Inducted in 1982. Ralph Smith was the first in a long line of San Diego pole vault champions.
Inducted in 1979. Jack Rand brought San Diego State its first NCAA title when he set a pole vault record of 14 feet 1/2 inch in 1934.
Inducted in 1977. Bobby Smith was part of a premier pole vaulting family from San Diego High School.
Inducted in 1965.
Inducted in 1957. Bill Miller was one of San Diego’s long line of champion pole vaulters.
Inducted in 1968. Bud Held was the world’s best javelin thrower in the early 1950s and the first American to hold the world record.
