2017 City Section sports Hall of Fame inductees announced

The fourth class of inductees for the City Section sports Hall of Fame will take place on Sunday, April 23, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Culver City.

This year’s class:

Aquatics: Bob Bennett, Birmingham ‘61; Donna Wennerstrom, Chatsworth ‘78; Don McKenzie, Grant ‘65; Georgia Coleman, Poly ’29.

Golf: Frank Tatum, Los Angeles ’38.

Softball: Cara Blumfield, El Camino Real ‘99; Louis Figliewicz, San Pedro ’79.

Boys soccer: Arturo Torres, Banning ‘98; Joe Zomar, Hamilton ’37.

Girls tennis: Barbara Breit Gordon, North Hollywood ‘54; Mary Prentiss Arnold, Manual Arts ’34

Boys tennis: Pancho Gonzales, Roosevelt; Larry Smith, Manual Arts.

Gymnastics: Steve Hug, Chatsworth ‘70; Ron Barak, Hamilton ’61.

Boys volleyball: Ricci Luyties, Palisades ‘80; Chris Marlowe, Palisades ’69.

Girls volleyball: Jean Gaertner, Washington, ‘56; Tauna Vandeweghe, Palisades ’77.

Boys basketball: Freeman Williams, Manual Arts ‘74; Steve Kerr, Palisades ‘83; Gilbert Arenas, Grant ’99.

Girls basketball: Ebony Hoffman, Narbonne ‘00; Cardie Hicks, San Pedro ’73.

Baseball: Bob Watson, Fremont ‘64; Chili Davis, Dorsey ‘78; Dwight Evans, Chatsworth ‘69; Earl Battey, Jordan ’53.

Football: Keyshawn Johnson, Dorsey ‘92; Nnamdi Asomugha, Narbonne ‘99; Ken Norton Jr., Westchester ’84.

Boys track and field: Ralph Mann, Carson ‘67; James Butts, Fremont ‘68; Bill Sefton, Poly ’32.

Girls track and field: Jarvis Scott, Jordan ’65.

Coach: Myra Einberg, Venice; Ralph Tilley, Dorsey; Ed Azzam, Westchester; Bud Kling, Palisades.

College/pro coach: Jeff Fisher, Taft ’77.

Contributor: Rick Obrand, Washington ‘64; Al Michaels, Hamilton ’62.

At-large: Ralph Bunche, Jefferson ‘22; Frank Endo, San Pedro ’41.

Here’s the link to previous class inductions.

Here’s the link to profile of Freeman Williams’ basketball exploits.

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