1. Nadi, Aldo
(Roll of Honor/Era 1 - The Standard Era)

...ret, the 1920 Olympic foil champion. Why induct an Italian, however gifted, into the US Hall of Fame? Because of what he contributed to American fencing. From 1935 to 1943 Nadi taught in New York...

2. Wolfe, Jeff
(Hall of Fame Nominees/Era 3 (1976-present) The Modern Era)

...nterest, and soon I HAD TO leave a competing beloved position as captain of the jr high cheerleading team, because fencing with Jeff was even more worthwhile. Jeff's investment as a coach, surrogate f...

3. Dr. Daniel Bukantz, 90, a Champion Fencer, Dies
(USFA Hall of Fame/News and Information)

...;There was animosity from the occupied Poles and there was tremendous tension on the Soviets’ part because if they lost it would have been off to Siberia for them,” Jeff Bukantz said in...

4. Hattan, Ella (Jaguarina)
(Roll of Honor/Era 1 - The Standard Era)

...rnia and both the subject and the author of dime novels.Apparently, Col. Monstery taught Miss Hattan well because, in the spring of 1886 she turned up in San Francisco as “The World-Renowned Jaguari...

5. Harutunian, Henry
(Roll of Honor/Era 2 - Era of Inequality)

... Or maybe Coach is giving a lesson to a couple of All Americans who’ll need to be replaced next year because of graduation.   That’s the way it is, session after session: He...

6. Velarde, Jose
(Roll of Honor/Era 2 - Era of Inequality)

...total disbelief, saying that what Joe told the doctor made no sense to me.   I was fencing sabre because it was my weapon, not because it was safer, and sabre was also a thrusting weapon sin...

7. Lilien, Elliot
(Hall of Fame Nominees/Era 2 (1936-1975) The Era of Inequality)

...Carolina, Princeton(W) and Stanford. His top moment was when both of his teams beat Harvard at Cambridge, because of the great disparity in resources and the difference in atmosphere of the two teams...

8. Posthumus, Sherry
(Roll of Honor/Era 3 - Modern Era)

...ly to go to college and she paid her own way. The USC Math Department wouldn’t let her major in math because she was a woman, so she majored in Exercise Science and went into coaching --but took...

9. Dave Micahnik: Penn fencing coach will be inducted after 52 years in the sport
(USFA Hall of Fame/News and Information)

...ut get emotional when he found out that he was elected to the Hall of Fame. It was special for him because he felt that "it's a career vote: not just as a competitor, not just as a coach...

10. Richards, Carla-Mae
(Roll of Honor/Era 3 - Modern Era)

...rip. Women could only fence foil and only for four touches instead of five or eight touches instead of 10 because women were the “weaker” sex. Fortunately our world changed, women asserted themselve...

11. Richards, Carla-Mae
(USFA Hall of Fame/Hall of Fame Selection Committee)

... Women could only fence foil and only for four touches instead of five or eight touches instead of 10 because women were the “weaker” sex.  Fortunately our world changed, women a...

12. Worth, George V.
(Roll of Honor/Era 2 - Era of Inequality)

...i, the preeminent sabre coach of all-time and the father of George Santelli, five-time U.S. Olympic coach. Because of the unstable political climate in Hungary in 1937, Worth decided to emigrate to th...

13. Saltus, J. Sanford
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

..., Saltus poisoned himself with cyanide. After his death it was suggested that Saltus had committed suicide because a secret engagement was not going well; however, the cause of death was officially li...

14. Pesthy, Paul
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...bsp; His eager students often took as many of his classes as possible, including those already completed, because of his great influence on them. It was said that, "Students took to him like a ...

15. Orban, Alex
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...a is not the same as judging Orban. He boggles their conception of fencing and defies their synapses. And because he is astoundingly assured he pays the price for forcing tough decisions of these le...

16. Levis, Joseph
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...ow can we say that any American foilsman, sabreman, or epeeman, weakened on the second day of competition because he was assigned to eight bouts on the previous day? Certainly this would be a most ...

17. Keane, Anthony J.
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...a is not the same as judging Orban. He boggles their conception of fencing and defies their synapses. And because he is astoundingly assured he pays the price for forcing tough decisions of these l...

18. Cetrulo, Dean
(Roll of Honor/Era 2 - Era of Inequality)

... let me dress like a bull fighter?’ I wanted to have a red stripe on my uniform but they wouldn’t allow it because you couldn’t see the touches. I hear now they’re going to do that, maybe not in Atlan...

19. Bradford, Vincent
(Roll of Honor/Era 3 - Modern Era)

...r a woman to have a big body or to be strong. I think that attitude has been changing, slowly, but because of it, many women have had a difficult time accepting their bodies, just as I did...

20. Alaux, Michel
(Roll of Honor/Era 2 - Era of Inequality)

...k at the value of the European fencers, who are generally better than our best, leaves us with less chance because of their greater participation. If something is gained by our fencers duri...