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California Athletics Hall of Fame

Ken Churchill

Kenneth Churchill

  • Class
    1931
  • Induction
    2000
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Track & Field

Kenneth Churchill was a U.S. Olympian, who won the NCAA javelin competition in 1930 with a toss of 204-2 and again in 1931 with a throw of 215-0.  He earned All-America honors in both '30 and '31 and set an American intercollegiate record with a throw of 217-7 against Washington in 1931. He came back to reset it later that spring with a throw of 221-7 in the Big Meet. Churchill also won the javelin at the 1930 Big Meet with a toss of 205-1. He placed sixth in the javelin in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.

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