For the sons of successful pro athletes, it’s often a challenge to emerge out of the enormous shadows of their dads. Fortunately, Leo Lewis III carved out quite a football career for himself, with a lineage from Columbia Hickman High School, on to the University of Missouri and then the National Football League’s Minnesota Vikings,… Read more »
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Gary Link
A standout athlete at Lindbergh High School in St. Louis, Link went on to a very successful basketball career at the University of Missouri. He played on the team from 1970-1974. During his sophomore and junior years, he played on the first two teams in Mizzou history to win 20 or more games. The Tigers… Read more »
Dan Lucy
Long before his TV sports broadcasting days, he developed his reporting chops as a free-lance writer the old-fashioned way: A student by day working his way into the University of Missouri School of Journalism. A beat writer at night covering the 1983-1984 Mizzou basketball team, even lugging around a portable typewriter and dictating two stories… Read more »
Ron Lykins
It all started with a degree requirement. Ron Lykins and the wheelchair basketball community would never be the same. Lykins, the University of Missouri head coach, retired from international coaching in 2021 after spending nine years as the head coach of the United States Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Team. He finished his career with Team USA… Read more »
Jeremy Maclin
The assumption is that major college football players see their campus only as a springboard into the National Football League. However, Jeremy Maclin proved that he cared deeply about the University of Missouri. When he announced that he would forgo his final two seasons and enter the NFL Draft, Maclin couldn’t hold back emotions at… Read more »
Lindsey Markworth
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Markworth was a four-time state shot put champion at Lexington High School. At one point, she held the state shot put record. Additionally, she won two state championships in the discus throw, in 2000 and 2001. She also competed three summers in AAU, qualifying for the national meet… Read more »
Squeaky Marquart
If you’ve attended any athletic event across Missouri, you would know that people just refer to him as “Squeaky.” He’s become synonymous around Mizzou athletics. His love for the Black and Gold has taken him all across the country to see his beloved Tigers play. In essence, he’s a genuine PR guy for the state… Read more »
Gene McArtor
In 20 years of coaching baseball at the University of Missouri, Gene McArtor coached the Tigers to two Big 8 Conference titles and took six different teams to NCAA regional play. He also served as the Chairman of the NCAA Baseball Committee from 1987-1992, Vice President of the American Baseball Coach’s Association in 1987, President… Read more »
Mark McBride
The sweet memories come back every now and then: The days hitting golf balls into the dusty corn fields on the family farm. The afternoons spent playing golf with his grandmother. For Mark McBride, it’s hard not to get teary-eyed just thinking about it all, especially one place in particular. “I was fortunate to have… 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 »
Susan McNay
Susan McNay is a lot of things to a lot of people. Former White House aide. Right-hand woman to Missouri Sports Legend Norm Stewart (MSHOF Legend 2000). Businesswoman. Fundraiser. Servant. Leader. And now, she’s forever a part of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, as she’s set to receive the President’s Award at the Hall’s… 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 »
1966 Missouri Tigers Sugar Bowl Champions
The grainy videos – the ones of the Mizzou Tigers’ 1966 Sugar Bowl team – are simply beautiful nostalgia archived on YouTube. See the black jerseys, gold pants and the helmets with the player’s number? And No. 16? That’s quarterback Gary Lane. Plus, one news reel shows Johnny Roland tossing a touchdown pass to Earl… Read more »
1969 University of Missouri Football Team
The old video footage found on YouTube will make almost anyone smile. In fact, it’s easy to wonder if quarterback Terry McMillan, receiver Mel Gray and teammates ever thought they should be charged admission for their own weekly film sessions. Talk about a fun team to watch. The 1969 Missouri Tigers football team seemed to… Read more »
Mizzou Football Chain Crew
Back in 1957, at the start of the fall semester at the University of Missouri, the student newspaper published a brief in which the athletic department sought help for football games. Claude Menefee still remembers it. “A couple of us went down to Sparky Stalcup’s office,” Menefee said of Mizzou’s then-Athletic Director (MSHOF 1979). “They… Read more »