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Phillip Allison, HOF

Philip W. Allison

  • Class
    1911
  • Induction
    1996
  • Sport(s)
    Fencing
Captained team that won NIFA championship, the first time in history that the fencing championship had been won by any college except Army and Navy. Subsequently was member of N.Y. Athletic Club, winning a place as a member of no less than 8 national championship teams and placing in national indiv. champs. in both foil and sabre. Selected to compete in fencing and modern pentathlon at 1924 Olympics but chose to compete in fencing.
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