Photographer Heinz Kluetmeier is perhaps best known for his more than 100 Sports Illustrated cover photos, including an iconic shot of the 1980 'Miracle on Ice' US Olympic hockey upset over the ...

Heinz Kluetmeier, a prominent photographer for Sports Illustrated who captured the exultation of the United States men’s Olympic hockey team when it upset the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter ...

Heinz Kluetmeier, who shot more than 100 Sports Illustrated cover photos, including the iconic “Miracle on Ice” image, died Tuesday at age 82. He had been dealing with complications from ...

In 1969, before he had turned 30, Heinz was poached by Time Inc. to work as a photographer for Life and Sports Illustrated. Heinz returned to Germany in 1972 to shoot the Munich Olympics.

Mr. Kluetmeier served two stints as Sports Illustrated’s director of photography before retiring from the magazine in 2016. In 2017, he became the first photographer to be inducted into the ...

The man behind one of the most iconic images in American sports history passed away on Tuesday. Famed Sports Illustrated photographer Heinz Kluetmeier died at the age of 82 after complications ...

Including his unforgettable "Miracle on Ice" photo, Heinz Kluetmeier took numerous indelible images for Sports Illustrated, all while living in Milwaukee.

Including his unforgettable "Miracle on Ice" photo, Heinz Kluetmeier took numerous indelible images for Sports Illustrated, all while living in Milwaukee.