Official Athletics Site of Indiana University - Indiana Hoosiers

Armando Betancourt
Won soccer letters in 1979, 1980 and 1981...led Hoosiers to NCAA runner-up in 1980...won All-American honors in 1979, 1980 and 1981...Hermann Trophy recipient, symbolizing Collegiate Player of the Year in 1981...member of Honduran World Cup Team in 1982...ranks third on IU career list in both goals scored and total points...set season record with 63 points in 1981 and game record with four assists in 1979...honored as Collegiate Player of the Decade for the '80s.


Tommy Deckard
Won cross country letters in 1935, 1936 and 1937...captain in 1937...won track letters in 1936, 1937 and 1938...member of 1936 U.S. Olympic team in 5,000 meters...ran on world record four-mile relay team in 1937 Penn Relays, setting a standard that stood for six years...in the same meet, won steeplechase with a record that stood for 24 years...former assistant coach at IU...head coach at Drake for 10 years...Clevenger Award winner.


John Pont
IU football coach from 1965 through 1972...coach of Indiana's co-championship Big Ten team of 1967, which went 9-1 and earned IU's only Rose Bowl trip...National Coach of the Year in 1967...starred as a player at Miami of Ohio University and later coached there...inducted into Miami's Hall of Fame in 1969.


George Taliaferro
Won football letters in 1945, 1947 and 1948...IU's Most Valuable Player in 1948...first team All-Big Ten in 1945 and 1948...made at least one All-American team in 1945, 1947 and 1948...led IU in rushing in 1945 and 1948, and in passing in 1948...led team in punting in 1945, 1947 and 1948...one of the leaders of the 1945 team that went undefeated and won the Big Ten Championship...played in College All-Star game in 1949...played professional football...returned to IU to work as assistant to the President of Indiana University... member of National Football Foundation Collegiate Hall of Fame.


Mike Woodson
Won basketball letters in 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980...captain in 1979, co-captain in 1980...Indiana's Most Valuable Player in 1979 and 1980...Big Ten MVP in 1980 despite mid-season back surgery...led Hoosiers to Big Ten title in 1980...first team Helms Foundation All-American in 1979 and third team coaches All-American in 1980...led IU in scoring in 1977, 1978 and 1979...ranks third on career scoring list with 2,062 points...averaged 19.8 points over his career...has third leading game point total with 48 against Illinois in 1979...played in NBA for many years.