Permanent Exhibits

Baseball

A permanent baseball exhibit occupies a large gallery on the first level of the HoC. It not only deals with San Diego baseball sports history but provides opportunities for interactive, hands-on experiences for youth and adults.

Football

Balancing the baseball exhibit is an equally large football display. Again, on the first level of the HoC, this exhibit provides all the suspense, glitz, and glamour of today's football game. Additionally, it gives a retrospective of the sport from the earliest games in San Diego.

Media Center

This completely interactive exhibit can provide multiple services. First, it is a fun interactive where visitors to the Hall of Champions can test their skills as a broadcaster. Visitors can choose from various plays involving San Diego teams and athletes and give their own play-by-play. Our guests can also try their hand at a news broadcast. This exhibit can easily become a professional studio for local Television and Radio broadcasts. A number of multimedia medium can be used to support special events.

A. Thomas Schomberg

The sculpture career of a. thomas schomberg has spanned a period of time from early childhood to the present. Tom has pursued a central theme, from his youthful days of his midwest exposure in Iowa, through the formal and formative years of study, to the last three decades of creativity, and that is to describe the time and environment in which he lives.

Today, a. thomas schomberg’s sculptures are exhibited and collected internationally. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the National Art Museum of Sport, Colorado Springs Fine Art Museum, The Butler Institute of American Art, The Shenyang National Gallery, The United States Olympic Training Center, Yankee Stadium, Spectrum, Astrodome, Superdome, as well as many others. His work will soon be added to the permanent collection of the Brookgreen Sculpture Gardens. A collection of 22 schomberg originals are exhibited, including the original model of "Rocky Balboa."

Awards Center

This interactive exhibit can provide visitors to The San Diego Hall of Champions the information on any athlete, team or coach ever awarded by the Breitbard Athletic Foundation and the Hall of Champions. You can look up the names of athletes honored as a Professional, Amateur or Prep Star of The Month, dating back to 1946. Other awards included in the touch-screen search include, San Diego County High School Coaching Legends, Stars of the Year, Disabled Athletes of the Year and Coaches of the Year.

Breitbard Hall of Fame

The highest honor for any San Diego athlete is to be elected to the Breitbard Hall of Fame. On the upper level visitors see the plaques dedicated to each of the more than 100 men and women who have achieved this exalted status. Images and short text pieces describe the accomplishments of each person. The current year's inductees have a special place at the center of this open gallery.

San Diego Stars of the Year

Each year a few outstanding amateur and professional athletes are selected to receive this prestigious award. Visitors can see photos of each person selected in this gallery on the first level.

San Diego Stars of the Month

San Diego high school and college youth, as well as professional athletes are recognized in this first level gallery. Each month the most outstanding athletes are recognized for their physical accomplishments and prowess. This honor dates to 1946.

San Diego Coaching Legends

An elite selection of San Diego's most outstanding coaches can be found in this main level gallery. Selected through an intense screening process, the coaches recognized here had no less than ten years coaching experience and a superlative coaching record.