Dr. Reed Maxson was a hero before he settled down to a long and successful career in medicine. During World War II, he served in Europe, treating the wounded in the heat of battle. Maxson was born in LaHarpe, Kansas, and graduated from the University of Kansas Medical School in 1942. He immediately joined the… Read more »
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C.E. McBride
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… Read more »
Scott McCaulley
He broke into the Ozarks’ sports broadcasting scene of in the mid- to late 1980s, initially covering American Legion baseball and certainly taking mental notes from seasoned radio veterans. Yet Scott McCaulley soon realized that, if he wanted to truly chase his dream, he would have to venture outside of Springfield because all others were… Read more »
Nolan McCaulley
In the early 1960s, while attending Drury University in Springfield, Nolan McCaulley walked into a sports officiating class and found his calling. In order to pass the class, students were required to join the Missouri State High School Activities Association and the local association for umpiring and refereeing. That semester, classmate Emry Dilday (MSHOF 2019)… Read more »
Curtis McClinton
Inducted into the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame in 1995, Curtis McClinton was the sixth leading rusher in Chiefs history. McClinton was one of the early stars of the AFL and was the first AFL player to score a touchdown in a Super Bowl, catching a 7 yard pass in the second quarter of… Read more »
Mike McClure
You don’t spend nearly 40 years broadcasting local high school and college sports if you don’t love what you do. And Monett’s Mike McClure has had a love affair with sports since he was a young boy. McClure caught the broadcasting bug as a youngster by listening to Jack Buck (MSHOF 1980) call Cardinals games… Read more »
Andy McCollum
At Toledo University, Andy McCollum played for both Nick Saban and Gary Pinkel and helped then helped the St. Louis Rams win 46 games in his first six seasons. He blocked for three NFL MVPs, three NFL Offensive Player of the Year winners and himself was a finalist for the Walter Payton Man of the… Read more »
Eric McDonnell
For the past 37 years, Eric McDonnell has stood right on the sidelines either with the University of Missouri football team or on the bench of the women’s basketball and volleyball programs and – best of all – they paid him to be there. And to think his career as an athletic trainer almost never… Read more »
Dr. Glenn McElroy
Dr. Glenn McElroy began working with the University of Missouri Tigers as an orthopedic consultant to team physician Dr. James Baker in 1951, then succeeded him in 1977. In 1991 he took on the title of emeritus team physician. He was a charter member of the Missouri Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame, received the… Read more »
Dr. Paul McGannon
Dr. Paul McGannon was a successful surgeon at St. Joseph Health Center in Kansas City, Missouri for more than 30 years and was chief of surgery for 20 years. He also served as the team physician for Rockhurst High School from 1961 to 1986 as well as an honorary member of the board of directors.… Read more »
Ted McKnight
It almost sounds too good to be true: A military kid who didn’t grow up under the impressionable Friday night lights of small-town football, who finds his way to a Minnesota high school and shifts to running back only in his senior year – all before heading off to a quaint NCAA Division II school… Read more »
Ernie McMillan
McMillan was a four-time Pro-Bowl selection for the St. Louis Cardinals football team during a 14 year span with the team. He was drafted in the 13th round of the 1961 NFL draft out of Illinois. He started 161 straight games at right tackle without missing a contest. Ernie was the constant force on a… Read more »
John McNabb
In sports, the old saying is, “Be ready when your number is called.” And that could not have been truer for John McNabb in 1988. He had spent the decade as a football assistant coach at Camdenton High School, as part of staffs that helped the Lakers win a pair of state championships. He had… Read more »
Rusty Medearis
For years, southwest Missouri’s has been known for basketball. At times, however, the eyes of major college football powers can’t help but find their way to the Ozarks. That was the case in the late 1980s, to the small community of Ozark just south of Springfield. There, a teenager was growing into a blue-chip football… Read more »
Dan Meers
Who is KC Wolf? That’s Dan Meers, who back at St. Charles West High School in the 1980s was definitely not a standout athlete. “I wasn’t a mascot back then even though I got to watch our mascot perform because I was a three-sport bench-warmer – baseball, basketball and football,” Meers said, smiling. “I still… Read more »
Bruce Melin
Melin received both his bachelor’s (1944) and master’s (1948) degrees from the University of Minnesota. He joined the faculty and athletic staff of Washington University in 1949 and served for 28 years before retiring in 1977. He continued working as an athletic trainer for some time after his retirement. In 1986, Melin received the Washington… Read more »