Born in Bismark, Missouri, John Lee Reagan coached baseball 36 years (1958–1993) at Murray State University, amassing a record of 776–508–11, including 11 Ohio Valley Conference championships. He is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, Murray State, American Baseball Coaches Association, Missouri Athletic and Bismarck (Missouri) High School halls of fame. The baseball field at… Read more »
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Year: 1992
Harold Robertson
Harold Robertson was one of the greatest players in the history of the Lincoln University men’s basketball program. He led NCAA Division II in scoring with an MIAA record 34.5 points per game during the 1977-78 season. The MIAA’s Most Valuable Player and an Associated Press Little All-American First Team selection in 1977-78, Robertson led… Read more »
Roy Sievers
Sievers is a former first baseman/left fielder in major league baseball. From 1949 through 1965, Sievers played for the St. Louis Browns (1949–53), the original Washington Senators (1954–59), Chicago White Sox (1960–61), Philadelphia Phillies (1962–64), and finally the new Senators (1964–65). Signed by the St. Louis Browns as a free agent in 1947, Sievers debuted… Read more »
Tom Stanton
In his 44-year coaching career, Stanton compiled a remarkable 793-191 record. He coached all sports at St. Louis University High School beginning in 1926, but he is best known for his basketball career at St. Louis’ Beaumont High School. Between 1939 and 1970 at Beaumont, his teams claimed 11 Public League titles, five Missouri Class… Read more »
Jim Wilkinson
James H. Wilkinson’s coaching career began with an assistant coaching position at his alma mater, Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), in 1942. Wilkinson also served stints at the Kansas City YMCA, the R.T. Coles Vocational School and Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri, where his 1966 squad won a Missouri Class L state title. His teams… Read more »
“Red” Williams
Lorenz C. “Red” Williams was SEMO’s first full-time athletic trainer, serving from 1967 to 1983. Williams worked in that position for 16 years supporting nine men and women’s athletic teams. He mentored and supervised 63 athletic training students during his tenure and was awarded National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) honors for both 20 years and… Read more »
Amadee Wohlschlaeger
Nationally, Amadee achieved stature as a sports cartoonist as he spent a half-century drawing St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s wisecracking Page One tradition, The Weatherbird. drawing skills and humor provided portrait likenesses and humorous sports-page editorials. For years, the artist drew first-page cartoons weekly for The Sporting News. For more than 30 years, he provided the color… Read more »
“Skip” Wolfe
Robert “Skip” Wolfe was a guard from 1957-60 under former head coach Bob Vanatta. Wolfe, who grew up in New Haven, Missouri, helped lead the University of Memphis Tigers to some of their greatest basketball moments in school history. He played in 17 games during his freshman year and averaged 10.7 points per game, scoring… Read more »