The Florida State University Gymnastics Dynasty

Stories by Bruce Davis

The gymnasts behind Florida State’s championship years

In the 1950s, Florida State’s gymnastics team won five national championships. Bruce Davis tells the stories of the gymnasts behind those years and the traditions they started.

Part 1: Dick Gutting
Florida State’s first Seminole mascot, 1952 NCAA and 1953 NAAU trampoline champion

Part 2: Chick Cicio
Florida State University’s first “Sammie Seminole” and the 1956 NAAU floor exercise champion

Ron Galimore
The United States’ first African-American male gymnastics Olympian