Brown, a native of Stoutland, MO, began his coaching career at Richland High School in 1956, where he coached for three years and compiled an 80-17 record. Brown then spent four years at Bolivar, highlighted by a 30-4 record and state Class M Championship in 1960. In 1966, Brown became the head basketball coach for… Read more »
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Year: 2009
Steve Busby
A bright prospect, Busby won 56 games in his first three full seasons, only to have his career derailed by a rotator cuff tear. Drafted by the Royals in 1971 in the second round, the University of Southern California graduate made his debut the following season and stuck in the major leagues for good in… Read more »
1969 Kansas City Chiefs
The 1969 Kansas City Chiefs were a veteran outfit that played together for quite while. Three years earlier, the same group lost to the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I. But it all came together in 1969. The Chiefs were stacked with future Pro Football Hall of Fame players Len Dawson, Bobby Bell, Buck… 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 »
Larry Holley
Think Larry Holley loved coaching from the start? Get this – his first basketball job was at Harrisburg, where he coached six teams (boys and girls varsity, JV and junior high) without an assistant coach and lived in a mobile home across the street. “I coached 91 games that year,” Holley said, “and I’m proud… Read more »
Thomas A. Lombardo
Tom’s football career started in 1937 playing for Soldan High School in St. Louis, where he was a four-year starter and selected on the All-Star City Team all four years and All District Teams three years, as well as being voted MVP in his senior year. He also starred both on the basketball court and… Read more »
John Mayberry, Sr.
John Mayberry was a first-round pick in the 1967 amateur draft and came to the majors as an 18-year-old youngster with the 1968 Houston Astros. A classic southpaw slugging first baseman, Mayberry had his best years with the Kansas City Royals. In six seasons with Kansas City, from 1972-1977, “Big John” averaged 24 home runs… Read more »
Carl Mays
Carl Mays could do it all. By all accounts, the right-handed submariner who spent time with four Major League clubs was mixture of Cy Young, Gaylord Perry and Dan Quisenberry. Add in a little Ty Cobb and you’ve got a pretty good idea of what you were facing when Mays took the mound. Born November… Read more »
1959 Parkview Tastemark A.L. Baseball Team
The 1959 Parkview Tastemark team became Missouri’s American Legion Junior Baseball Champion in only its third year of competition. This Cinderella contender, led by Missouri Sports Hall of Fame coach Dick Birmingham, went on to defeat the state champions from Iowa and Kansas before falling to an Oklahoma team in the four state Regional Tournament.… Read more »
Price Cutter
In 1919, John Ramey bought a small grocery store in Springfield, MO. with his mustering-out pay from the Army. It was a small, neighborhood grocery store, which proved to be successful and he eventually expanded to a total of 8 small stores. Today, RPCS Inc. operates a total of 45 retail grocery stores – 33… Read more »
Ken Reitz
A right-handed hitting thirdbaseman, Reitz played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1972–75, 1977–80), San Francisco Giants (1976), Chicago Cubs (1981) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1982). He was nicknamed the “Zamboni” for his skill at scooping up ground balls on the artificial turf of Busch Memorial Stadium. In his rookie season of 1973, replaced Joe Torre as… Read more »
Will Shields
Selected out of the University of Nebraska, Shields was the third-round (74th overall) pick of the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1993 NFL Draft. Beginning in 1993, Shields was in the Chiefs’ starting lineup for every game, a team record and the second-longest consecutive starting streak in the NFL behind Brett Favre. Shields started 230… Read more »
Reba Sims
Reba came to Missouri State University in 1969 as head coach of the women’s basketball, softball and field hockey teams and, in addition, was a full time instructor in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department. Her various teams won several Missouri Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women state tournaments in each sport. Under Sims,… Read more »
1959 St. Agnes Basketball and Coach Robert Taylor
– Recognized as one of the best Missouri High School coaches with an illustrious career of over 40 years, Coach Bob Taylor is a legend in southwest Missouri. A Conway, MO native, Coach Taylor led three high school basketball teams in Missouri; Conway, Marshfield and Springfield St. Agnes. Conway won a state championship under Coach… Read more »
St. Louis University’s 50 Years of Soccer including 10 National Titles
Saint Louis University added soccer as a varsity sport in 1959, the same year that the NCAA established its first true national championship tournament. Led by Hall of Famer Bob Guelker, Saint Louis University immediately took command of the national tournament and won national titles in 1959. ’60, ’62, ’63 and 1965, becoming the first… Read more »
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 »