In the early 1990s, with his NBA days done and his wife about to start a new job at a TV station, Claude English drove all over Kansas City. His car found its way to Park University’s campus on the northwest side of the metro area and then, while walking around, ran into the athletic… Read more »
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Mark Fisher
The phone call came into Mark Fisher’s office in early 2003, and on the other end of the line was the longtime athletic director of Springfield Public Schools asking to go to lunch. At the time, Fisher was pretty content. He was 22 years into a successful high school basketball coaching career and, that year,… Read more »
Richard Flanagan
A life-long resident of Northwest Missouri, Flanagan attended Northwest Missouri State and lettered three years in football. His coaching career began at King City High School in 1958. After seven years, he became the head football coach at Savannah. Flanagan arrived back at Northwest Missouri State in 1971, as assistant football coach and assistant track… Read more »
Tom Greenwade
Thomas Edison Greenwade was born on August 21, 1904, in Willard, Missouri, an area he called home his entire life. His first money in baseball came when Jim Austin, a traveling salesman for a cookie company saw him pitch one day. Austin offered the young hurler $25 a Sunday to pitch for the town team… Read more »
Marian House
She grew up hoping to become a physical education teacher and coach and, not only did she chase her dream, but found her calling with junior high school student-athletes. You might say that Marian House was a perfect fit. “I was so fortunate to have had my varsity volleyball coach and mentor, Mrs. Ann Gulshen… Read more »
Jerry Hughes
These days, there is nothing small about so-called small college athletics, and Jerry Hughes – the longtime athletic director of the University of Central Missouri – has been among its champions. Just walk across the Warrensburg campus. A $6 million fundraising effort has led to the football team’s new locker room, strength and conditioning center… Read more »
Lamar Hunt
As the organizer of the American Football League over 30 years ago, Lamar Hunt’s activities helped positively change the game of football. Hunt is among those most responsible for the development, direction, and design of the modern-day National Football League. As the founder of the Chiefs franchise, Hunt helped provide Kansas City with a team… Read more »
Bob Kendrick
Bob Kendrick Sports Administration – Class of 2014 Bob Kendrick was named President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) in March of 2011. The NLBM is the world’s only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich history of African-American baseball and its profound impact on the social advancement of America. Kendrick’s appointment marked… Read more »
Dan Kinney
Dan Kinney served the Springfield-Greene County Park Board as the Assistant Director from 1971-1976 and Director from 1977 through December 21, 2005. He was responsible for planning and supervising the Parks system’s formal recreation programs, golf courses, greenways, community centers, historic parks, neighborhood parks, indoor ice facility, indoor/outdoor skatepark, parks maintenance and the Dickerson Park… Read more »
Larry Lady
Very few people get the opportunity to have three different impactful careers. Larry Lady, however, is one of those people. A college basketball referee for 40 years, Lady also enjoyed a successful career in the financial sector as an executive. When he retired from his day job with Waddell & Reed in 1992, little did… Read more »
Brian Maloney
In the early 1990s, newly built Highland Springs Country Club played host to the Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper. One of the golfers chasing PGA TOUR dreams would years later become a fixture at the course. Brian Maloney was working as a Club Professional, one of three national Titleist-PGA Club fitting instructors,… Read more »
Edsel Matthews
Edsel Matthews completed his twenty-fifth year as Athletic Director for the Springfield Public Schools in June 2003. Upon retirement, he accepted the Athletic Director position at Drury University on July 1, 2003. He has been an integral part of the Springfield sports scene for over forty years. He founded the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions… Read more »
Dora Quinn Arney Meikle
Walk by the indoor swimming pool at College of the Ozarks, and it may seem like just another athletic facility. In reality, it’s steeped in history – as the place where Dora Quinn Arney Meikle began to make her mark as a pioneer of women’s athletics. “Women athletes today maybe wouldn’t realize all we went… Read more »
Monsignor Louis F. Meyer
The man affectionately known as the “Soccer Priest” is a member of 5 Halls of Fame. Just two years after being ordained a priest, Louis Meyer, along with Msgr. Lloyd Sullivan, took over the operations of the Catholic Youth Council (CYC) in St. Louis. Starting with just 912 children, the program today boasts over 90,000… Read more »
Jack Miles
Jack Miles counts himself among the fortunate ones in life. While most others have no choice but to hang up their cleats after playing their final game in high school or college, he spent his adult life working in sports. That’s not to say Miles simply held down the fort, so to speak, in his… Read more »