The litany of USC Athletic Hall of Famers
Saturday night's black-tie affair at the Galen Center to honor the latest class of USC Athletic Hall of Fame members gave some cause to pause and reflect on who's in and who isn't.
The case we tried to make for the inclusion of former football coach John Robinson in today's Daily News column semed pretty straight foward.
There are, of course, many first-team All-Americans, Olympians and other coaches who aren't in yet, whose candidacy would take a little more debate. But not much.
We could make similar cases for:
Stan Wood: Golf coach from 1955-79, with a career record of 462-37 (.926) and 14 conference championships, recruiting Al Geiberger, Dick Stockton and Craig Stadler.
Pete Beathard: 1963 Rose Bowl MVP (pictured)
J.K. McKay: 1975 Rose Bowl hero with Pat Haden
Jeff Cravath: USC football player and coach, introduced the T-formation.
Doyle Nave and Al Krueger: Heroes of the 1939 Rose Bowl victory and in the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame.
Any other suggestions?
What follows is the list of inductees for the USC Athletic Hall of Fame, followed by a quote from athletic director Mike Garrett in the press release at the time announcing the selection:
2007: Charley Ane, Sam Barry, Joe Bottom, Bud Bradley, Pat Cannamela, Mark Carrier, Dusty Dvorak, Ed Hookstratten, Jack Hupp, Manuel Laraneta, Matt Leinart, Earl McCullouch, Pam and Paula McGee, Rafael Osuna, Paula Jean Myers Pope, C.R. Roberts, Gene Rock, Loel Schrader, Ron Severa, Roy Smalley, John Werhas, Angela Williams and Charles Young.
Garrett: "This is an outstanding group of Trojan greats who have played an important role in USC's athletic history. They'll join our first seven classes of Hall of Famers to form a real Who's Who in USC sports. The first seven induction dinners were very memorable and I'm sure the 2007 dinner will be just as special."
2005 : Dick Attlesey, Jack Beckner, John Berardino, Chuck Bittick, Jim Brideweser, Willie Brown, Jeff Cravath, Rich Dauer, Ken Flower, Bud Furillo, Lou Galen, Joe Gonzales, Elmer "Gloomy Gus" Henderson, Wally Hood, Willis O. Hunter, Sim Iness, Payton Jordan, Bruce Konopka, Mike Larrabee, Lisa Leslie, Katherine B. Loker, Bob Lutz, Bruce and Clay Matthews, Sam Randolph, Bill Seinsoth, Lynn Swann, Hal Urner and Paula Weishoff.
Garrett: "This is an outstanding group of Trojan greats who have played an important role in USC's athletic history. They'll join our first six classes of Hall of Famers to form a real Who's Who in USC sports. The first six induction dinners were very memorable and I'm sure the 2005 dinner will be just as special."
2003 : Nate Barragar, Ken Carpenter, Paul Cleary, Lillian Copeland, Howard Drew, Marshall Duffield, Debbie Green, Pat Haden, John Hall, Clarence "Bud" Houser, Fred Kelly, Steve Kemp, Grenville "Grenny" Lansdell, Dallas Long, Dick Leach, Mike Nyeholt, Carson Palmer, Murray Rose, Jim Sears, George Toley, Stan Williamson, Gwynn Wilson, Don Winston, Tex Winter and Richard Wood.
Garrett: "This is an outstanding group of Trojan greats who have played an important role in USC's athletic history. They'll join our first five classes of Hall of Famers to form a real Who's Who in USC sports."
2001 : Hal Bedsole, Bob Boyd, Brad Budde, Don Buford, Sam Cunningham, Jack Davis, Craig Fertig, Bruce Furniss, Ray George, Jimmy Gunn, Lee Guttero, Alex Hannum, Tom Kelly, Lenny Krayzelburg, Rick Leach, Earle Meadows, John Rudometkin, Makoto Sakamoto, Bill Sefton, Bill Thom, Steve Timmons and Ralph Vaughn.
Garrett: "This is an outstanding group of Trojan greats who have played an important role in USC's athletic history. They'll join our first four classes of Hall of Famers to form a real Who's Who in USC sports. The first four induction dinners were very memorable and I'm sure this year's will be just as special."
1999 : Garrett Arbelbide, Jerry Buss, Bob Chandler, Cynthia Cooper, Anthony Davis, Homer Griffith, Jim Hardy, Jesse Hibbs, Gene Mako, Mark McGwire, Anthony Munoz, Russ Saunders, Harry Smith, Craig Stadler, Francis Tappaan, Harley Tinkham, Jack Ward, Vern Wolfe, Cynthia Woodhead-Kantzer, Frank Wykoff and Louis Zamperini.
Garrett: "This is another exceptional group of Trojan greats. All have played a key role in USC's outstanding athletic history. They'll join our first three classes of Hall of Famers to form a real Who's Who in USC sports. The first three induction dinners were memorable evenings and I'm sure the 1999 one will be just as special."
1997 : Johnny Baker, Ricky Bell, Raymond "Tay" Brown, Peter Daland, Charlie Dumas, Arnold Eddy, Ron Fairly, Mort Kaer, Allan Malamud, Ron Mix, Jess Mortensen, John Naber, Alex Olmedo, Nick Pappas, Aaron Rosenberg, Ambrose Schindler, Bob Seagren, Scott Simpson, Ernie Smith, Paul Westphal, and Ron Yary.
Garrett: "This is an exceptional group of Trojan greats. All have played a key role in USC's outstanding athletic history. They'll join our first two classes of Hall of Famers to form a real Who's Who in USC sports."
1995 : Marcus Allen, Dean Cromwell, Morley Drury, John Ferraro, Mal Florence, Jess Hill, Julie Kohl, Ronnie Lott, Marlin McKeever, Mike McKeever, Cheryl Miller, Orv Mohler, Charles Paddock, Mel Patton, Giles Pellerin, Erny Pinckert, Dennis Ralston, Roy Saari, Tom Seaver, Gus Shaver, Dave Stockton, Brice Taylor, Irvine "Cotton" Warburton, and Charles White.
1994 (inaugural): Jon Arnett, Clarence "Buster" Crabbe, Rod Dedeaux, Braven Dyer, Mike Garrett, Al Geiberger, Frank Gifford, Marv Goux, Howard Jones, Fred Lynn, John McKay, Parry O'Brien, Bill Sharman, O.J. Simpson, Stan Smith and Norman Topping.



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