SAN FRANCISCO — Preeminent sports activities sociologist Harry Edwards, basketball coach Mike Montgomery, soccer star Alex Morgan, ex-A’s outfielder Joe Rudi, and ex-49ers cornerback Eric Wright are this 12 months’s inductees to the Bay Space Sports activities Corridor of Fame.
That quintet, spanning this area’s huge accomplishments between the Sixties and this present decade, might be honored Might 15 in San Francisco.
“The Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame class of 2025 represents a wide array of Bay Area sports history, and we are thrilled to welcome these legendary individuals,” stated Mario Alioto, who chairs the BASHOF board. “Each of these distinguished inductees has made a positive impact in their respective field and serve as a reminder of the long history and quality of athletes and distinguished contributors that have impacted our region.”
Edwards, 82, turned a human and civil rights icon after excelling in basketball and observe and discipline at San Jose State. He did far more than key the 1968 Olympic protests by San Jose State sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos. A professor emeritus at Cal, Edwards started consulting for the 49ers within the early Nineteen Eighties underneath then-49ers coach Invoice Walsh’s push for minority hiring. Edwards, who’s additionally a Warriors marketing consultant, revealed two years in the past he’s dealing with bone most cancers.
“Dr. Edwards has proved himself to be an inspiration to the SJSU community through his selflessness, charitable acts, and his immense character,” Jeff Konya, San Jose State’s athletics director, stated in a press release.
Montgomery, 77, coached almost 30 seasons within the Bay Space, beginning with a legacy-defining tenure at Stanford (1986-2004) earlier than transferring on to the Warriors (2004-06) after which Cal (2008-14). He was inducted into the Faculty Basketball Corridor of Fame in 2016.
Morgan, 35, performed for Cal (2007-10) earlier than turning into some of the completed gamers in U.S. Ladies’s Nationwide Crew historical past with wins within the 2015 and 2019 Ladies’s World Cups and the 2012 Olympics. She retired a 12 months in the past with the San Diego Wave, who she joined in 2022 and led the NWSL in scoring.
Rudi, 78, performed on the A’s 1972-74 World Sequence-winning groups, clinching that 3-peat with a seventh-inning dwelling run of their Recreation 5 finale in opposition to the Dodgers. He was MVP runner-up in each 1972 and ’74, earned three all-star choices and three Gold Glove accolades.
Wright, a cornerback, performed on the 49ers’ first 4 Tremendous Bowl-winning groups throughout his 10-year tenure. He famously made a touchdown-saving deal with in opposition to the Dallas Cowboys after “The Catch” by Dwight Clark to protect the 1981 49ers’ Tremendous Bowl berth.
Tickets are on sale at bashof.org for the Might 15 enshrinement dinner on the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero.
