The Finding Aid of the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Athletic Department Records 0001 0001
Alexis Adkins and Emily Chavarria
The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission.
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Special Collections and Archives
November 2017
3801 West Temple Avenue
Pomona, CA 91768
speccollections@cpp.edu
909-869-3775
Title: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Athletic Department Records
Creator:
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Athletic Department
Identifier/Call Number: 0001
Contributing Institution:
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Special Collections and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description:
26.6 Linear Feet
(39 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1950-2017
Abstract: Cal Poly Pomona's athletics program began 1939 when the school formed a baseball team. In the following decades, a number
of sports have been introduced for both men and women including basketball, track, cross country, volleyball, and tennis.
The collection includes photographs, papers, memorabilia, and audiovisual recordings documenting the students, staff, and
various teams that have participated in Cal Poly Pomona's athletic programs.
Sponsor
The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Athletic Department Records, Collection no. 0001,
University Archives, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Most of the photographs, memorabilia, and audiovisual materials in the collection were transferred by the Athletic Department
to the University Archives in June 2000. The letterman's jacket and letterman's blanket were donated to the University Archives
by alumnus John Leedom in 1995. The basketball jersey was donated to the University Archives by alumnus Ernest Gee in 1996.
The track and field jersey was donated to the University Archives by alumnus Steve Love in 1996. Other materials were gathered
from University Archives files.
Biographical / Historical
Cal Poly Pomona's athletics program dates back to 1939, when the school—then known as the Voorhis Unit of Cal Poly San Luis
Obispo—formed a baseball team. The Voorhis Unit was established in 1938 at the former site of the Voorhis School for Boys
in San Dimas, California as the southern satellite campus for Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The baseball team played against local
high schools and junior colleges until 1943, when Cal Poly abruptly closed the campus in response to declining war-time enrollment.
The campus reopened in fall of 1946, reintroduced baseball, and soon added football, basketball, track, and tennis to the
athletics program. Before the war-time closure, the campus and its teams used the same nickname as San Luis Obispo: Cal Poly
Mustangs. By early 1947, the San Dimas students lobbied for a name change to differentiate themselves from the main campus.
The name change movement gained traction and the students voted that September to become the Broncos, the name Cal Poly Pomona
students and alumni are known by to the present day.
In 1951, Cal Poly became a member of the SCIA (Southern California Independent Association) league. Through the 1950s and
1960s, Cal Poly would introduce swimming, wrestling, soccer, water polo, golf, gymnastics and cross country programs. In 1966,
Cal Poly became a member of the CCAA (California Collegiate Athletic Association) Conference, part of the National Collegiate
Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II. That same year, the school would officially separate from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
and became the 16th campus to join the California State College System.
Cal Poly Pomona admitted its first female students in 1961, although it would take several years for women's sports teams
to be included in the athletics program. Women's cross country, tennis, and volleyball teams were formed first. By the early
1970s, there were women's field hockey, basketball, swimming, badminton, softball, and track and field teams. A co-ed volleyball
team was formed in 1969 in addition to the men's and women's teams.
Several notable student athletes have come out Cal Poly Pomona. Track and field team member Chi Cheng set world records in
the 200-meter hurdles and in the 100-meter hurdles and won a bronze medal at the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City. Football
player Jim Zorn went on to play and coach for National Football League (NFL) teams. Other alumni have gone on to play for
professional teams in the United States and abroad. Distinguished Cal Poly Pomona coaches include John Scolinos, who was appointed
head baseball coach in 1962, served as pitching coach for the U.S. Olympic team in 1984, and retired as the winningest coach
in NCAA Division II history, and Darlene May, who coached women's basketball in the 1980s and won three national championships.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes photographs of Cal Poly Pomona athletics teams, coaches, staff, and people and events related to the
Athletic Department; information guides for Cal Poly Pomona varsity teams, clippings, news releases, and other paper records;
memorabilia; and audiovisual materials.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following series: 1. Photographs; 2. Papers; 3. Memorabilia; 4. Audiovisual Materials.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Jeffrey Nelson and Emily Chavarria under the supervision of Alexis Adkins in 2017.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona - Athletic Department
College sports
Photographs
box 1-29, 32, 35
Series 1: Photographs
1950-2000
Scope and Contents
The series includes photographs of Cal Poly Pomona sports teams, coaches and other staff, fundraisers, and intramural and
club athletics. Includes prints, negatives, and slides.
Arrangement
The series is organized into the following subseries: 1.1. Men's Athletics; 1.2. Women's Athletics; 1.3. People and Events.
box 1-14, 32, 35
Subseries 1.1: Men's Athletics
1960-2000
Scope and Contents
The subseries contains photographs documenting Cal Poly Pomona's men's varsity sports teams.
