![]() ![]() Unfortunately the players had other ideas and formed the NPPL which turned into just another company dominated organization and moved away from the Lively series. A finer man in paintball would be hard to find. After a long day of listening to players complain and myriad other issues, he WANTED to keep talking about paintball's future. We would take walks at night from our hotel at tournaments just to spend an hour talking about how to solve tournament problems and make them better. Through it all Sam was super dedicated to the sport. All that tournament paintball is today started with Jim and Sam and a ton of that was Sam typing on the keyboard and making sure things worked out. He and Jim brought us out of the patch-o-woods without porta-johns into real venues with pavement and lights. He brought computer integration to paintball tournaments, was the first to figure scheduling so teams would not be playing back to back. The thing he was incredible at was taking an idea and making it HAPPEN. Sam never sought the spotlight and was not one to force his opinion on others. I was greatly disturbed today to find out he has inoperable lung cancer ( and he doesn’t even smoke). Sam was Jim Lively’s partner in the tournament business throughout the 80’s and 90’s. Joe Ceci, aka General Joe, and owner of General Joe's out of CA passed away on Oct 21st, peacefully at home due to a long bought with cancer.įor those of you that have been around more than a decade, you will know the name Sam Caldwell. Jim Anderson will be sorely missed as a friend a paintballer and a contributor of and to the sport of paintball. Jim was a prize Coordinator of the PSP World Cup for three years. Jim was the captain of "Bo Peep and His Sheep", a celebrity team made up of the likes of Bob Long, Dave Youngblood, Joe West, Rene Boucher, Fred Shultz. and helped develop the 007 into one of the first "pump guns". Jim had developed and patented the "Short Change", a quick change 12 gram changer for the Nelson 007. He was one of the founding fathers for the NPPL and at the first meeting in Miami FL. and reported and consulted for Paintball News. He Was a contributing Editor, writer and a Sales Rep for Paintball Sports. Jim was a prolific writer and wrote numerous stories for Front Line and Paint Check Magazine's. Jim has been a part of the Paintball community since 1984 as a member of the NH Wild Geese, NSG two time World Champions. Jim is survived by His Father Wesley H Blank of FL, His brother Doug Anderson of MA His sister Laurie Rose of MA, His sister Judy Kinney of FL, Daughters, Amy Anderson Jones of NH, Emily Anderson of NY and son U.S. Jim was predeceased by his mother Betty Rogers Anderson in NH in 2004. ![]() ![]() He had resided in Altoona Pa for the last 10 years where he had earned a Masters Degree in business management. Jim had checked himself into Epworth Manor Hospice House in Pennsylvania four days earlier. James M Anderson, 61 years old, born passed away on, 1/12/09 at 6:38 pm, after a two year battle with cancer. ![]()
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