Hall of Fame

David O'Toole

  • Class
  • Induction
    2003
  • Sport(s)

Dave O'Toole helped found the Great Lakes Valley Conference. A faculty athletic representative at Bellarmine University from 1968-97 and BU athletic director from 1998-2002, O'Toole served as the first president of the GLVC in 1978. He served a second term in 1986, and he was responsible for writing the conference constitution and bylaws and revisions. O'Toole was elected to the St. Xavier High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Bellarmine University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002. He also received a National Foundational Fellowship (1969-1971). O'Toole was a high school All-American swimmer in 1952 and 1953.