Ed Rafalko (2018) - Hall of Fame

Ed Rafalko

Induction:
2018
Class:
1945

Ed Rafalko was a three-sport letterwinner at West Point, earning a total of seven in his career. He earned victories over Navy in football, basketball and baseball and beat the Mids a total of three times in 1945.

Rafalko earned three letters on the gridiron, going 22-5-1 overall and was a member of the 1944 National Championship team that went 9-0, including a 23-7 victory over Navy that halted a four-game losing streak. He was a two-year letterwinner on the diamond and was on teams that went a combined 25-3 in those two years. Rafalko was part of teams that beat the Brooklyn Dodgers and Montreal Royals in exhibition games. He was awarded two letters in basketball and beat Navy twice on the hardwood.

He graduated from West Point in three years as part of an accelerated program and retired from the Air Force with the rank of Major General. Rafalko joined the administration at the Air Force Academy as Athletic Director from 1963-67.