Temple University Athletics
Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2023
- Class:
- 1965
A true American hero, Geoffrey Ham was one of the top men's fencers in Temple history. A four-year letterwinner on the fencing team, Ham capped his athletic career with a third-place finish at the NCAA Championship in epee to earn All-America honors. He also was a four-year member of the ROTC rifle team at Temple. As a student-athlete, he led the Owls to the 1965 Middle Atlantic Conference Championship as a senior after helping the team to a runner-up finish the year before.
In his ROTC program, he would befriend a freshman, Wesley Craig, who would later become a Major General for the United States Army. Unfortunately, Ham would never live to see that day, as he would serve in the Vietnam War where, as a 1st Lieutenant, he was killed in action on June 28, 1967, in the battle of DakTo.
