Martin Biles (2002) - California Athletics Hall of Fame

Martin Biles

Induction:
2002
Class:
1941

One of Cal’s all-time great javelin throwers, Biles won NCAA championships in the event in both 1940 and ’41. He set the school and Edwards Stadium record with a throw of 227-11 in 1941, and later enjoyed an outstanding amateur career with the Olympic Club. He won national AAU championships in 1943 and ’44, and placed sixth in the 1948 London Olympics after finishing first in the U.S. Olympic Trials in Evanston, Ill. Biles was a retired colonel in the U.S. Army, he once served as Division Director of the Atomic Energy Commission and earned a Ph.D. in engineering from North Carolina State. He also served as an assistant professor on Cal’s engineering faculty in the 1950s.