Inductees
Darold Jenkins
June 6, 1919—September 16, 1986
"I would put him on my all-time Missouri team. He is fine on the field and off." - Don Faurot on Darold Jenkins as a football player and a person.
A center/linebacker from Higginsville, Darold Jenkins starred on the University of Missouri’s football teams in 1940 and 1941. He was All-Big Six both years and as a senior, served as team captain, and won All-America honors on Don Faurot’s 1941 Sugar Bowl team.
He was named to the State of Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1976.
During World War II, Jenkins served as a bomber pilot. He was shot down on his 27th mission and spent 17 months in a German POW camp.
After he served during World War II, Jenkins returned to law school, graduating in 1952. He practiced law for the remainder of his career.