Inductees

Martin Lee “Marty” Eddlemon was born in Kansas City, Missouri, attended high school in Hannibal, and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia.

He began his career as a sports writer at the Sporting News in St. Louis and later became a columnist, as well as sports editor, for Springfield Newspapers. It was in his capacity as sports editor that Eddlemon spent the majority of his career, from 1954 to 1994.

After he retired from the position of sports editor, Eddlemon was a columnist for the Springfield News-Leader.

Eddlemon authored a book titled The Ozarks, My Arena: Fifty Decades of Sportswriting in 1996.