California Athletics Hall of Fame
As one of the finest quarter-milers in Cal history, Dave Archibald was the 1964 Pac-8 champion in the 440-yard dash and NCAA and Pac-8 champion in the mile relay in both 1964 and ’65. In 1964, he finished fourth at the NCAA meet in the 440 (46.0 seconds) and took third at nationals a year later with a time of 46.4 seconds. Archibald was part of Cal’s mile relay that went undefeated, winning 28 consecutive races against collegiate, national and international competition. In 1966, he set an unofficial world record in the straight 44-yard dash in Santa Rosa. Archibald was also a member of the U.S. National team that faced Poland (in Chicago) and the USSR (in Palo Alto) in 1962.