Arrangement
The subseries is arranged alphabetically by sport then chronologically by year.
box 32
Baseball - Film Rolls
before 2000
Scope and Contents
Contains five film rolls.
box 1, folder 15-18, box 2, folder 1-5
Baseball - Photographs and Negatives
before 2000
box 35, folder 1
Basketball - Oversize
1981-1982
box 5, folder 5-7, box 6, folder 1-7
box 7, folder 7
Cross Country
before 2000
box 35, folder 2
Football - Oversize
1980s
box 35, folder 3
Football - Oversize
before 2000
box 35, folder 4
Track and Field - Oversize
1960
box 13, folder 14
Track and Field
1980s-1990s
box 13, folder 15, box 14, folder 1
Track and Field
before 2000
box 14-24, 32, 35
Subseries 1.2: Women's Athletics
1950-2000
Scope and Contents
The subseries contains photographs documenting Cal Poly Pomona's women's varsity sports teams.
Arrangement
The subseries is arranged alphabetically by sport then chronologically by year.
box 14, folder 13, box 15, folder 1
box 16, folder 7, box 17, folder 1
box 17, folder 3-7, box 18, folder 1-2
box 18, folder 3
Cheer / Pep Squad / Marching Band
1950s-1960s
box 18, folder 4
Cheer / Pep Squad
1979-1981
box 18, folder 5
Cheer / Pep Squad
1981-1982
box 18, folder 6
Cheer / Pep Squad
1982-1983
box 18, folder 7
Cheer / Pep Squad
1983-1984
box 18, folder 8
Cheer / Pep Squad
1984-1985
box 18, folder 9
Cheer / Pep Squad
1985-1986
box 18, folder 10
Cheer / Pep Squad
before 2000
box 19, folder 1
Cross Country
before 2000
box 35, folder 5
Gymnastics - Oversize
before 2000
box 19, folder 14, box 20, folder 1
box 35, folder 6
Tennis - Oversize
before 2000
box 32
Track and Field - Film Roll
1980s-1990s
box 24, folder 1
Track and Field - Photographs and Negatives
1980s-1990s
box 24, folder 2
Track and Field
before 2000
box 25-29, 32, 35
Subseries 1.3: People and Events
1960-2000
Scope and Contents
The subseries contains photographs of alumni, staff, and assorted people and events associated with the Cal Poly Pomona Athletic
Department; Cal Poly Pomona intramural and club athletics; and the National Basketball Association (NBA) team the Los Angeles
Clippers.
Arrangement
The subseries is arranged by subject and then alphabetically by folder title.
box 25, folder 1
Alumni and Staff - Belk, Chuck
before 2000
box 25, folder 2
Alumni and Staff - Bell, Dr. James
1970s
box 25, folder 3
Alumni and Staff - Bollwinkel, Dave
before 2000
box 25, folder 4
Alumni and Staff - Coaches
before 2000
box 25, folder 5
Alumni and Staff - DeNiro, Blynn
before 2000
box 25, folder 6
Alumni and Staff - Fisher, George
before 2000
box 25, folder 7
Alumni and Staff - Gabriel, Paul
1984-1985
box 25, folder 8
Alumni and Staff - Gabriel, Roman
before 2000
box 25, folder 9
Alumni and Staff - Hogan, Don
before 2000
box 25, folder 10
Alumni and Staff - LaBounty, Dr. Hugh O.
1970s-1980s
box 25, folder 11
Alumni and Staff - Miller, Karen
before 2000
box 25, folder 12
Alumni and Staff - Patterson, Kevin
1980s-1990s
box 25, folder 13
Alumni and Staff - Reiger, Otto
before 2000
box 25, folder 14
Alumni and Staff - Robinson, Dr. Thomas B.
1980s
box 25, folder 15
Alumni and Staff - Scolinos, John and Tom Hofman at Dodger Stadium for Olympics
1984
box 25, folder 16
Alumni and Staff - Shyer, Brent
1980s
box 25, folder 17
Alumni and Staff - Spanks, Carol
before 2000
box 25, folder 18
Alumni and Staff - Staff Group Photograph
before 2000
box 25, folder 19
Alumni and Staff - Training Staff
1983-1984
box 25, folder 20
Alumni and Staff - Training Staff
1984-1985
box 25, folder 21
Alumni and Staff - Training Staff
1985-1986
box 25, folder 22
Alumni and Staff - Warhurst, Don
before 2000
box 25, folder 23
Alumni and Staff - Wonderling, Tom
before 2000
box 25, folder 24
Alumni and Staff - Zorn, Jim
1970s-1980s
box 26, folder 1
Assorted People and Events - All-Americans
1980s
box 26, folder 2
Assorted People and Events - Athletics Board
1960s
box 26, folder 3
Assorted People and Events - Award Presentation
before 2000
box 35, folder 7
Assorted People and Events - Baseball Fields - Oversize
before 2000
box 26, folder 4
Assorted People and Events - Basketball - USA West Basketball
1983
box 26, folder 5
Assorted People and Events - CPP Angel's Stadium
1986
box 26, folder 6-7
Assorted People and Events - Darlene May Gymnasium Dedication
1995-1996
box 26, folder 8
Assorted People and Events - Department Trip to Cedar City Football Game
before 2000
box 26, folder 9
Assorted People and Events - Dodger Stadium Day
1980
box 27, folder 1
Assorted People and Events - Fundraisers
before 2000
Scope and Contents
Includes Tour-de-poly, Jog-a-thon CPP, and Honda Hoopla.
