Legacy

Renaissance Man, Harry Maloney began the fencing program at Stanford at the Woodpecker Lodge on the Stanford campus in 1891. Fencing was officially adopted as a "Minor Sport" in 1916 and began to win trophies by 1917. In 1932 Roble Gym opened as a women's gymnasium, providing space for women fencers. Both men and women fencers used Roble from 1936 until 2005 with the exception of WWII years when Roble was a temporary infirmary.  The March 2010 issue of Sandstone and Tile features a cover photo of historic Stanford Fencers and an excellent article on Coach Maloney.

By 2005 John Arrillaga had built the extraordinary fencing facility in the Arrillaga Sports and Recreation Center and the Team moved to their new home, where they are located today. (See Fencing Salle section of this web site)

The beginning of fencing at Stanford

The women of the Stanford Fencing Team won medals and trophies-Come see the array of awards in the Fencing Salle

Jean Helliwell, Stanford Alumna and long time coach of both the men's and women's teams. She is also well known for her contributions to the arts.  Coach Helliwell was recently honored by the Stanford Fencing Legends Fund.

Buzz Hurst - Past Head Coach, and Sherry Posthumus with Team

An early Stanford Fencing Team

One of Stanford's early champion fencers was recently honored by the Stanford Fencing Legends Fund.

Sherry Posthumus came to Stanford to coach champion Jennifer Yu and stayed on to become an Assistant Athletic Director. Sherry and Zoren Tulum started fencing lessons for children, as a service to the community.

Sherry was recently inducted into the USFA Fencing Hall of Fame-read her tribute on the Who's Who page

Zoran Tulum Past Head Coach at Stanford for 12 years.  Coach Tulum was recently honored by the Stanford Fencing Legends Fund. 

George Pogosov wear his Olympic Gold and Silver Medals