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From track and field to swimming and diving, and of course basketball and soccer, Indiana University Olympians celebrates over a century of Indiana University Olympic competitors. Beginning in 1904, at the 3rd summer games in St. Louis, IU's first Olympic medal went to pole vaulter LeRoy Samse who earned a silver medal. In 2016, swimmer Lilly King rocketed onto the world stage with two gold medals in the 31st Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Featuring profiles of 49 athletes who attended IU, Indiana University Olympians includes the stories of well-known figures like Milt Campbell, the first African American to win decathlon gold and who went on to play pro football, and Mark Spitz, winner of seven swimming gold medals. The book also highlights fascinating anecdotes and the accomplishments of their less well-known colleagues, including one athlete's humble beginnings in a chicken house and another who earned a Silver Star for heroism in the Vietnam War. Despite their different lives, they share one key similarity—these remarkable athletes all called Indiana University home.


Milt Campbell
1952, 1956
First Black Decathlon Gold Medalist

There is melancholy in reflecting on the achievements of Milt Campbell, as great as they were, and as he was. He does not require revisionist history. He does not require the record be set straight.

Let the record be known.

The fact that he lamented lack of recognition during much of his life does not mean he was wrong. He was right. He could be characterized as the greatest athlete ever to come out of Indiana University, even over Mark Spitz.

During the 2012 Olympic track and field trials, all of America's living gold medalists were brought together for the one hundredth anniversary of the decathlon: Campbell, Rafer Johnson, Bill Toomey, Bruce Jenner, Dan O'Brien. The only one who recognized Campbell, or acknowledged him, was Elliott Denman, longtime journalist, fellow New Jersey native, and Olympic teammate.

"He was completely overlooked," Denman said, "which to me is the story of his life."

Part of the story anyway. Other parts of the story seem more like myth.

The abbreviated version:

In 1956, Milt Campbell became the first black gold medalist in the Olympic decathlon. He set world records and won an NCAA titles in the hurdles for Indiana University. He played pro football and excelled in swimming, wrestling, judo, tennis, and bowling.

"Campbell was, to me, the greatest athlete who ever lived," Olympic filmmaker Bud Greenspan once said.

So there is no valid reason, beyond lack of knowledge and research, as to why forty-eight years after he won a silver in the Olympic decathlon while in high school and forty-four years after he won gold, that Campbell did not make ESPN's Top 100 Athletes of the 20th Century or its Top 50 Black Athletes survey.


Table of contents
Preface
1. Basketball
Steve Alford, 1984
Quinn Buckner and Scott May, 1976
Walt Bellamy, 1960
2. Track and field
Derek Drouin, 2012, 2016
David Neville, 2008
DeDee Nathan, 2000
Bob Kennedy, 1992, 1996
Jim Spivey, 1984, 1992, 1996
Dave Volz, 1992
Sunder Nix, 1984
Willie May, 1960
Milt Campbell, 1952, 1956
Greg Bell, 1956
Fred Wilt, 1948, 1952
Roy Cochran, 1948
Charles Hornbostel, 1932, 1936
Don Lash, 1936
Ivan Fuqua, 1932
LeRoy Samse, 1904
3. Swimming
Lilly King, 2016
Cody Miller, 2016
Blake Pieroni, 2016
Gary Hall, 1968, 1972, 1976
Jim Montgomery, 1976
Mark Spitz, 1968, 1972
Mike Stamm, 1972
John Kinsella, 1968, 1972
Charlie Hickcox, 1968
Don McKenzie, 1968
Chet Jastremski, 1964, 1968
Kathy Ellis, 1964
Fred Schmidt, 1964
Frank McKinney, 1956, 1960
Mike Troy, 1960
Bill Woolsey, 1952, 1956
4. Diving
Michael Hixon, 2016
Mark Lenzi, 1992, 1996
Cynthia Potter, 1972, 1976
Lesley Bush, 1964, 1968
Ken Sitzberger, 1964
5. Soccer
Brian Maissoneuve, 1996
Steve Snow, 1992
John Stollmeyer, 1988
Angelo DiBernardo, 1984
Greg Thompson, 1984
6. Other sports
Michelle Venturella, 2000, softball
Mickey Morandini, 1988, baseball
Dick Voliva, 1936, wrestling
Indiana University Olympians
Sources
Photo captions and credits

