Hall of Athletes
Ira Davis was a versatile track star who won the IC4A 100 yard dash championship (9.6 seconds) in 1958. During the Penn Relays that year, he also became the 100 yard dash champion, as well as champion in the hop-step-jump (now known as the triple jump).
Davis broke many La Salle track records and once held the American record in the hop-step-jump (53 feet, 11inches). He then participated in the 1956 (Melbourne), 1960 (Rome) and 1964 (Tokyo) Olympics and came within 2 centimeters of capturing a Bronze medal in hop-step-jump in Rome (1960). In 1964, he was named the No. 3 triple jumper in Sport Magazine's All-Time Track & Field Team.
Later Davis would coach track and field at La Salle.