box 26, folder 10
Assorted People and Events - Green and Gold Golf Tournament Athletic Fundraiser
1980
box 26, folder 11
Assorted People and Events - Green and Gold Golf Tournament Athletic Fundraiser
1982
box 26, folder 12
Assorted People and Events - Green and Gold Golf Tournament Athletic Fundraiser
1983
box 26, folder 13
Assorted People and Events - Green and Gold Golf Tournament Athletic Fundraiser
1984
box 26, folder 14
Assorted People and Events - Green and Gold Golf Tournament Athletic Fundraiser
1985
box 26, folder 15
Assorted People and Events - Green and Gold Golf Tournament Athletic Fundraiser
1987
box 27, folder 2
Assorted People and Events - Harlem Globetrotters
before 2000
box 27, folder 3
Assorted People and Events - Howard Johnson "Gift" to Athletics Department
1980s
box 27, folder 4-5
Assorted People and Events - NCAA Track Championship Division II on Cal Poly Pomona Campus
1980
box 27, folder 6
Assorted People and Events - Pep Band
before 2000
box 35, folder 8
Assorted People and Events - Orchestra Performance - Oversize
before 2000
box 27, folder 13
Assorted People and Events - Promotions
before 2000
box 27, folder 7
Assorted People and Events - Special Olympics Poly Vue
1985
box 27, folder 8
Assorted People and Events - Summer Camp
1981
box 27, folder 9
Assorted People and Events - Summer Camp
1982
box 27, folder 10
Assorted People and Events - Summer Camp
1983
box 27, folder 11
Assorted People and Events - Summer Camp
1986
box 27, folder 12
Assorted People and Events - Summer Camp
before 2000
box 28, folder 1
Assorted People and Events - Team Headshots
before 2000
box 32
Assorted People and Events - Unidentified Film Rolls
before 2000
Scope and Contents
Contains two rolls of film in canisters.
box 28, folder 2-3
Assorted People and Events - Unidentified Photographs and Documents
before 2000
box 29, folder 1
Clippers Pre-Season Game
1984
box 29, folder 2-3
Clippers Pre-Season Game
1985
box 28, folder 4
Intramurals and Club Athletics - Badminton
1980s
box 28, folder 5
Intramurals and Club Athletics - Fencing
1970s-1990s
box 28, folder 6
Intramurals and Club Athletics - Field Hockey
1980s
box 28, folder 7
Intramurals and Club Athletics - Karate
1970s-1980s
box 28, folder 8
Intramurals and Club Athletics - Rugby
1980s
box 28, folder 9
Intramurals and Club Athletics - Ski
before 2000
box 28, folder 12-13
Intramurals and Club Athletics - Unidentified
before 2000
box 28, folder 10
Intramurals and Club Athletics - Volleyball
before 2000
box 28, folder 11
Intramurals and Club Athletics - Wheelchair Basketball
1988-1990
box 29, 33, 39
Series 2: Papers
1958-2017
Scope and Contents
The series contains information guides for various Cal Poly Pomona varsity teams, which list team members and game schedules;
clippings; news releases; flyers; and materials on assorted athletics programs and notable staff and alumni. Notable staff
and alumni include Roman Gabriel, who was head coach of the Cal Poly Pomona football team from 1980-1982. Prior to working
as a coach, Gabriel played football professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia
Eagles; Don Hogan, who was on the Cal Poly Pomona football team in 1960 and selected for the NAIA All-American team for small
colleges; and alumnus Lonnie Turner, who went on to join the football World League.
The series also includes materials on the Mercy Bowl Football Classic. On October 29, 1960, the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
football team was involved in a plane crash while returning from a game in Bowling Green, Ohio. Twenty of the forty-eight
passengers were killed. Cal Poly Pomona and several other colleges in southern California set up the Mercy Bowl Football Classic
to help raise funds for the families of those killed in the crash.
