Class of 1984

1984 Inductees
1960 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team Duke Kahanamoku Col. F. Don Miller	Billy Mills John Naber William Parry O'Brien	Frank Shorter Bill Toomey Frank Wykoff

1960 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team
Jay Arnette, Walter Bellamy, Robert Boozer, Terry Dischinger, Burdette Haldorson, Darrall Imhoff, Allen Kelley, *Lester Lane, Jerry Lucas, Oscar Robertson, Adrian Smith, Jerry West. This was as much a "Dream Team" as any U.S. Olympic basketball team. 10 of the 12 team members went onto play in the NBA. The team averaged 101.9 points per game; their minimum margin of victory was 24 points, and their average margin 42.4 points. This phenomenal team was both talented and well-balanced, as five players averaged double figures in scoring, with Lucas and Robertson leading the way at 17 points per game.

1960 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team

Jay Arnette, Walter Bellamy, Robert Boozer, Terry Dischinger, Burdette Haldorson, Darrall Imhoff, Allen Kelley, *Lester Lane, Jerry Lucas, Oscar Robertson, Adrian Smith, Jerry West.

This was as much a "Dream Team" as any U.S. Olympic basketball team. 10 of the 12 team members went onto play in the NBA. The team averaged 101.9 points per game; their minimum margin of victory was 24 points, and their average margin 42.4 points. This phenomenal team was both talented and well-balanced, as five players averaged double figures in scoring, with Lucas and Robertson leading the way at 17 points per game.

Duke Kahanamoku
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	Kahanamoku's Olympic career was marked by longevity, as he competed in events spread out over 20 years. He won one gold (100-meter freestyle)and one silver (4×200-meter free relay) in 1912, two golds (100-meter freestyle, 4×200-meter free relay) in 1920 and a silver (100-meter free) in 1924. He was also an alternate on the bronze medal-winning U.S. water polo team at the 1932 Games. Had the 1916 Games not been cancelled due to World War I, it is certainly possible that Kahanamoku's medal total would have ranked with the all-time leaders.

Duke Kahanamoku

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Kahanamoku's Olympic career was marked by longevity, as he competed in events spread out over 20 years. He won one gold (100-meter freestyle)and one silver (4×200-meter free relay) in 1912, two golds (100-meter freestyle, 4×200-meter free relay) in 1920 and a silver (100-meter free) in 1924. He was also an alternate on the bronze medal-winning U.S. water polo team at the 1932 Games. Had the 1916 Games not been cancelled due to World War I, it is certainly possible that Kahanamoku's medal total would have ranked with the all-time leaders.

Col. F. Don Miller
USOC Executive Director, 1973-85; IOC Silver Olympic Order recipient, 1984 Miller spent more than half his life as a champion of the Olympic movement. His involvement can be traced as far back as 1951, when he coached the U.S. boxing team at the Pan American Games. Miller served as the USOC's executive director from 1973 through 1984, which he immediately followed with a stint as president of the U.S. Olympic Foundation that lasted until his passing in 1996.

Col. F. Don Miller

USOC Executive Director, 1973-85; IOC Silver Olympic Order recipient, 1984 Miller spent more than half his life as a champion of the Olympic movement. His involvement can be traced as far back as 1951, when he coached the U.S. boxing team at the Pan American Games. Miller served as the USOC's executive director from 1973 through 1984, which he immediately followed with a stint as president of the U.S. Olympic Foundation that lasted until his passing in 1996.

Billy Mills
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	Mills is one of those Olympians who reached down deep and gave the best performance of his life on the world's biggest stage. An unknown heading into the 10,000 meters in Tokyo in 1964, the part-Sioux Indian runner bolted past Mohammed Gammoudi and world record holder Ron Clarke in the final lap to win the gold medal. Mills' winning time of 28:24.4 was approximately 46 seconds faster than his previous personal best, and was good enough to break the Olympic record.

Billy Mills

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Mills is one of those Olympians who reached down deep and gave the best performance of his life on the world's biggest stage. An unknown heading into the 10,000 meters in Tokyo in 1964, the part-Sioux Indian runner bolted past Mohammed Gammoudi and world record holder Ron Clarke in the final lap to win the gold medal. Mills' winning time of 28:24.4 was approximately 46 seconds faster than his previous personal best, and was good enough to break the Olympic record.

John Naber
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	Naber put together a string of record-setting times to have one of the great performances in Olympic swimming history. His four gold medals - 100- and 200-meterbackstroke, 4×100-meter medley relay, 4×200-meter freestyle relay - all resulted in world records. In the 200 back, Naber became the first swimmer ever to break the two-minute barrier. In the 200-meter freestyle, Naber's only silver-medal swim of the Games, U.S. teammate Bruce Furniss needed a world record to beat him.

John Naber

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Naber put together a string of record-setting times to have one of the great performances in Olympic swimming history. His four gold medals - 100- and 200-meterbackstroke, 4×100-meter medley relay, 4×200-meter freestyle relay - all resulted in world records. In the 200 back, Naber became the first swimmer ever to break the two-minute barrier. In the 200-meter freestyle, Naber's only silver-medal swim of the Games, U.S. teammate Bruce Furniss needed a world record to beat him.

William Parry O'Brien
O'Brien wasn't just a shotputter who won back to back gold medals (1952-56) and competed in four Olympic Games. He revolutionized his event. O'Brien was the first shotputter to use the technique of turning his back to the front of the throwing circle and using as much momentum as possible before putting the shot. Both of O'Brien's gold medal-winning performances were Olympic records.

Frank Shorter
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	Shorter returned to his birthplace of Munich in 1972 to become just the third U.S. winner of the Olympic marathon. He easily pulled away from the field in the latter half of the race, and ended up finishing more than two minutes ahead of his nearest challenger. Shorter attempted a repeat performance in Montreal in 1976, but he came up just short, earning the silver medal.

Bill Toomey
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	Toomey snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in the 1968 Olympic decathlon. In the pole vault, the eighth event of the competition, Toomey missed his first two attempts, leaving himself one miss away from elimination. He made his third attempt, and went on to win by a narrow,82-point margin. His 8,193 points in Mexico City were an Olympic record for the decathlon.

Frank Wykoff
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	Wykoff earned induction into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame as the ultimate team player. He was a member of three consecutive gold medal-winning 4×100-meter U.S. relay teams, running the anchor leg on the last two. All three Olympic relay teams Wykoff ran on broke world records.

Class of 1984

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