Sports Illustrated's March 3, 1980 cover featured no text. | Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated In December 1980, SI repurposed the photo, awarding the U.S. Olympic hockey team with its Sportsmen ...

"The picture is from a low angle, the sweep of the entire stadium, the Babe looking out at his world, the world he once ruled," Sports Illustrated photographer Heinz Kluetmeier says. " ...

Headshot of Journal photographer Heinz Kluetmeier in 1967. He was with the Journal from 1967 to 1969. After the Journal, Kluetmeier went on to have a long career at Sports Illustrated.

By the time his award-winning career was done, he had shot more than 100 covers for Sports Illustrated. "It was really my mom (then-wife Donna) who encouraged him to take that plunge," Tina said.

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 Soviet ...

Heinz Kluetmeier, a Sports Illustrated photographer who, while positioning himself in the right place at the right time and pushing the technical bounds of his medium, took some of the defining ...

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 ...

Sports Illustrated photographer Heinz Kluetmeier captured legions of memorable moments, including the 2008 Olympics showdown between Michael Phelps, left, and Serbia's Milorad Čavić. Phelps won ...

Heinz Kluetmeier, an award-winning photojournalist whose portfolio includes iconic Olympic images of the "Miracle On Ice" in 1980 and Michael Phelps' "Miracle Finish" in 2008, has died. He was 82.

Heinz Kluetmeier, an award-winning photojournalist whose portfolio includes iconic Olympic images of the “Miracle On Ice” in 1980 and Michael Phelps’ “Miracle Finish” in 2008, has died. He was 82.