Posted on by Daniel Sullivan

VERN BURTON: FAMOUS FOR BADMINTON

1956: Hungarian Revolution / Suez Crisis

1962: Cuban Missile Crisis

1973: Yom Kippur War

1979: Iranian Hostage Crisis, second oil shock of the 70’s

1981: Reagan Assassination

2019: BOBLIMPTOCK-1

2023: HEART of BOBLIMPTOCK

“Badminton has a rich history in the United States. The first badminton club in this country, the Badminton Club of New York, was formed in 1878 and became a weekend meeting place for New York’s society leaders.”

  1. Most of the links will be to Peninsula Daily News (local PAY WALL news).
  2. Or the links are to the CENTER, the building.
  3. It took some digging to find anything concrete about the GUY that made Port Angeles a MECCA for Badminton.

1973, Port Angeles Man of the Year … weird so few know who this guy is/was. Same year he retires, same year of the Yom Kippur War … random.

BEST PHOTO I COULD FIND for MR FAMOUS BADMINTON:

VERN BURTON: https://www.worldbadminton.com/museum/USA/People/VernBurton/

VERN BURTON CENTER: https://www.cityofpa.us/facilities/facility/details/vernburtoncommunitycenter-26

NOT Vern Burton: https://www.vernburton.com/about/

History of Badminton: https://www.mbbadmintonclub.com/wp-content/uploads/History-of-Badminton-USA-1.pdf

MUNICH 1972: https://usabadminton.org/about/history/#:~:text=Though%20there%20was%20a%20drop%20in%20U.S.%20badminton%20popularity%2C%20the%20sport%20was%20demonstrated%20at%20the%201972%20Olympics%20Games%20in%20Munich.

Also, 1972: https://www.britannica.com/event/Munich-Massacre

Do this:

  1. Open up a browser.
  2. Go into “incognito” mode.
  3. Type in (with double quotes around it) “Vern Burton Badminton” … see what the results are.
  4. Then just type Vern Burton Port Angeles: tell me, what do you see more of? – the “center” or the person?

LINK: https://usabadminton.org/

BADMINTON A SPOOK TRAINING HANGOUT?: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/11/2/35