Hall of Fame
George Theodoratos was a successful three-sport athlete at WSU, lettering in football, boxing, and track & field. The winner of two Pacific Coast Northern Division shot put titles, Theodoratos finished third at the NCAA championships in 1934 and 1935, but also set a world record at 53-4 8/10 in 1934, only to have Stanford's John Lymann and LSU's Jack Torrence better his mark in the same meet. His mark did hold up, however, as a world junior mark for seven years. Theodoratos played in the 1934 East-West Shrine game and earned All-West Coast honors in 1934 as a tackle, although he came to WSU as a running back. In boxing, he captured two Pacific Coast Intercollegiate heavyweight boxing titles in 1933 and 1935. His post-WSU career included professional football, boxing and wrestling, along with the promotion of professional sports in the Sacramento area for many years were he was inducted into the Sacramento Sports Hall of Fame.
