One of CU's First Three-Sport Star Athletes
BOULDER -- Hatfield "Chilly" Chilson, one the early "superstar" athletes at the University of Colorado, has been selected for induction into the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Hall of Fame, the organization announced Tuesday. He will be honored posthumously as he passed away in 1991 at the age of 87.
CU was a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference from 1909-1938, prior to joining the Mountain States Conference for the 1938-39 school year.
Chilson earned 11 combined letters in three sports from 1923-26: football, basketball and baseball, was a captain in all three sports and earned All-RMAC honors in all three as well.