Gary “Skip” Grossnickle was a standout athlete for Kirksville High School. As a 9th grader, when grades 10-12 were the only high school grades, Gary played quarterback for the high school team. In high school, Gary was selected Captain or Co-Captain in football, basketball and track all three years. A three year letterman for the… Read more »
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Tim Grunhard
Tim Grunhard laughs about it now. After all, he was just a rookie. But the first time he walked into the Kansas City Chiefs locker room, he assumed the “old guy” standing next to his locker was just another assistant coach. Turns out, it was his mentor for his 1990 rookie season – future Hall… Read more »
Art Hains
He used to act as a broadcaster on his buddies’ Strat-O-Matic games, even practiced in the basement of his parents’ home and, one day, walked into the radio station in his hometown of Marshall. Before long, Art Hains made his radio debut at – get this – age 17. “I’ve always said that I was… Read more »
Art Hains
There’s no other way to say it. He was on his death bed, stricken by a severe case of West Nile virus. Doctors sent him to one hospital after another, and friends back home in the Ozarks feared the worst as news reports and social media updates scrolled across their smartphones. This was the fall… Read more »
John Mark Hale
He had the script all but written, and it would have been one of those sweet homecoming stories you see in the movies. John Mark Hale, right out of college and unable to land a high school coaching job in his home state of Kentucky, headed west to a southern Missouri community called Cabool. This… Read more »
Tamba Hali
Back in 1990, the Kansas City Chiefs were kicking off their golden era, with Arrowhead Stadium abuzz on Sundays in the fall. On the other side of the world, an 8-year-old kid in the war-torn West African country of Liberia was thinking of picking up a gun and joining the fight in a merciless civil… Read more »
Ron Hall
He not only had dreamed the dream but lived it – of making it to the National Football League after climbing out of a steel mill town and a small college – and yet it almost ended as soon as it began. In 1960, just a day before Hall and the Pittsburgh Steelers were to… Read more »
Dante Hall
Ask the man known as “The Human Joystick” of his favorite play of a mile-long NFL highlight reel and he smiles that trademark smile. You see, Dante Hall figures Kansas City Chiefs fans assume it’s the one against the Denver Broncos in 2002. They actually might like his favorite one better. And his final quote,… Read more »
Sam Hamra
The President’s Award was established to honor individuals who have gone above and beyond the norm in their efforts to aid the growth and prominence of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Mr. Hamra personifies that criteria. A leading Springfield attorney and business owner, Hamra has served on many boards and the University of Missouri’s… Read more »
Steve Hancock
A product of Holden, Missouri, Steve began his coaching career in 1972 as the Junior High Football Coordinator for Harrisonville Public Schools, before joining the varsity staff in 1974. In his three campaigns on the varsity level, Harrisonville went a combined 26-3-1. Hancock then went on to become the head coach of the Stockton High… Read more »
Jim Hanifan
Arguably the finest offensive line coach in the history of professional football, Jim Hanifan was born in Compton, CA and attended Covina High School. His storied coaching career began when he took a position as assistant coach at Yuba Junior College from 1959 to 1961. He was named head coach at Charter Oak High School… Read more »
Richard Hantak
In addition to his many years officiating high school basketball and college and high school football, Rich Hantak’s NFL career as an official has spanned 25 years, working as a Line Judge, Back Judge and Referee. His accolades in the NFL are numerous and include such assignments as the 1985 and 1997 NFC Championships, the… Read more »
Clay Harbor
He had emerged as an intriguing football talent at a small high school outside of Chicago, didn’t get recruited by major NCAA Division I programs but did catch the eyes of a couple of Mid-American Conference schools and others in the Football Championship Subdivision. With that, anyone could have assumed that, for Clay Harbor, the… Read more »
Dr. Patrick Harr
Dr. Patrick Harr has served concurrently as the team doctor for Maryville High School and Northwest Missouri State University for over 25 years. He services about 15 high schools in Northwest Missouri and Southern Iowa in his practice at Maryville.
Willard Harrell
He was born and raised in the northern California town of Stockton, starred as an undersized and intelligent running back for a West Coast college, later played for the Green Bay Packers and then, only three seasons into the National Football League, found his career at a crossroads. There Willard Harrell was in the summer… Read more »
Harrisonville High School Football Program
Just a few blocks from the town square, where the clock tower still works atop the historic Cass County courthouse, sits another landmark. Under the Friday night lights of the fall, the football stadium showcases the Harrisonville Wildcats. See the white flags flapping in the wind beyond the north end zone? Those honor that great… Read more »