Tony Wuehle Collection (MS-00522)

Edwin "Tony" Wuehle (b. 1925) was an educator and superintendent of schools in Illinois and Michigan, and later the president of Bay de Noc Community College in Michigan. The son of a Lutheran minister, Wuehle found fascination with poker playing early on and throughout his adult life he played poker, organized home and club games, and wrote about the game's history. He founded and served as president for the International Home and Private Poker Player's Association (IH3PA), an organization that, at its peak, had approximately 400 members. An avid organizer of home poker tournaments, Wuehle was cited in 1985 for organizing a poker fundraiser in Escanaba, Michigan. Under the pseudonym "Scotty Barkley" (also found under the spelling "Scotty Barclay") he wrote Poker, the Small Limit Game and Poker, the Small Limit Game, Book 2 both of which were published by Las Vegas' Gambler's Book Club press under the aegis of Howard Schwartz. Under the pseudonym and his own name, he also wrote articles for various gaming publications such as Gambling Times and Card Player. He wrote articles concerning education administration, religion, poetry and fiction. A long time resident of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, he retired in Las Vegas, Nevada. On October 8, 2012, Tony Wuehle died at the age of 87 in L'Anse, Michigan.