Congrats to all the inductees!
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By: David Plati, Associate AD/Sports Information
Release: June 12, 2019
BOULDER — The 15th class that will be inducted into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame this November will feature 10 Golden Buffalo legends who are representative of five different sports, along with a trailblazer in administration, all of whom have their special place in history created during their careers in a group that collectively covers over a century of CU athletics.
The 10, two of whom will be honored posthumously, cover a period starting in the 1890s through the 2000s. A pair earned their way into the Hall through coaching, one of whom has the stadium named for him, another through both playing and coaching and a fourth who was the first of just two women's athletic directors in school annals. Two cross country and track stars, two skiers and two football players, one of whom also played baseball, round out the class.
The 2019 class will be the 15th inducted into the Hall since it was conceived in 1998, and the 10 will join 112 individuals (and the 1959 ski team as a unit) who have been enshrined to date (15 have been honored previously after their deaths).
Athletic director Rick George once again personally notified most of the living members of the upcoming class of their impending induction, as well as the next of kin for two who will be honored posthumously, Fred Folsom, the coach who made CU an early western power and for whom the stadium is named after, and Ed Pudlik, a star in both football and baseball who helped the Buffaloes transition into the Big 7 Conference in the late 1940s.
The group will officially be inducted in the Hall of Fame over the course of Nov. 7-9 (final details pending); they will also be featured in the Pearl Street Stampede parade on Friday night and will be introduced at halftime of the CU-Stanford football game on Saturday, Nov. 9, to complete the weekend.
Those to be inducted are (click on names for full individual bios):
All inductees were nominated by their peers in the Alumni C-Club or by members of the selection committee; 23 semifinalists emerged from over 40 names submitted over the last four years. There will now be 122 members (plus the '59 ski team, CU's first national champions in any sport) in the CU Athletic Hall of Fame since its inception in 1998. With an induction every year instead of on a biennial basis as was the case for the first 16 years of the Hall, CU has been able to get more of those who are deserving of the recognition honored in a shorter time span with larger induction classes over the last six years.
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By: David Plati, Associate AD/Sports Information
Release: June 12, 2019
BOULDER — The 15th class that will be inducted into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame this November will feature 10 Golden Buffalo legends who are representative of five different sports, along with a trailblazer in administration, all of whom have their special place in history created during their careers in a group that collectively covers over a century of CU athletics.
The 10, two of whom will be honored posthumously, cover a period starting in the 1890s through the 2000s. A pair earned their way into the Hall through coaching, one of whom has the stadium named for him, another through both playing and coaching and a fourth who was the first of just two women's athletic directors in school annals. Two cross country and track stars, two skiers and two football players, one of whom also played baseball, round out the class.
The 2019 class will be the 15th inducted into the Hall since it was conceived in 1998, and the 10 will join 112 individuals (and the 1959 ski team as a unit) who have been enshrined to date (15 have been honored previously after their deaths).
Athletic director Rick George once again personally notified most of the living members of the upcoming class of their impending induction, as well as the next of kin for two who will be honored posthumously, Fred Folsom, the coach who made CU an early western power and for whom the stadium is named after, and Ed Pudlik, a star in both football and baseball who helped the Buffaloes transition into the Big 7 Conference in the late 1940s.
The group will officially be inducted in the Hall of Fame over the course of Nov. 7-9 (final details pending); they will also be featured in the Pearl Street Stampede parade on Friday night and will be introduced at halftime of the CU-Stanford football game on Saturday, Nov. 9, to complete the weekend.
Those to be inducted are (click on names for full individual bios):
- Gary Barnett, Football Coach (1984-91; 1999-2005)
- Jenny (Barringer) Simpson, Cross Country & Track (2005-09)
- Brian Cabral, Football: Player & Assistant Coach (1974-77, 1989-2012)
- Fred Folsom, Football Coach (1895-99, 1901-02, 1908-15)
- Bruce Gamble, Skiing (1975-78)
- Barry Helton, Football (1984-87)
- Ed Pudlik, Football & Baseball (1946-49)
- Dan Reese, Cross Country & Track (1982-87)
- Jana (Rehemaa) Weinberger, Skiing (2003-06)
- Jane Wahl, Women's Athletic Director (1975-79)
All inductees were nominated by their peers in the Alumni C-Club or by members of the selection committee; 23 semifinalists emerged from over 40 names submitted over the last four years. There will now be 122 members (plus the '59 ski team, CU's first national champions in any sport) in the CU Athletic Hall of Fame since its inception in 1998. With an induction every year instead of on a biennial basis as was the case for the first 16 years of the Hall, CU has been able to get more of those who are deserving of the recognition honored in a shorter time span with larger induction classes over the last six years.
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