San Diego Hall of Champions
Introduction 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 The Breitbard Hall of FameThe 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 footnoteYear inductedInducteeSport1953Harold MullerFootball1954Ted WilliamsBaseball1955Milton PhelpsBasketball1956Maureen ConnollyTennisArchie MooreBoxing1957Bill MillerTrack & Field1958David G. FreemanBadmintonWillie SteeleTrack & Field1959Cotton WarburtonFootball1960Earle Brucker, Sr.BaseballRuss SaundersFootball1962Florence ChadwickAquaticsMickey WrightGolf1963Billy CasperGolfGene LittlerGolfClarence PinkstonAquatics1964Ed GoddardFootballDon LarsenBaseballPesky SprottFootball1965Bob GutowskiTrack & FieldBill McCollFootball1966Paul RunyanGolf1967Bob ElliottBaseballJim LondosWrestlingOlin Cort MajorsFootball1968Bud HeldTrack & Field1969Lowell NorthSailingHarold SmithAquatics1970Stan BarnesFootballFlorence ChambersSwimmingBilly MillsTrack & Field1971Karen Hantze SusmanTennis1972Lance AlworthFootballLee RamageBoxing1973Ray BooneBaseballAmby SchindlerFootball1974Leo CallandFootballRube PowellArchery1975Evelyn Boldrick HowardBadmintonRon MixFootball1976Tom HamiltonFootballBob SkinnerBaseball1977Gerry DriscollSailingBobby SmithTrack & Field1978George BrownFootballMike StammSwimming1979Deron JohnsonBaseballJack RandTrack & Field1980Tex GuentertFootballBud MuehleisenRacquetball1981Bill McMillanMarksmanshipMarten MendezBadminton1982Bill MunceyHydroplane RacingRalph SmithTrack & Field1983Andy BorthwickGolf/RowingDennis ConnerSailing1984John ButlerFootballJohn HadlFootball1985Malin BurnhamSailingGavy CravathBaseballErik LarsonFigure SkatingArnie RobinsonTrack & Field1986Charlie JoinerFootballArt LuppinoFootball1987Don CoryellFootballSid GillmanFootballBrian SipeFootball1988Willie BanksTrack & FieldGary GarrisonFootball1989Dan FoutsFootball1990Charles K. FletcherSwimming/Water PoloBill WaltonBasketball1991Graig NettlesBaseballEd WhiteFootball1992Bob BooneBaseballArt PowellFootball1993Joe AlstonBadmintonHaven MosesFootballCharlie WhittinghamThoroughbred Racing1994Willie BuchanonFootballHobbs AdamsFootball/Baseball1995Kellen WinslowFootballCharlie PowellFootball/Boxing1996Randy JonesBaseballCraig StadlerGolf1997Earl FaisonFootballJuli VeeeSoccer1998Fred DryerFootballAlan TrammellBaseballDave WinfieldBaseball1999Marcus AllenFootballRolf BenirschkeFootball2000Rollie FingersBaseballPaula Newby-FraserTriathlon2001Keith LincolnFootballJoe NorrisBowlingKen NortonBoxing2002Tony GwynnBaseballTony HawkSkateboardingRuss WashingtonFootball2003Elvin HayesBasketballRon NewmanSoccerMark ReynoldsSailing2004Stan HumphriesFootballPeter McNabHockey2005Joe JessopSailingErnie LaddFootballScott SimpsonGolfDoug WilkersonFootball2006Terrell DavisFootballGail DeversTrack and fieldLouie KelcherFootballVolney PetersFootball2007Buzzie BavasiBaseballGoose GossageBaseballGary "Big Hands" JohnsonFootball2008Shannon MacMillanSoccerPete NewellBasketballWillie O'ReeHockeySteve ScottTrack and field2009Marshall FaulkFootballIvan StewartOff-road racingFloyd RobinsonBaseballEric AllenFootball2010Bob LarsenCross country / TrackDavid GraysonFootballGreg LouganisDivingDavid WellsBaseballJ. J. FetterSailing2011John LynchFootballLa'Roi GloverFootballLincoln KennedyFootballPaul LoweFootball2012C. R. RobertsFootballArt WilliamsBasketballMonique HendersonTrack and FieldBernie BickerstaffBasketball2013Junior SeauFootballTrevor HoffmanBaseballBrian QuinnSoccerStephen NealFootball / Wrestling2014Damon AllenFootballRicky JohnsonMotor sports / NASCARChris MarloweVolleyballTeri McKeeverSwimming2015Chris ChamblissBaseballTony ClarkBaseballLaDainian TomlinsonFootball2016Ricky WilliamsFootballPaul VadenBoxingDave RobertsBaseball2017Nick HardwickFootballJohnny RitcheyBaseballCandice WigginsBasketball2018Garry TempletonBaseballRobbie HainesSailingClaude GilbertFootball2020Rob MachadoSurfingJerry ColemanBaseballReggie BushFootball2021Antonio GatesFootballLaurel (Brassey) IversonVolleyballRachel (Buehler) Van HollebekeSoccer
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
References
External links * San Diego Hall of Champions official website* Breitbard Hall of Fame webpage. San Diego Hall of Champions website