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In his position as sports director of Pearl Harbor, Leahey allowed the fledgling UH Rainbow Football Team to utilize Pearl Harbor’s Block Arena Field for pre-season training, beginning in 1968. His philosophy was that nothing was more important to the morale and welfare of servicemen stationed in Hawaii than to be a part of the local sports scene. Leahey, along with Red Rocha, co-founded one of the nation’s most respected pre-season basketball classics, The Rainbow Classic, which is still one of the premier basketball tournaments in the nation. He also founded the equally prestigious Easter Rainbow Baseball Tournament. |
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Historical Timeline: 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins, take man's first walk on moon. |
Charles "Chuck" Leahey’s
long-time support of the University of Hawai'i (UH)
Athletic Department is legendary.