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Date de parution 04 août 2020
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INDIANA
UNIVERSITY
OLYMPIANSDavid Woods
INDIANA
UNIVERSITY
OLYMPIANS
FROM LEROY SAMSE TO LILLY KINGTis book is a publication of Manufactured in the
United States of America
Indiana University Press
Ofce of Scholarly Publishing Cataloging information is available
Herman B Wells Library 350 from the Library of Congress
1320 East 10th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405 USA ISBN 978-0-253-05007-6 (cloth)
ISBN 978-0-253-05009-0 (Web PDF)
iupress.indiana.edu
1 2 3 4 5 25 24 23 22 21 20
© 2020 by David Woods
All rights reserved
No part of this book may be reproduced
or utilized in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including
photocopying and recording, or by any
information storage and retrieval system,
without permission in writing from the
publisher. Te paper used in this publication
meets the minimum requirements of the
American National Standard for Information
Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed
Library Materials, ANS39I Z.48–1992.CONTENTS
Preface ix
1 BASKETBALL 1
Steve Alford, 1984 5
Quinn Buckner and Scot May, 1976 15
Walt Bellamy, 1960 20
2 TRACK AND FIELD 25
Derek Drouin, 2012, 2016 27
David Neville, 2008 35
DeDee Nathan, 2000 39
Bob Kennedy, 1992, 1996 45
Jim Spivey, 1984, 1992, 199 6 57
Dave Volz, 1992 65
Sunder Nix, 1984 69
Willie May, 1960 74
Milt Campbell, 1952, 19 56 77
Greg Bell, 1956 83
Fred Wilt, 1948, 195 2 90
Roy Cochran, 1948 93
Charles Hornbostel, 1932, 19 36 96
Don Lash, 1936 99
Ivan Fuqua, 1932 103
LeRoy Samse, 1904 107 3 SWIMMING 111
Lilly King, 2016 113
Cody Miller, 2016 121
Blake Pieroni, 2016 128
Gary Hall, 1968, 1972, 19 76 133
Jim Montgomery, 19 76 138
Mark Spitz, 1968, 197 2 145
Mike Stamm, 197 2 160
John Kinsella, 1968, 19 72 163
Charlie Hickcox, 196 8 168
Don McKenzie, 196 8 174
Chet Jastremski, 1964, 1 968 179
Kathy Ellis, 1964 184
Fred Schmidt, 1964 188
Frank McKinney Jr., 1956, 1960 190
Mike Troy, 1960 194
Bill Woolsey, 1952, 1 956 198
4 DIVING 205
Michael Hixon, 2016 205
Mark Lenzi, 1992, 199 6 209
Cynthia Poter, 1972, 19 76 214
Lesley Bush, 1964, 19 68 219
Ken Sitzberger, 1964 223

