These five athletes from San Diego each shattered barriers for future minority athletes, while accomplishing outstanding feats in their chosen sports. The talent, dedication, and spirit of Maureen Connolly (tennis), Charlie Powell (boxing and football), Greg Louganis (diving), Tiffany Chin (ice skating), and Adrian Gonzalez (baseball), make this book ideal for sports fans.

San Diego has long been known as a hotbed for athletic excellence, but Joey Seymour provides the new twist of focusing his studies strictly on the minority athlete. In doing so, he not only recognizes some of the greatest athletes to come out of our county, but he equally proves the diversity of sport in San Diego by focusing not only on baseball, football and basketball, but expanding his efforts to include tennis, diving and figure skating. Included within are not only great historical essays of athletic dominance, but also heart-warming stories of dedication, perseverance, success, and in some cases tragedy. The City of San Diego owes Mr. Seymour a debt of gratitude for so grandly promoting our city, our athletes, and our history!
Todd Tobias, San Diego Sports Historian

In his new book, “San Diego’s Finest Athletes”, Joey Seymour combines his conversational writing with his love of history to take you inside the lives of some of the greatest athletes of our time. It’s an informative journey and a fun read.
Billie Jean King