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Famous Betas in Sports

    Olympic Medal Winners
    Joe Bottom, U S C ’77 100 butterfly (1976 silver)
    Don Bragg, UCLA ’59 pole vault (1960 gold)
    Harold Herman Brix, Washington ’28 shot put (1928 silver)
    Bob Clotwathy, Ohio State ’54 springboard diving (1956 gold, 1952 bronze)
    Don Cohan, Amherst ’51 yachting (1972 bronze)
    Leroy B. Cochran, Indiana ’41 440 hurdles (1948 gold), mile relay (1948 gold)
    Mel Counts, Oregon State ’64 basketball (1964 gold)
    Charlie Doe, Stanford ’20 rugby (1924 and 1920 gold)
    Eddie P. F. Eagan, Denver/Yale ’20 boxing 178-lb. (1920 gold) and bobsleeding (1932 gold)
    John Ferris, Stanford ’71 200 M (1968 bronze), 200 butterfly (1968 bronze)
    Jeff Float, U S C ’83 4x200 freestyle relay (1984 gold)
    Bruce Furniss, Stanford ’79 200 freestyle (1976 gold), 4x200 freestyle relay (1976 gold)
    Steve Furniess, Stanford ’75 200 IM (1972 bronze)
    V. Arthur Griffin, Oklahoma State (A&M) ’24 wrestling coach (gold 1948)
    Ed Hamm, Georgia Tech ’29 long jump (1928 gold)
    George Harrison, Stanford ’61 4x200 freestyle relay (1960 gold)
    Alan Helffrich, Penn State ’25 mile relay (1924 gold)
    Brian Job, Stanford ’73 200 breaststroke (1968 bronze)
    George H. Kojac, Rutgers ’31 100 backstroke (1928 gold), 4 x 200 free relay (1928 gold)
    Jerry Lucas, Ohio State ’62 basketball (1960 gold)
    Charles McGinnis, Wisconsin ’27 pole vault (1928 bronze)
    John Miller, Yale ’24 rowing (1924 gold-eight oars)
    Lowell O. North, Cal-Berkeley ’71 yatching (1968 gold, 1964 bronze)
    John Parker, Stanford ’70 water polo (1972 bronze)
    Bob Pearce, Oklahoma State ’31 wrestling 125-lb. (1932 gold)
    Pat Powers, U S C ’80 volleyball (1984 gold)
    Ed Rimkus, St. Lawrence ’37 bobsledding (1948 gold)
    Murray I. Rose, U S C ’61 400 freestyle (1956 gold), 1500 free (1956 gold, 1960 silver),4x200 free relay (1956 gold, 1960 bronze)
    Richard Roth, Stanford ’69 400 IM (1964 gold)
    Harlow Rothert, Stanford ’30 shot put (1932 silver)
    Gary Sheerer, Stanford ’68 water polo (1972 bronze)
    Kevin Still, UCLA ’82 rowing-coxed pairs (1984 bronze)
    William Thompson, California ’51 rowing (1928 gold-eight oars)

    Professional Baseball
    Eddie Collins, Columbia 1907 Hall of Fame/career .333 hitter
    Ethan Allen, Cincinnati ’26 Career .300 hitter
    Leland (Larry) MacPhail, Beloit 1910 Brooklyn Dodgers Owner/GM; Hall of Fame/Introduced night games
    Bill Veeck, Kenyon ’36 Called baseball’s great innovator) Hall of Fame/Owner of several franchises
    William H. Stoneman, Idaho ’66 VP Operations, Montreal Expos/Pitched first two no-hitters for Expos
    Michael J. Schmidt, Ohio ’71 Hall of Fame/548 home runs

    Professional Golfers
    Jim Benepe, Northwestern ’86
    Dow H. Finsterwald, Ohio ’52 (ret.)
    Brandt Jobe, UCLA ’89
    Grier S. Jones, Oklahoma State ’68 (ret.)
    Scott McCarron, UCLA ’89
    Larry Romjue, Nebraska ’60 (ret.)
    Bill Tindall, Washington ’65
    Web Wilder, Oklahoma ’31 (ret.)

    Professional Football
    Mike Brown, Dartmouth ’57 President & GM, Cincinnati Bengals
    George S. Buehler Jr., Stanford ’69 Los Angeles Raiders
    Ronald W. Coder, Penn State ’76 Baltimore Stars
    Donald D. Coryell, Washington ’47 (ret.) San Diego Chargers Coach
    Robert G. Douglass, Kansas ’69 Los Angeles Raiders
    Keith V. Fahnhorst, Minnesota ’74 San Francisco 49ers
    Jay Fiedler, Dartmouth ’94 Philadelphia Eagles
    Mark Jerve, Washington ’82 New York Jets
    Jeffrey A. Kemp, Dartmouth ’81 Los Angeles Raiders
    Ryan Kuehl, Virginia ’95 San Francisco 49ers
    James M. Mandich, Michigan ’70 Miami Dolphins
    Matt Monger, Oklahoma State ’84 New York Jets
    August (Gus) Otto, Missouri ’65 Oakland Raiders
    James M. Schnietz, Texas ’73 B.C. Lions
    David Shula, Dartmouth ’81 Former Head Coach, Cincinnati Bengals
    Robert Stein, Minnesota ’69 Kansas City Chiefs
    Richard R. Volk, Michigan ’67 Miami Dolphins
    Brian White, Dartmouth ’95 New England Patriots

    Professional Basketball
    Mel Counts, Oregon State ’64 Hall of Fame
    Gail Goodrich, UCLA ’65 (ret.) Los Angeles Lakers
    Jerry Lucas, Ohio State ’62 Former Basketball Star
    David Peterson, Western Ontario ’64 Chairman, Toronto Raptors, NBA
    Jerry Sichting, Purdue ’79 Coach, Minnesota Timberwolves
    John R. Wooden, Purdue ’32 (ret.) UCLA Coach (10 National Titles)

    Professional Tennis
    Stan R. Smith, U S C ’69


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