Following a successful football career at MU, Vince Tobin joined the Tiger coaching staff and by 1967, was the full time defensive end coach. Tobin joined the Chicago Bears in 1986. In Chicago, Tobin’s defensive unit ranked first in 1986, allowing only 258 total yards per game and just 94.2 rushing yards per game. Tobin… Read more »
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Bill Tobin
A native of Burlington Junction, MO, Bill Tobin’s collegiate football career started at the University of Missouri, where he lettered from 1960-1962 on teams that had a cumulative record of 26-3-3. A halfback and kicker, Tobin was the MVP of Missouri’s 14-10 win over Georgia Tech in the 1962 Bluebonnet Bowl. He was the Houston… Read more »
James Edward “Brick” Travis
Tarkio, Missouri, is a quiet little college town tucked away in the northwest corner of the state and hardly known as a hotbed of football talent. It was there that Ed Travis starred as a high school player, dreaming of the day when he could play for the University of Missouri. But Ed’s stellar high… Read more »
1954 University of Missouri Tigers Baseball
Under the tutelage of legendary baseball coach John “Hi” Simmons, the 1954 University of Missouri Tiger baseball team won the eight-team NCAA College World Series National Championship in Omaha’s Municipal Stadium by defeating Michigan State University and then Rollins College of Florida in a three team championship round.
Bruce Van Dyke
A product of Buckner, Missouri, Bruce Van Dyke played college football at the University of Missouri, where he was a two-way starter, playing on both the offensive and defensive lines. As a first team All-Big Eight Conference defensive tackle in 1965, Van Dyke played on Tiger teams that went a combined 21-8-2 from 1963 to… Read more »
Bob Vanatta
Vanatta was the head basketball coach for Central Methodist, Southwest Missouri State, Army, Bradley, Memphis State, Missouri, and Delta State University. At Southwest Missouri State, he won the 1952 and 1953 NAIA Championships. He compiled a 109-34 record at Memphis State, including making it to the 1957 NIT Championship game. After coaching, he later served… Read more »
Maurice “Red” Wade
Born in Mountain Grove, Wade was one of the star halfbacks for Don Faurot’s innovative Split-T formation at the University of Missouri in the early 1940’s. After a stint Armed Services during WWII, Wade transferred to the University of Tulsa, helping the Hurricanes to a Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl appearance. After graduation, Wade joined the… Read more »
Norman Wagner
Norman Wagner was born in St. Louis and graduated from Normandy High School. As a student-athlete, he lettered at the University of Missouri in basketball and baseball from 1931 to 1933. He led the basketball team in scoring in 1933 when he won all-Big Six Conference honors. His biggest accomplishments, though, were achieved on the… Read more »
Don Walsworth
In 1957, after walking across the University of Missouri campus following graduation, Don Walsworth figured that somehow, some way he would return. No, not simply to visit or watch ballgames. But to give back, to provide something meaningful to a campus that had positioned him for success – a success that even he didn’t know… Read more »
Sean Weatherspoon
Sean Weatherspoon’s legacy as one of the top defensive players in the history of the University of Missouri football program is secure. But it isn’t the big games or the individual accolades that Weatherspoon remembers or values most about his time in Columbia. “I remember the summer workouts and downtime with my teammates more vividly… Read more »
Keith Weber
Keith Weber graduated in 1964 with the University of Missouri’s lowest career ERA at 0.56. During his senior season, in which he posted an 0.50 ERA, Weber tallied a then school record 11 wins, while striking out 90 batters, leading Mizzou to a 26-5-1 overall record, all while helping his Tigers advance to the College… Read more »
Roger Wehrli
A standout sprinter at King City High, Wehrli was offered only one scholarship to play college football, at the University of Missouri. At the end of his senior year in 1968, Wehrli was picked to ten different All-American teams. He played in the Hula and Senior Bowls, as well as the Coach’s All-Star game. Although stationed… Read more »
Devin West
In the mid- to late-1990s, after years and years of trying to earn respect, a group of talented athletes converged on Columbia and showed what could be possible for the University of Missouri football team. Among those athletes was a young man from Moberly High School, a running back whose decision to stay in state… Read more »
Vernon “Hap” Whitney
Never tipping the scales at more than 127 pounds, Vernon “Hap” Whitney was the first high school wrestler to win 4 state championships. His wrestling prowess took him to Purdue University where, at 130 pounds, he won the 1955 National AAU Championship and a Big 10 wrestling title. Taking over as head coach of Missouri… Read more »
Win Wilfong
Alva Winfred “Win” Wilfong, a Missouri native, was born on March 18, 1933. He played college basketball at the University of Missouri from 1951 to 1953. In 1955, Wilfong returned to college basketball at the University of Memphis, where he played until 1957. He was selected in the first round of the 1957 NBA draft… Read more »