2026 Fordham Athletic Hall of Fame Reservation Form
 
Bronx, N.Y. – John Mulcahy '1894, founder of the Fordham men's rowing program and 1904 Olympic gold medalist, was inducted into the Fordham Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991. Unfortunately Mulcahy passed away in 1942 and no one was able to represent him at his induction ceremony.
 
That will be rectified this year as his grandson, Jack Mulcahy, will be present at the 2026 Hall of Fame ceremony on September 25 on the Rose Hill campus. And to make the night even more special, Fordham will induct Fiona Murtagh '16, its second Olympic medalist, into the Hall of Fame.
 
The name Jack Mulcahy may be familiar to fans of the movie, The Brothers McMullen, or the television show Blue Bloods as he is a multi-award-winning American actor and director.
 
John Mulcahy earned his first title in double sculls in 1891—the same year he graduated from the second division of St. John's College, known today as Fordham Prep. He stayed at Fordham, graduating in three years, and rose to national prominence at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, where he and his partner, William Varley, earned two medals: the gold in double sculls and the silver in coxless pairs. A decade later, he returned to his alma mater, where he founded the Fordham rowing program in 1915.
 
John Mulcahy was inducted into the National Rowing Hall of Fame in 1956 and into the Fordham Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991.
 
Murtagh won her medal at the 2020 Olympics (which were held in 2021 due to COVID), taking bronze in the coxless four at the games. She add another precious medal to her collection, this one a gold in women's single sculls at the 2025 World Rowing Championships in Shanghai. She is believed to be the first Fordham athlete to win a World Championship.