Dartmouth’s 100 Greatest Athletes of All Time

DAM’s panel of experts selected 100 athletes and ranked only the top 15 women and the top 15 men (above). The other 70 athletes are listed below in no particular order. 

Ariana Ramsey ’22 
Rugby

Courtney Banghart ’00  
Basketball

Mustafa Abdur-Rahim ’04, TH’06  
Track & Field

Earl Thomson, Class of 1920
Track & Field 

Charlotte “Carlie” Geer ’80
Rowing

Madison Hughes ’15
Rugby

Katie Weatherston ’06
Ice Hockey

Bob MacLeod ’39
Football, Basketball

Cha’Mia Rothwell ’20 
Track & Field

Jim Beattie ’76
Baseball

Susan Johnson Bower ’85
Golf

Jack Herrick ’60
Squash

Taylor Ng ’17
Tennis

Brad Ausmus ’91
Baseball

Maribel Sanchez Souther ’96
Cross Country, Track & Field

Edward Healey, Class of 1918
Football

Peter Williamson ’12
Golf

Allison Barlow ’86
Lacrosse, Field Hockey

Jim Barton ’89
Basketball

Ashley Taylor ’07
Basketball

Ben Lovejoy ’06
Ice Hockey

Erin Maxwell ’01
Sailing

Denny Emerson ’63
Equestrian

Jeannie Cullen ’06
Basketball

Gus Sonnenberg, Class of 1920
Football, Wrestling

Laura Stacey ’16 
Ice Hockey 

Bob Kempainen ’88 
Cross Country, Track & Field 

Jayne Daigle Jones ’86
Basketball

J. Murry Bowden ’71
Football

Anthony Fahden ’08
Rowing

Bill King ’63
Football, Lacrosse

Devon Wills ’06
Lacrosse

Pollack Boyd, Class of 1922
Golf

Gus Broberg ’41
Basketball

Tanner Glass ’07
Ice Hockey

Emil Mosbacher ’43
Sailing

Tim Caldwell ’76
Nordic Skiing

Sophie Caldwell Hamilton ’12
Nordic Skiing

Paul Guibord ’36
Ice Hockey, Tennis

Andrew “Swede” Oberlander, Class of 1926
Football

Robert Merriam ’48
Lacrosse, Soccer

Ann Deacon ’83
Basketball

Ralph Glaze, Class of 1906
Baseball, Football

Paul Mott ’80
Soccer

John Glover ’55
Swimming

Kristin (Manwaring) McGee ’96
Track & Field, Cross Country

Bill Morton ’32
Football, Ice Hockey

Ellen Remsen Webb ’80
Lacrosse, Field Hockey

Andrew Weibrecht ’09
Alpine Skiing

Ramona Hoh ’02
Para Alpine Skiing

Carl Burnett ’03
Para Alpine Skiing

Carolyne Steele ’03
Field Hockey, Ice Hockey

Zack Walz ’98
Football

Cameron Myler ’92
Luge

Dalyn Williams ’16
Football

Gerry Ashworth ’63
Track & Field

Lucky Mkosana ’12
Soccer

Joseph Walsh ’84 
Para Nordic Skiing

Robert Walsh ’88
Para Nordic Skiing

Judy Parish Oberting ’91
Ice Hockey

Avery Gould ’30
Lacrosse, Gymnastics

Liz Walter ’89
Basketball

Isiah Swann ’20
Football

Katharine (Hanks) Loveland ’03
Basketball

Dominic Seiterle ’98
Rowing

Casey Cramer ’04
Football

Sarah Billmeier ’99
Para Alpine Skiing

Staci Mannella ’18
Para Alpine Skiing

Martha Hill Gaskill ’82
Para Alpine Skiing

Jenna Rogers ’98
Cross Country, Track & Field

Read about Gail (Koziara) Boudreaux ’82, Dartmouth’s all-time best female athlete, here. Read about Reggie Williams ’76, the No. 1 pick on our list of the College’s best male athletes, here. Read about Abbey (D'Agostino) Cooper ’14, Lee Stempniak ’05, Jim Sapienza ’85, Judy Geer ’75, Th’83, Jay Fiedler '94, Jacque (Weitzel) Stahl ’00, Adam Nelson ’97, and Kristen Luckenbill ’01 here. Read about Diana Golden Brosnihan ’84—and seven other paralympians who made our list—here. Read about everyone else on the list here. To learn how our panel made its selections, click here

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