WALL OF HONOR
Class of 1951
Fred Thompson
Athlete · Musician · Alumni Leader
While at SDHS, Fred played football for three years. As a senior, he was awarded “AII City Center” – the best center in the entire city and league. He also wrestled and was on the swimming team. Altogether, Fred left with five varsity letters.
He sang lead tenor in the Boys’ Quartette for three years-and sang in the choir and boys’ glee too. He appeared in three all school shows. Fred was a sports reporter for the Russ newspaper.
When you saw Fred, you also saw his ukulele, which was to be his for life and occupation. He is still recognized as one of the best ukulele players in the world.
Fred became a life member in the Alumni Association over 50 years ago. He was President of the AA, during the 90s.
He has supported the alumni in any way he could, such as getting shelving done for the AA library as a donation.
Fred was the chair of the San Diego Police
Athletic League for six years. Under his leadership, it grew to having over 20,000 at-risk young people involved. They did BIG events like having 500 basketball teams competing in tournaments at Qualcomm.
He was Chair of the Aztec Athletic Foundation (AAF) in 1987-88. During his time as the leader at SDSU, the school’s football team beat BYU, won the WAC, and played in the Holiday Bowl.