Arnold Eddy (1997) - USC Athletics Hall of Fame

Arnold Eddy

Induction:
1997

Arnold Eddy, considered to be one of the most loyal Trojans and among the most respected USC athletic and university administrators ever, served the USC athletic department in a variety of capacities in the 1930s and 1940s. Among his positions were graduate manager, ice hockey coach (1930s and 1940s), tennis coach (1943), business manager and athletic director (early 1940s). His 1941 Trojan ice hockey team won the national championship. He also was a member of the Coliseum Commission and helped run the Coliseum for the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He was the executive secretary of the Southern California chapter of the Amateur Athletic Union from 1925 to 1945. He then became the director of USC's alumni association from 1945 to 1960, founding several alumni support groups and the David X. Marks Foundation (which helps provide funds for athletic scholarships). After he left USC, he was involved with the Al Malaikah Shrine Temple and the Catalina Island Boys and Girls Camps, and he was a director of California Federal Savings. He died on Jan. 17, 1992, at age 88.