from the USTA Communications Department

Columbus, OH — Born on March 29th 1953, Charles Wayne von Knoblauch (Stickman) spent his childhood playing on the sand hills of Long Island, where he said he invented snowboarding. He later moved to the Chicago area where he began a career racing horses with his father Harry. He also spent a few years working for Delvin Miller and Sonny Graham on the Grand Circuit taking care of “the big mare” Tarport Hap.

Charles Wayne von Knoblauch (Stickman) died in November, 2013.

He returned to Balmoral Park to race horses with his father. Wayne and his wife Valerie had a son Jeremy born in 1978. He enjoyed his family and friends racing horses there and at the Meadowlands and Pocono Downs. He also raced Star City Hero in Indiana with his partner Victoria Rouch. He was very proud of his son Jeremy and daughter-in-law Shauna and grandson Helmutt.

He is survived by them and his father, Harry, three sisters, and two brothers. He is preceded in death by his mother. He will be sadly missed by the racing family all over the country. He passed away peacefully in November.