Inductees

Born in Silver Springs, Missouri, Charles Edward McBride was the sports editor for the Kansas City Star for 43 years and served as a football official for 27 years before retiring. He started his career with the Saline County Index in Marshall, Missouri. McBride was first a reporter for the Kansas City Star from 1907 to 1915 and then was the sports editor from 1915 to 1950 when he retired. His career as a football official included work in the Big Eight (formerly Big Six) and the Missouri Valley Conference.

In 1926, when there was talk about bringing a professional football team to Kansas City, McBride was originally opposed to the idea, stating in his column that, “Professional football makes a home for the tramp athlete, the alibi athlete, and the disgruntled or flunking high school and college athlete.”  He only embraced the possibility later, admitting that football games were entertaining if professionally organized.

He passed away in 1967 at his home in Kansas City from coronary disease, leaving behind his wife, Helen, his daughter, Mary, and his two sons, John and Clyde Jr.