Marcus Trufant, (Wilson HS), enjoyed a successful career at WSU and was selected by the Seattle Seahawks with the 11th overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft. He played 10 seasons in Seattle and finished with 21 career interceptions at cornerback.
“Bouncin” Bob Malley was a longtime starter for motorcycle known for his impromptu somersaults to start a race.
Tacoma Stars MISL soccer heros Preki, left, and Steve Zungul celebrate in their romp over Los Angeles in the Tacoma Dome on March 29, 1987.
Isaiah Thomas (Curtis HS) & Avery Bradley (Bellarmine Prep) with the Boston Celtics in 2016
Hannula Family (l. to r.)-Dick Sr., Sylvia, Dan, Dick, Dave, and Debby, received the 2008 First Family of Sports Award.
1938 Cammarano Bros hockey team. L. to R.: Spud Zemek, Lon Bishop, Stan Goldsberry, Bill Anderson, Louie Weir and Russ Heglund.
In 1982 Earl Anthony became the first pro bowler to win $1 million on the PBA Tour and won the National Championship before retiring from the PBA National Tour in 1983.
Clay Huntington interviews the Alou brothers in 1963—L. to R: Felipe, Matty and Jesus.
The Cheney Stud Courteers entertained fans at halftime of college and professional basketball games up and down the West Coast in the early 1960s.
L. to R.: Steve Whitaker (Lincoln HS) holding his Seattle Pilots jersey, Rick Austin (Lakes HS), Bill Murphy (Clover Park HS), and Ron Cey (Mt. Tahoma HS) holding his Los Angeles Dodgers jersey while in basic training at Ft. Lewis in 1969.
Chuck Richards, a three-time high school All-American swimmer at Stadium High School and pentathlon participant in the 1972 Olympic Games shown fencing.
Jermaine Kearse, a Lakes HS and UW grad, hauls in another TD from Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson
In 1953 Frank Stojack became the world light heavyweight wrestling champion successfully using his famous “airplane spin” toss to defeat Gypsy Joe.
Sonya Olejar, a Bellarmine grad, was the first tennis player in state history to win four consecutive state high school tennis titles as she reigned as the 4A champion from 1988-92.
“Irish” Pat McMurtry was one of the top heavyweight boxers in the 1950s. Pat participated in the first Golden Gloves boxing event hosted by the Tacoma Athletic Commission in 1949.
Andrea Geubelle (Curtis HS) was a three-time Washington state champion in both the long jump and the triple jump. Competing at Kansas she ended her career as one of the most decorated female athletes in NCAA Track and Field history.
Margaret Zepeda played and coached the Hollywood Boat & Motor women’s fastpitch softball team in the late 50s.
Jack Walters was a two-time winner of the National Left-handers golf championship-winning his first title in 1953 and the second at his home course at the Fircrest Golf Club in 1960.
The College of Puget Sound hosted Gonzaga in a football game in the 1930s played in Stadium Bowl.
The Hollywood Boat & Motor team was one of the top women’s fastpitch teams in the mid-50s. Pitcher Louise Mazzuca (back row, third from left), was a pitching phenom and in 2007 she was enshrined in the ASA National Softball Hall of Fame, only the second female from the state of Washington to receive this honor.
Greg Schumacher won the Soap Box Derby National championship in 1964 in Akron, Ohio, and David Krussow duplicated the effort in 1966.
Stadium high grads Jeff Stock (Seattle Sounders) and Jeff Durgan (New York Cosmos) competed against each other in the North American Soccer League in the 1980s
In 1962 B&I Stores sponsored the Miss B&I thunderboat which participated five of the six races on the 1962 Unlimited tour. The boat’s highest finish was a fifth place in the Governor’s Cup on the Ohio River at Madison, Indiana.
