Notable Buffaloes
- Byron White was a Supreme Court Justice after his football career.
- Hale Irwin, who was a two-time All-Big Eight defensive back and an NCAA individual golf champion at Colorado, went on to spectacular success in professional golf. He won three U.S. Opens and 17 other PGA Tour events, and is the all-time leader in both wins and career prize money on the 50-and-over Champions Tour.
- Adam Goucher is currently a professional runner who competed for the United States in the 2000 Olympic Games.
- Chauncey Billups is the starting shooting guard for the Los Angeles Clippers. He was named the NBA Finals MVP in 2004
- Jeremy Bloom played football and skied internationally finishing 6th in the 2006 Winter Olympics in the moguls and is currently in the NFL. He also sued the NCAA and lost, having to give up football for Colorado in 2004 because he received endorsement money for skiing.
- Bill Toomey won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Jimmie Heuga, 1964 Olympic bronze medalist, and Spider Sabich were both CU alpine ski racers from northern California.
(Billy Kidd, 1964 Olympic silver medalist, is a CU alumnus, but did not race for the Buffs.
He skied for the University of Vermont before joining the U.S. Ski Team, and later finished his bachelor's degree in Boulder.)
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