Howard J. Ellfeldt attended the University of Kansas before completing his M.D. in Orthopedic Surgery in 1968. He served in the US Army and founded Kansas City Bone and Joint Clinic. Ellfeldt also served as team physician for the Kansas City Kings and the Kansas City Chiefs. He was inducted in Missouri Sports Hall of… Read more »
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Bud Epps
For teens who think they have no future in sports if they aren’t destined for the pros, don’t overlook roles just as valuable as the clean-up hitter or quarterback. Just ask Bud Epps. A 1972 graduate of St. Joseph Central High School, Epps once was pulled aside by John Henage (MSHOF 2015), at the time… Read more »
Bob Fairchild
Bob Fairchild was born in Chillicothe, MO and graduated from Chillicothe High School in 1950. He competed in football, basketball and track while in high school. His first job, as a history teacher and basketball coach, began in 1959 at Skidmore, Missouri. His success in coaching was immediate as his team won 30 games the… Read more »
David Fairchild
Back in 1981, when David Fairchild was first hired to coach the football team at Penney High School, the weight room was down in the basement and next to the boiler. In other words, no frills. That was a good thing, in the eyes of the new young coach. After all, why not start from… Read more »
The Farmer Family
Mike Farmer loves telling this story. It’s about his dad, Elliott, the second baseman of the early 1930s Missouri Tigers baseball teams. “I remember being told by friends of his that he never went down swinging,” Mike says with a chuckle. “Hitting a baseball to him was (as easy) as catching a baseball.” In the… Read more »
Don Faurot
Born in Mountain Grove, MO, Don Faurot spent 19 years as head football coach and 30 years as Athletic Director for the University of Missouri. Faurot is best known as the inventor of the Split T formation, about which he also wrote a book. He is a past President of the American Football Coaches Association… Read more »
Jack Fette
Widely known as one of Missouri’s most storied sports officials, Jack Fette’s officiating career began in 1947 when he worked as a baseball umpire at the “Class D” professional level. He advanced to the American Association in 1950 as the youngest umpire in the league. His career seemed to be secured as a Major League… 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 »
Josh Freeman
On Kansas City’s south side, just east of old Highway 71, the football stadium at Grandview High School once featured a star attraction, blue-chip recruit Josh Freeman. As a freshman, he won a starting role at linebacker and later spent two seasons at quarterback, a role which generated interest from Power 5 schools such as… Read more »
Justin Gage
He grew up in Jefferson City and, because he was invited to the Adidas ABCD camp in New Jersey ahead of his junior year in high school, he probably could have gone out of state to play college football and basketball. However, Justin Gage chose to stay close to home. “I was always intrigued by… Read more »
Tony Galbreath
Raised in Fulton, Missouri, Galbreath was an All-Big Eight running back in 1974 and team captain in 1975 at the University of Missouri. With more than 1,600 career rushing yards, Galbreath is the only back in Mizzou history that played just two years as a Tiger, but also ranks among Mizzou’s top-ten rushers. He played… Read more »
Charlie Gallagher
Charlie was born in Hawthorn, New Jersey and raised in Miami, Florida where he graduated from Archbishop Curley High School. He attended Louisiana Tech University and moved to Springfield in January of 1968. Charlie was successfully involved in the sportswear industry as a supplier to Nike, Champion, Starter and other companies providing sportswear for the… Read more »
Bernard Garfinkel
Born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Dr. Bernard Garfinkel was a team doctor for the St. Louis Football Cardinals and the St. Louis Rams. Garfinkel was a World War II veteran and a physician at Barnes Hospital, where he specialized in cardiology and geriatrics.
Larry Garman
He grew up in the far southwest corner of Missouri, in a football town called Seneca. Years before the local high school would play in seven state championship games, before numerous playoff games, the mid-1950s teams planted the seeds. The quarterback? That was Larry Garman, who led the Seneca High School Indians to conference championships… Read more »
Mike Garrett
It’s been deemed by the Sporting News as the most iconic play in Kansas City Chiefs history. The “65 Toss Power Trap,” ordered by coach Hank Stram and forever captured on the grainy footage of NFL Films, in essence secured the Chiefs’ Super Bowl IV victory in January 1970. Mike Garrett, the man who scored the 5-yard… Read more »
Alex George
Alex George was a Kansas City sports and civic leader. As the president of the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission, he led efforts in both professional and amateur sports. His work and support helped keep the Chiefs in Kansas City and secured an expansion of the Royals franchise. He also headed up the bond drive… Read more »