Arrangement
The series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
box 29, folder 5
All-Sports Clinic Program
1972
box 29, folder 6
Baseball - Information Guides
1969, 1988-1997
box 29, folder 7
Basketball - Men's - Information Guides and Ticket Information
1964, 1976, 1989-1998
box 29, folder 8
Basketball - Women's - Information Guides
1979-1998
box 29, folder 9
Basketball - Women's - Assorted Papers
1979-1981
box 29, folder 10
Cal Poly Associates
1983-1992
Scope and Contents
Cal Poly Associates is a tax-exempt, non-profit corporation established in 1970 to administer donations to Cal Poly Pomona's
athletics program.
box 29, folder 11
Cal Poly Pomona Hall of Fame
2008
box 29, folder 13, box 39, folder 1
Clippings
1967-2002, 2017
box 39, folder 3
Football - Press Books, Ticket Information, and Schedules
1961, 1976-1980
box 39, folder 4
Football Program, Discontinuation of
1980-1986, 2014
box 39, folder 5
Gabriel, Roman - News Clippings
1961-1971
box 39, folder 6
Gabriel, Roman - News Clippings
1972-1973
box 39, folder 7
Gabriel, Roman - News Clippings
1974
box 39, folder 8
Gabriel, Roman - News Clippings
1975-1979
box 39, folder 9
Gabriel, Roman - News Clippings
before 2000
box 39, folder 12
Mercy Bowl Football Classic
1961
box 39, folder 15
Schedules - Assorted
1958, 1972-1986, 1998-2009
box 39, folder 16
Soccer - Men's and Women's - Information Guides
1989-1996
box 39, folder 17
Softball - Information Guide
1989
box 39, folder 18
Tennis - Men's and Women's - Information Guides
1989
box 39, folder 19
Track and Field - Men's - Assorted Papers
1980-1981
box 39, folder 20
Track and Field - Men's and Women's - Media Guide
1989
box 33
Unidentified Magnetic Tape Cartridges
circa 1970
Scope and Contents
The file contains five IBM MT/ST (Magnetic Tape/Selectric Typewriter) tape cartridges used to record text documents.
box 39, folder 22
Volleyball - Women's - Information Guides
1989-1996
box 30, 32, 34-38
Series 3: Memorabilia
1957-1961, 1980-1991
Scope and Contents
The series includes uniforms, sports equipment, and Cal Poly Pomona branded sports memorabilia.
Arrangement
The series is arranged alphabetically by item title.
box 35, folder 9
Athletics Logo Drawings
1986
box 37
Baseball Uniform
before 2000
box 32
Baseballs Signed by John Scolinos
before 2000
Scope and Contents
Contains two baseballs.
box 35, folder 10
Basketball Team Window Cling
before 2000
box 30, folder 1
Basketball - Women's - Term Planner
1987
box 30, folder 2
Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Picture Frame
before 2000
box 30, folder 3
Cal Poly Pomona License Plate
before 2000
box 37
Cheer Sweater
before 2000
box 37
Cross Country Jersey
1961
box 30, folder 4
Football Game Programs
1957, 1982
box 35, folder 11
Football Team Poster
1980
box 32
Softball Signed by the PAN AM Softball Team
1987
box 30, folder 5
United States Olympic Committee Diary
1991
box 31, 33
Series 4: Audiovisual Materials
1970, 1986-1998
Scope and Contents
The series includes recordings of Cal Poly Pomona sporting events and of Women's Basketball coach Darlene May.
Arrangement
The series is arranged alphabetically by item title.
box 33
"All My Kids"
before 2000
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box 31
Cal Poly Pomona
1992
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box 33
Darlene May on KABC-TV 7
1986 February 5
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box 31
Darlene May Dailies with Timecode
before 2000
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box 33
ESPN Coverage of Bentley vs Delta State Held at Cal Poly Pomona
before 2000
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box 31
Film Reel
circa 1970
Scope and Contents
Notes on box include "Frosh 1/24/70 SDS," "Varsity BB Cal State LA 1/31/70," "Wrestling Matches," and "Basketball."
box 33
Interviews in Honor of Darlene May [Retirement?]
before 2000
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box 33
Men's Basketball
before 2000
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box 33
Men's Basketball Live Television Coverage Cal Poly Pomona vs San Diego State University
before 2000
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box 33
TVKO Professional Boxing
before 2000
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box 33
UC Los Angeles and UC Riverside Women's Track Event at Cal Poly Pomona
before 2000
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box 33
Women's Basketball Cal Poly Pomona vs Cal State Los Angeles
1998 February 25
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box 33
Women's Softball Cal Poly Pomona vs Cal State Long Beach
before 2000
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
