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San Diego Hall of Champions
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San Diego Hall of Champions
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Location San Diego, California, US

The San Diego Hall of Champions was an American multi-sport museum in San Diego, California until its closure in June 2017. The Hall of Champions housed the Breitbard Hall of Fame - San Diego's sports hall of fame - which is now located at Petco Park.

Breitbard Hall of Fame

Breitbard Hall of Fame
The Breitbard Hall of Fame

The Breitbard Hall of Fame was established in 1953 by Robert Breitbard. It honors athletes who either (1) have excelled in sports in San Diego or (2) are native San Diegans who have excelled in sports elsewhere. As of 2021, 163 athletes have been inducted, representing 22 sports: archery; badminton and tennis; baseball; basketball; bowling; boxing; diving and swimming; football; figure skating; golf; hockey; horse racing; marksmanship; motor sports; pole vaulting; sailing; skateboarding; soccer; surfing; track and field; triathlon; and wrestling. New members are inducted in February at the Salute to the Champions dinner.

Eligibility

To be eligible for enshrinement, the candidate must meet these criteria:

  • An athlete, coach or special contributor native to San Diego county or who represented a San Diego high school, university, sports organization or professional team
  • Professional athletes not native to San Diego county must have spent at least 4 years of their career in San Diego
  • Athletes must be retired for at least 2 years or be at least 50 years old
  • Coaches and contributors do not need to be retired, but must have spent at least 7 years working in their field

Inductees

For each inductee's San Diego connection, see footnote

Year inducted Inductee Sport
1953 Harold Muller Football
1954 Ted Williams Baseball
1955 Milton Phelps Basketball
1956 Maureen Connolly Tennis
Archie Moore Boxing
1957 Bill Miller Track & Field
1958 David G. Freeman Badminton
Willie Steele Track & Field
1959 Cotton Warburton Football
1960 Earle Brucker, Sr. Baseball
Russ Saunders Football
1962 Florence Chadwick Aquatics
Mickey Wright Golf
1963 Billy Casper Golf
Gene Littler Golf
Clarence Pinkston Aquatics
1964 Ed Goddard Football
Don Larsen Baseball
Pesky Sprott Football
1965 Bob Gutowski Track & Field
Bill McColl Football
1966 Paul Runyan Golf
1967 Bob Elliott Baseball
Jim Londos Wrestling
Olin Cort Majors Football
1968 Bud Held Track & Field
1969 Lowell North Sailing
Harold Smith Aquatics
1970 Stan Barnes Football
Florence Chambers Swimming
Billy Mills Track & Field
1971 Karen Hantze Susman Tennis
1972 Lance Alworth Football
Lee Ramage Boxing
1973 Ray Boone Baseball
Amby Schindler Football
1974 Leo Calland Football
Rube Powell Archery
1975 Evelyn Boldrick Howard Badminton
Ron Mix Football
1976 Tom Hamilton Football
Bob Skinner Baseball
1977 Gerry Driscoll Sailing
Bobby Smith Track & Field
1978 George Brown Football
Mike Stamm Swimming
1979 Deron Johnson Baseball
Jack Rand Track & Field
1980 Tex Guentert Football
Bud Muehleisen Racquetball
1981 Bill McMillan Marksmanship
Marten Mendez Badminton
1982 Bill Muncey Hydroplane Racing
Ralph Smith Track & Field
1983 Andy Borthwick Golf/Rowing
Dennis Conner Sailing
1984 John Butler Football
John Hadl Football
1985 Malin Burnham Sailing
Gavy Cravath Baseball
Erik Larson Figure Skating
Arnie Robinson Track & Field
1986 Charlie Joiner Football
Art Luppino Football
1987 Don Coryell Football
Sid Gillman Football
Brian Sipe Football
1988 Willie Banks Track & Field
Gary Garrison Football
1989 Dan Fouts Football
1990 Charles K. Fletcher Swimming/Water Polo
Bill Walton Basketball
1991 Graig Nettles Baseball
Ed White Football
1992 Bob Boone Baseball
Art Powell Football
1993 Joe Alston Badminton
Haven Moses Football
Charlie Whittingham Thoroughbred Racing
1994 Willie Buchanon Football
Hobbs Adams Football/Baseball
1995 Kellen Winslow Football
Charlie Powell Football/Boxing
1996 Randy Jones Baseball
Craig Stadler Golf
1997 Earl Faison Football
Juli Veee Soccer
1998 Fred Dryer Football
Alan Trammell Baseball
Dave Winfield Baseball
1999 Marcus Allen Football
Rolf Benirschke Football
2000 Rollie Fingers Baseball
Paula Newby-Fraser Triathlon
2001 Keith Lincoln Football
Joe Norris Bowling
Ken Norton Boxing
2002 Tony Gwynn Baseball
Tony Hawk Skateboarding
Russ Washington Football
2003 Elvin Hayes Basketball
Ron Newman Soccer
Mark Reynolds Sailing
2004 Stan Humphries Football
Peter McNab Hockey
2005 Joe Jessop Sailing
Ernie Ladd Football
Scott Simpson Golf
Doug Wilkerson Football
2006 Terrell Davis Football
Gail Devers Track and field
Louie Kelcher Football
Volney Peters Football
2007 Buzzie Bavasi Baseball
Goose Gossage Baseball
Gary "Big Hands" Johnson Football
2008 Shannon MacMillan Soccer
Pete Newell Basketball
Willie O'Ree Hockey
Steve Scott Track and field
2009 Marshall Faulk Football
Ivan Stewart Off-road racing
Floyd Robinson Baseball
Eric Allen Football
2010 Bob Larsen Cross country / Track
David Grayson Football
Greg Louganis Diving
David Wells Baseball
J. J. Fetter Sailing
2011 John Lynch Football
La'Roi Glover Football
Lincoln Kennedy Football
Paul Lowe Football
2012 C. R. Roberts Football
Art Williams Basketball
Monique Henderson Track and Field
Bernie Bickerstaff Basketball
2013 Junior Seau Football
Trevor Hoffman Baseball
Brian Quinn Soccer
Stephen Neal Football / Wrestling
2014 Damon Allen Football
Ricky Johnson Motor sports / NASCAR
Chris Marlowe Volleyball
Teri McKeever Swimming
2015 Chris Chambliss Baseball
Tony Clark Baseball
LaDainian Tomlinson Football
2016 Ricky Williams Football
Paul Vaden Boxing
Dave Roberts Baseball
2017 Nick Hardwick Football
Johnny Ritchey Baseball
Candice Wiggins Basketball
2018 Garry Templeton Baseball
Robbie Haines Sailing
Claude Gilbert Football
2020 Rob Machado Surfing
Jerry Coleman Baseball
Reggie Bush Football
2021 Antonio Gates Football
Laurel (Brassey) Iverson Volleyball
Rachel (Buehler) Van Hollebeke Soccer

See also

  • San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame, local American football team's hall of fame
  • San Diego Padres Hall of Fame, local baseball team's hall of fame
  • California Sports Hall of Fame
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