After graduating from Farmington, Blaine attended the University of Missouri on a football scholarship. Athletic honors included All Big Eight and All America football teams and participation in 2 Orange Bowl games. He was the second draft choice of the World Champion Green Bay Packers. He played one year with the Packers and was then… Read more »
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Al Conway
Al Conway was born in North Kansas City, MO in 1930. His God-given athletic abilities made him a versatile athlete who seemed to succeed no matter which sport he chose to participate in. He was an excellent track and field athlete, basketball and baseball as well but his sport was football. Many regarded him as… 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 »
Jim Kekeris
At 290 pounds, “Jumbo” Jim Kekeris was used as a tackle, fullback and place-kicker by Coaches Don Faurot and Chauncey Simpson from 1943-46. A St Louis native, Kekeris earned all-Big Six Conference honors three times, and was a second-team all-American as a senior. He played in the East-West Shrine game and College All-Star game. He… 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 »