GORDON TO ATENEO SPORTS HALL OF FAME
Quezon City, Dec. 2, 1997 - As a young Ateneo student, Richard Gordon wanted very much to be in the school's basketball team, but was far too short to qualify. This year, he leads 20 outstanding athletes inducted into the Ateneo Sports Hall of Fame.
"I wanted to be a basketball player, a Blue Eagle, but I was very short. So I decided to make a difference as a cheerleader. And I did," said Richard Gordon during ceremonies at Ateneo this weekend.
Gordon was honored for his outstanding contribution to the development and advancement of sports. As head cheerleader of the Blue Babble Battalion, the Ateneo Blue Eagles' cheering squad of the 60s, Gordon showed his brand of leadership and is now considered one of the icons of the Ateneo cheering tradition.
Reported by: Sol Jose Vanzi
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