Darren Centi

A pioneer in the truest sense, this golf champion paved the way for today’s professional woman golfer.  She won her first tournament at the age…

A graduate of Wilcox High School, Lansford played in three consecutive World Series became a Major League All-Star and was recognized as one of the…

The San Jose resident is a racing legend on both two and four wheels.  In 1954, he won a record eight Grand National motorcycle races in…

Born and raised in San Jose, the Pioneer High School graduate became one of major league baseball’s brightest stars of the 1980’s. While attending San Jose City College,…

The Stanford University tailback is known as one of Santa Clara County’s greatest athletes of all time.  His college football career culminated at the 1925 Rose…

Uchida brought the sport of judo to SJSU in the 1940s. He was instrumental in establishing judo as a sport in the Amateur Athletic Union…

A graduate of Lincoln High School he played guard for San Jose State from 1952-1955, becoming one of the greatest basketball players in Spartan history. …

Born and raised in San Jose, the Lincoln High School graduate won his school’s first state title and set a national high school record in…

Santa Clara County was home to one of the most successful father-and-sons duos ever to be associated with football.  The father was the head coach…

At age 13, Donna de Varona was the youngest member of the United States swimming team at the Olympic Games Rome 1960. Impressively, de Varona broke 18 world records…