed air on paintball guns. Team Nitro?

[T.Scruggs]

It needs to be broken into categories

Athletes, a tough one since many of paintballs legends have don more than just play the game, they have done it all. Pretty much induct Aftershock or the OG Ironmen and call it a day for this year...

Contributors, media and behind the scenes, an easy one.

Innovators, equipment related to start, game types created etc...Richmond Italia(HE MUST BE IN) is a name that comes to mind....

Nelson Paintball should receive some sort or 'Heritage" or "Generation" award for what they have done in creating and developing paintballs.

As far as DYNASTY, Ollie, and the newer guys, they can wait there turn, players came before them, let's not forget the men and women who paved the way, so they could change the game for the better....

[LittleH8kid]

Originally Posted by Ishy_27

Matty Marshall

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[p0nif3x]

Tom Cole and Gator Glaze two of the most recognized paintball players to ever play the sport!

[pballplayr]

Ben Torricelli
Wayne Dollack