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CONTRIBUTOR – WOMEN’S SPORTS Patsy Takemoto Mink Patsy was born In Pala, and attended Maul High. In her Junior year, she ran for student body president, something unheard of at that time. A month before the election, Pearl Harbor was attacked. To overcome discrimination over her Japanese ancestry, she devised strategies to earn the trust…

WORLD CHAMPION Salvador “Dado” Marino On August 1, 1950, Salvador “Dado” Marino gave Hawai’i its first world boxing champion before 10,763 fans at Honolulu Stadium. At that time, there were only eight world titles available. Marino’s record was 57-14-3, with 21 knockouts. He fought professionally on three continents. He was born in Olowalu, Maui, Hawai’i…

CONTRIBUTOR – GOLF Theodore “Ted” Makalena Theodore “Ted” Makalena, a St. Louis High School graduate, played golf his entire life. He started as a caddy and worked to become a club professional. Makalena won every golf tournament in Hawai’i and fared equally well as a professional against the top golfers in the world. In 1963,…

PIONEER – SAILOR Clarence W. MacFarlane Famed skipper and younger brother of George W. MacFarlane, Clarence W. MacFarlane was the court chamberlain to King David Kalakaua. In 1906, Clarence sailed the schooner La Paloma in the first transpacific yacht race from San Francisco to Hawai’i, a race that is still in existence today. Clarence was…

PIONEER – MARATHON RUNNER Duncan Macdonald Duncan Macdonald won three Honolulu Marathons including the first one in 1973 when he posted the fastest overall time of 2 hours and 27 minutes. He went on to win the 1974 and 1980 Honolulu Marathons as well. In the 1980 event he completed the 26 mile race in…

WORLD CHAMPION Mike Lum Mike Lum played from 1967 to 1983 with the Atlanta Braves, the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs. He was on the Reds’ roster for the 1976 World Series when they won the Championship in a four-game sweep against the New York Yankees. He was in professional baseball for 15 years…

CONTRIBUTOR – PROFESSIONAL SURFING Gerry Lopez In the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, Mr. Lopez is credited with setting the standard for riding deep in the tube on a short board at the Banzai Pipeline. Mr. Lopez’s performances at the Banzai Pipeline in 1972 and 1973 were legendary and earned him the Banzai Pipeline…

CONTRIBUTOR – AUTO RACING Roland Leong Roland Leong’s drag racing career was brief, just 8.01 seconds to he exact. That’s the time it took the then-20-year old to speed down a Los Angeles-area drag strip at 191 miles per hour and crash when he couldn’t find the parachute release. The accident convinced the Hawai’i-born Leong…

CONTRIBUTOR Robert M. “Bobby” Lee From 1972 through 1974, Bobby Lee served two terms as President of the World BoxingAssociation (WBA), a period when the likes of Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, and JoeFrazier were in their prime. A native of Maui, Lee has been involved with boxing for over 60 years, from being a topamateur…

CONTRIBUTOR – INTERNATIONAL TAEKWONDO Dae Sung Lee Master Lee has been involved with the Aslan martial art of Taekwondo since 1969 at the age of 11. Master Lee is a nine-time U.S. National Champion in the sport (1979-1987), and he has medaled numerous times in various World and International Taekwondo tournaments including the World Taekwondo…