Yale Athletics
by Sylviastel | created - 05 Sep 2014 | updated - 05 Sep 2014 | PublicJohnny Bent; Olympic silver medalist for US Hockey Team in 1932.
Johnny Broaca; 1936 World Series champion.
Walter Camp: (BA 1880) father of American Football.
Earl G. Graves Jr. (BA 1984) NBA player, all time leading scorer in Yale Men's basketball history.
Robert A. Gardner (Class of 1912) two time US Golf Champion Amateur.
Howard Groskloss; oldest MLB player at 100 in 2006.
George Haas Jr.; polo player.
Chris Higgins
Calvin Hill (BA 1980)
Bill Hutchinson
Philip L.B. Iglehart
Levi Jackson: first African American to captain an Ivy league football team.
Nate Lawrie (BA 2004).
Glenn Layendecker (BA 1983)
David Mackler
Kate O'Neill (BA 2003) 2004 Summer Olympian.
Wendell Mottley (BA 1964)
Winthrop Palmer: Olympic Silver Medalist in 1932 Hockey.
Mike Richter (BA 2006)
John Rogan
George C. Sherman Jr.
Anne Warner (BA 1976) firsy Yale College femae undergraduate to win an Olympic medal (bronze in rowing).
Josh West: Olympic medalist in rowing.
Blair Yaworski
BA 1985; triple US Chess Champion 1987, 1997, and 2000.
2. Craig Breslow
Self | Sunday Night Baseball
Craig Breslow was born on August 8, 1980 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He is known for Sunday Night Baseball (1990) and Weekends with Yankee (2017).
baseball pitcher.
3. Alan Corey
Actor | Men Out of Work
Alan Corey is known for Men Out of Work (2007), UCB Comedy Originals (2007) and Queer Eye (2003).
polo player, five time winner of the Monty Waterbury Cup.
4. Ron Darling
Actor | Shallow Hal
Ron Darling was born on August 19, 1960 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. He is an actor, known for Shallow Hal (2001), The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Mr. 3000 (2004). He has been married to Joanna Last since July 10, 2004. He was previously married to Toni Darling.
Mets pitcher
BA 1969; quarterback
6. Chris Dudley
Actor | NBA on NBC
Chris Dudley is known for NBA on NBC (1990) and The NBA on CBS (1973).
BA 1987
7. Theo Epstein
Self | Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie
Theo Epstein was born on December 29, 1973 in New York City, New York, USA. He has been married to Marie Whitney since January 1, 2007. They have one child.
BA 1995; Red Sox General Manager at 28, the youngest in history.
Class of 1975; BA 1976)
9. Chris Hetherington
Self | The NFL on CBS
Chris Hetherington was born on November 27, 1972 in North Branford, Connecticut, USA. He has been married to Kathryn Sykora since June 16, 2013.
BA 1996;
10. Calvin Hill
Actor | Horror High
Calvin Hill was born on January 2, 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for Horror High (1973), The NFL on CBS (1956) and The NFL on NBC (1965). He has been married to Janet McDonald since January 30, 1971. They have one child.
BA 1969
11. Sarah Hughes
Self | Christmas in Rockefeller Center
Sarah Hughes was born on May 2, 1985 in Great Neck, New York, USA.
Class of 2008; 2002 Olympic Gold Medalist in figure skating.
12. Sada Jacobson
Self | Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
Sada Jacobson was born on February 14, 1983 in Rochester, Minnesota, USA. She has been married to Brendan Brunelle Baby since May 16, 2009.
BA 2006; bronze medalist in 2004 Olympic women's saber.
13. Dick Jauron
Self | The League
Dick Jauron was born on October 7, 1950 in Swampscott, Massachusetts, USA.
BA 1973;
16. Chuck Mercein
Self | The NFL on CBS
Chuck Mercein was born on April 9, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
BA 1964
17. Mike Pyle
Self | The NFL on CBS
Mike Pyle was born on July 18, 1939 in Keokuk, Iowa, USA. He was married to Candy Allgauer and Shary. He died on July 29, 2015 in Highland Park, Illinois, USA.
BA 1960
18. Renée Richards
Writer | Second Serve
Born Richard Raskin in 1934. Richards had been dressing as a woman since she was a child. As she got older she felt that she was born into the wrong body. She worked as an eye surgeon and even did medical work in the military. Off and on she would try and have a sex change. In the early 1970s she ...
Captain of the 1954 men's tennis team as Richard Raskind before becoming a woman.
19. Jeff Rohrer
Self | The NFL on NBC
Jeff Rohrer was born on December 25, 1958 in Inglewood, California, USA. He has been married to Joshua Ross since November 18, 2018. He was previously married to Heather Rohrer.
BA 1981
20. Don Schollander
Self | Tôkyô orinpikku
Don Schollander was born on April 30, 1946 in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
BA 1968
21. Frank Shorter
Actor | Without Limits
Was a member of the U.S. Olympic marathon team. Won the gold medal in the 1972 Olympics and the silver medal in the 1976 Olympics. Also a five-time national 10,000 meter champion and a four-time national cross-country champion.
BA 1969; 1972 Olympic Gold Medal, 1976 Olympic Silver Medal in the marathon.
22. John Spagnola
Self | The NFL on CBS
John Spagnola was born on August 1, 1957 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
BA 1978
23. Jeff Van Gundy
Writer | NBA on ESPN
Jeff Van Gundy was born on January 19, 1962 in Hemet, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for NBA on ESPN (1982), The 2020 NBA Finals (2020) and The 2010 NBA Finals (2010).
attended Yale for his Freshman year.
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