5 SOCCER 229
Brian Maisonneuve, 199 6 229
Steve Snow, 199 2 233
John Stollmeyer, 1 988 237
Angelo DiBernardo, 19 84 241
Gregg Tompson, 198 4 245
vi 6 OTHER SPORTS 249
Michelle Venturella, Sofball , 2000 251
Mickey Morandini , Baseball, 19 88 255
Dick Voliva , Wrestling, 1 936 258
Source s 261
Indiana University Olympia ns265
viiPREFACE
Indiana University has long been known for basketball, as it
should be. Only UCLA (eleven), Kentucky (eight), and North Carolina (six) have
won more NCAA championships than the Hoosiers’ fve.
But Indiana’s legacy at the Olympic Games is no less impressive. Te Hoosiers
have collected ffy-fve gold medals for the United States since th- e modern Olym
pics debuted in 1896, a fgure exceeded by just seven schools: Stanford, UCLA, the
University of Southern California, Texas, Michigan, and Florida. Indiana’s
ninetyfve total medals rank eleventh.
Tis book has profles of forty-nine IU Olympians. In the following pages, you
will read that:
· Te greatest athlete in IU history was not actually recruited by IU.
· A long jump gold medalist had such humble beginnings that he grew up in a
chicken house.
· Te Hoosiers produced the frst African American gold medalist in the
decathlon.
· A diver who had never before competed on the 10-meter platform won a gold
medal a few months afer she frst tried it.
· Te soccer player who helped build the Hoosiers’ dynasty was discovered on
Chicago playgrounds.
· A swimmer later became head valet for a Saudi Arabian prince and then a
master chef.
· A swimmer was part of rescue missions for astronauts who walked on the
moon.
· A double gold medalist won a Silver Star for heroism in the Vietnam War.
· Two distance runners became FBI agents.
Tose athletes, in order, are Mark Spitz, Greg Bell, Milt Campbell, Lesley Bush,
Angelo DiBernardo, Mike Stamm, Fred Schmidt, Mike Troy, Don Lash, and
Fred Wilt.
ixx pr e face
Te event in which the Hoosiers have the most gold medals (ten) is swimming’s
4×100-meter medley relay: Frank McKinney, 1960; Kathy Ellis and Fred Schmidt,
1964; Charlie Hickcox and Don McKenzie, 1968; Mark Spitz and Mark Stamm,
1972; Mark Kerry (Australia), 1980; Lilly King and Cody Miller, 2016. Trough
2016, the US men had never lost the 4×100 medley relay at an Olympics.
Te Hoosiers also have four gold medalists in track and feld’s 4×400-meter
relay: Ivan Fuqua, 1936; Roy Cochran, 1948; Sunder Nix, 1984; and David Neville,
2008.
Te Hoosiers have earned a medal in every Olympics in which they competed,
except 2004. In 1968, Indiana came away with seventeen medals, a total exceeded
by only eight countries.
Indiana features 223 total Olympic berths, including athletes, coaches, and
judges. Tose are led by one hundred in men’s swimming and diving, thirty-nine
in men’s track and feld, and thirty in women’s swimming and diving.
Te twenty-four nations or territories besides the United States that a Hoosier
has represented include Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark,
Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hong Kong,
Hungary, Ireland, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia,
Spain, Ukraine, and Venezuela.
Tis book is devoted to athletes, but Indiana has had multiple coaches on US
stafs. Tose include Bob Knight and Tara VanDerveer in basketball; Billy Hayes
and Sam Bell in track and feld; Doc Counsilman and Ray Looze in swimming;
Hobie Billingsley, Jef Huber, and Drew Johansen in diving; and Billy Tom and
Jim Humphrey in wrestling.
Te Hoosiers inevitably will send more athletes to Tokyo for the next Olympic
Games, which were postponed from 2020 to 2021 by a pandemic. Tey will bring
more medals back to Bloomington and build on a tradition that few universities
can emulate.INDIANA
UNIVERSITY
OLYMPIANS1BASKETBALL
3Steve Alford, 1985.
IU Archives P0030877.Steve Alford
1984
America’s Last Amateur Gold
Steve Alford was coming off a momentous freshman basketball
season. He averaged 15.5 points a game, scoring 27 in the Indiana Hoosiers’ 72–68
upset of top-ranked North Carolina and Michael Jordan in the NC- AA tourna
ment’s Sweet 16.
Although the Hoosiers didn’t make it to the 1984 Final Four, coach Bob Knight
did. He appeared on TV at halfime of one of the games on CBS. Alfor-d was watch
ing at home in New Castle, Indiana, with friends.
Knight looked into the camera and said, “I know Steve’s watching back home.
Te thing I want him working on all summer is his defense and moving without
the ball.”
Alford shook his head. Here was Coach, two thousand miles away, chiding him
about his defense. Te next week, back in Bloomington, Alford was playing pickup.
Tose games were strictly for fun because no coaches were watching.
“I’ve got the whole summer to get beter,” Alford told Todd Meier, a-nother fresh
man for the Hoosiers. “And no Coach Knight on my but!”
Or so everyone thought.
Days later, Alford went to the mailbox at his dormitory, which us-ually had noth
ing other than leters from his mother. Tis time, there was an invitation to be
among seventy-three players trying out for the US Olympic team, coached by
Knight. Tat started the Hoosier on a summer in which he would see plenty of his
coach . . . and Jordan.
Alford not only made the team, he was fourth in scoring (10.3 points a game) and
second in assists for the 8–0 gold medalists. Te Los Angeles Olympics were the last
played before NBA pros were allowed. Alford is the fourth-youngest gold medalist
in Olympic basketball history, at nineteen years, 260 days.
“To be the last amateur team to win gold is prety special,” he said.
56 indiana university olympians
Alford had not expected an invitation to the trials. Te only younger players were
Delray Brooks, eighteen, the Indiana Mr. Basketball who had commited to IU, and
high schooler Danny Manning, seventeen, of Greensboro, North Carolina. Of the
twelve players chosen, eleven were selected in the frst round of the 1984 or 1985
NBA draf. Te twelfh was Alford.
Six invitees went into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame: Jorda-n, Patrick Ew
ing, Chris Mullin, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, and John Stockton. And Barkley,
Malone, and Stockton did not make the Olympic team.
“Back then, when it was strictly amateur, no pros, you really had to hit it right,”
Alford said. “You almost had to hit the Olympics when you were a junior or senior
in college. I was very fortunate I got invited.”
He was a gym rat with a chance to play against some of the best players in the
sport. Tat was going to be enough. Making the team was out of the question.
Trials began April 17. Tey were held at the IU Fieldhouse, across the street from
Assembly Hall. Players were assigned to teams on each of eight courts with a simple
instruction: play. Knight watched from a scafold as a football coach would do.
Knight assembled a staf of nineteen college coaches to conduct three-a-day
workouts and coach the games. Tere was a seven-player selection commitee,
although it was widely assumed Knight would have the fnal say.
In addition to the fact Alford played without burden of expectation, he found
he had two other advantages: he knew Knight’s motion ofense and thus did not
move tentatively, and he was in the best shape of his life. Te workouts, drills, and
scrimmages were as much a test of stamina as skill. He grew more confdent afer
shooting seven of seven in his frst scrimmage, and three of fve in the second.
Alford was trying to study for fnal exams but found himself writing down names
of players he would have to beat out to make the team. Also trying to guess those
making the frst cut were hundreds of pro scouts and journalists.
Alford recalled the sentimental favorite being Barkley, then a 280-pound forward
out of Auburn nicknamed

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