15 Facts About Dave Sime

David William Sime was an American sprinter, multi-sport athlete at Duke University, and a pioneering ophthalmologist.

Dave Sime was born on July 25,1936, in Paterson, New Jersey, the son of Evelyn and Charles Dave Sime, neither of whom graduated from high school.

Dave Sime grew up in Fair Lawn and played football and baseball at Fair Lawn High School, but did not run track.

Dave Sime was a charter member of the Fair Lawn High School Athletics Hall of Fame.

Dave Sime applied to the United States Military Academy at West Point, as his dream was to become a pilot, but discovered he was color blind and accepted a baseball scholarship to Duke University in North Carolina.

Dave Sime was a member of Duke's baseball and track and field teams, and played football for a season in 1958 while a first-year medical school student.

Dave Sime's beginnings in track were accidental: his 100-yard dash on an unmowed grass surface in baseball shoes was a rapid 9.8 seconds, and the coaches soon asked him to join the track team.

Parker was a former multi-sport athlete and recognized the exceptional speed and Olympic potential; Dave Sime focused on track in 1956, then split time between both sports in 1957.

Dave Sime achieved his greatest collegiate victory as a 19-year-old sophomore at the Drake Relays in April 1956, where he was named the meet's outstanding performer after setting a meet record in the 100-yard dash in 9.4 seconds; he handed Bobby Morrow of Abilene Christian his first loss in over thirty races in the 100, and was inducted into the Drake Relays Athlete Hall of Fame in 1959.

Dave Sime was named the ACC Athlete of the Year in 1956 for his accomplishments in track and baseball.

Dave Sime was selected by the Detroit Lions in the 29th round of the 1959 NFL draft, but he opted not to play football professionally and continued at medical school.

Dave Sime was unable to make the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne at age twenty due to a leg injury in his first attempt to ride a horse.

Dave Sime then practiced medicine as an ophthalmologist in Florida, where he was a pioneer in intraocular lens implants.

Dave Sime's son Scott was a state wrestling champion and all-state football player at Coral Gables Senior High School before going on to his father's alma mater at Duke, where he was a starting fullback.

Dave Sime's youngest child, Lisa, attended Stanford University, where she was a standout soccer player.