On November 19, 2008, the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame welcomed four new members:
• Dick Gould, legendary Stanford tennis coach, won 17 NCAA team tennis championships
• George Gund III, sports executive and philanthropist, first owner of the San Jose Sharks
• Margaret Jenkins, Santa Clara County's first female Olympian, and trailblazer for women's athletics (posthumously)
• John Oldham, standout San Jose State University baseball player who went on to coach at San Jose City College and Santa Clara University
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Held every November on the floor of HP Pavilion,
this gala event honors the inductees as well as those
to be honored as Male and Female High School Athletes
of the Year, Male and Female Amateur Athletes of
the Year and Special Olympian of the year. Proceeds
from the dinner benefit Special Olympics Northern
California.
