St. Louis native Jim Conzelman was a football player and coach, baseball executive, and advertising executive. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1964 and was selected in 1969 as a quarterback on the National Football League 1920s All-Decade Team. Conzelman played college football for the 1918 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets… Read more »
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Dick Cook
In southern Illinois, just across the Ohio River from Paducah, Ky., lies the town of Metropolis, the self-proclaimed fictional hometown of an adult Clark Kent, also known to comic book fans by his other name – Superman. About 35 miles south of downtown St. Louis, on the banks of the Mississippi River, lies Crystal City,… Read more »
Carroll Cookson
Carroll Cookson’s basketball career began when a young coach by the name of Arnold Ryan moved to the community of Puxico where Carroll was born and introduced the Cookson boys to the game. A love for this game was instilled in Carroll, and with his teammates, brought two state championships to Puxico in 1951 and… Read more »
Ronnie Cookson
In the history of Missouri high school basketball, no coach has matched the success Cookson had at Scott County Central. He led the Braves from 1970 to 1995, retired, then returned from 2007 to 2009. SCC crushed Missouri records with 15 state titles, one second-place, and one third-place finish. His overall record was 694-137 (83.5 winning… Read more »
Robert Corn
Longtime basketball coach Robert Corn puts it this way: “Sometimes in this business, you have to be lucky.” A case in point is the day his coaching career took its most important step, with a phone call. “I was in my office at Mountain Grove High School and it was coach (Gene) Bartow. He said,… Read more »
Alberta Lee Cox
Alberta Lee Cox, a 1949 graduate of Raytown High School, was a standout player and coach in basketball. Her playing experience spanned 20 years as a member of the National AAU team, participating in tournaments that ranked fifth or better in the nation, and in two World Tournaments in 1957 and 1964. She was a… Read more »
Ed Crenshaw
A graduate of Sumner High School in St. Louis, Ed went on to play college basketball at Quincy College. In the years that followed, Crenshaw distinguished himself as one of the finest basketball coaches in the state. Between the years of 1961 and 1996, Coach Crenshaw split time between St. Dominic High School and University… Read more »
Karen Davis
Back in 1984 and, like any recent college graduate, Karen Davis was willing to climb the ladder from the bottom up in hopes of one day landing her dream job — as a high school volleyball coach. That day came sooner than expected. Days before Davis was to begin teaching at St. Joseph’s Academy in… Read more »
Ray DeGreef
Ray DeGreef spent 27 years as a basketball coach at St. Francis Borgia High School in Washington, Missouri, where he posted a record of 545-240. Before his time at Borgia, he coached at Browning High School, Southside Catholic High School, St. Mary’s High School in St. Louis, Arlington Heights High School, State Teachers’ College in… Read more »
Dan Devine
Dan Devine gained legendary status as the coach of the University of Missouri Tigers football team during its most successful period in the history of the school. Devine took the Tigers to six bowl games, winning four of them. In national polls, Devine’s Tigers ranked consistently high, with the 1960 Tiger team ranking fifth and… Read more »
Joe Bill Dixon
Joe Bill Dixon is a life-long resident of West Plains, Missouri. He attended West Plains High School and competed in basketball and track. Dixon’s teaching and coaching career began in 1968 at Richards R-5 School in West Plains. He transferred to West Plains High School in 1978 and started a new cross country program for… Read more »
Linda Dollar
As a student athlete at Southwest Missouri State University (SMS), Linda Dollar participated in volleyball, softball, basketball, tennis, golf and field hockey. After spending one season as Head Volleyball Coach at the University of Kansas, Dollar assumed the same position at Missouri State University, a post she held for the next 24 years. In that… Read more »
Kelly Donohoe
When he was hired to coach the Blue Springs High School football team, you figured he wanted to raise the bar. Little did anyone know that Kelly Donohoe wanted to raise it clear the top of the goal posts. “I told our kids, ‘Our goal is to play at the standard of Rockhurst (High School)… Read more »
Phil Dorman
Like many kids in Missouri, Phil Dorman grew up playing mostly baseball and football. Wrestling, the sport where he would make a significant mark, wasn’t even on his radar until eighth grade. “Some of the high school wrestlers I knew told me I needed to wrestle when I got to high school,” Dorman said. “I… Read more »
Dave Duncan
Dave Duncan, who retired after the 2011 campaign, began his career with the Kansas City Athletics in 1963. He made his major league debut on May 6, 1964 at the age of 18, becoming the youngest player in the American League at the time. Duncan’s biggest contribution to baseball came as a pitching coach, the last 16… Read more »
Hugh Dunn
Hugh Dunn arrived to Missouri Valley College in 1941. After his first year, he joined the Army. Dunn served in World War II, stationed in Germany with the D company of the 253rd Infantry Regiment. He was injured in battle, causing him to lose his left hand and lower arm. After the war, Dunn received… Read more »