|  
 |   North 
High School Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame |   | * 
= deceased; x = induction year unknown |   |  |   |  
 | For nomination 
to the North High Athletes Hall of Fame, the candidate must: |   | 1. |  | Have 
graduated from North High prior to nomination |   | 2. |  | Have 
been an All-State First or Second Team selection or |   | 3. |  | Have 
won a State Championship or have been a Runner-up or |   | 4. |  | Have 
held a State or National Record or |   | 5. |  | Have 
been named a High School All-American or |   | 6. |  | Have, 
after graduation, earned National, State, Collegiate, or other special recognition 
for achievement in athletics or |   | 7. |  | Have 
been employed as a member of the North High Coaching Staff or |   | 8. |  | Have 
been voted in by majority of the members, in good standing, of the NHS Coaches 
Association for outstanding contributions to North High athletics |   | 9. |  | Example: 
in 1994 there was a smaller number of inductees. This is the result of a wider 
range of votes having been cast. Each coach votes for eight candidates. A candidate 
must receive a majority of the votes cast to be elected. This year the votes were 
spread out among so many candidates only three received enough votes to be elected. |   | 10. |  | History: 
The official induction ceremonies for the inaugural group of athletes into the 
North High "Athletes Hall of Fame" took place at the Fort Des Moines 
Hotel in Independence Hall on Saturday, May 6, 1989 at 1:30pm. The initial list 
of inductees numbered 48. Initial list of 48 is in bold green below. |   | 11. |  | Nomination 
may be made by any current faculty member or coach, any former faculty member 
or coach, or any North High alumnus. |   | 12. |  | Nominations 
may be made at any time, and all nominations will be kept on file for future consideration. |  |   |  
 | Class | Induct | x | Sport |  | Class | Induct | x | Sport |   | 1907 | 2000 | William 
T. "Billy" Sherman* | football, 
coach |  | 1955 | 1989 | Gail 
Annable Froyen | synchronized 
swimming |   | 1908 | 2001 | Willis 
O'Brien | football, 
track |  | 1955-90 | 1990 | Robert 
"Bob" Lawson* | coach |   | 1908 | 2002 | Glenn 
Simons | football, 
track |  | 1955 | 1989 | Wardell 
Caesar Smith | cross 
country, track |   | 1918 | 2001 | William 
Scarpino* | football, 
track |  | 1955 | 1992 | Richard 
"Dick" Weatherly | baseball, 
football,swimming |   | 1919 | 1992 | Joyce 
Allen | football |  | 1957-90 | 1990 | Orval 
A. Knee | athletic 
director, coach |   | 1919 | 1989 | Darwin 
Victor Collins* | football |  | 1959 | 1989 | Albert 
"Butcher" Earl Collier | track |   | 1920 | 1989 | Curtis 
Morton* | football |  | 1959 | 1998 | Nathaniel 
Craddock | football |   | 1920 | 1989 | Russell 
Ross | football |  | 1959 | 1998 | Robert 
McCauley | football,basketball,baseball |   | 1922 | 1992 | Robert 
"Bob" Watkins | football |  | 1960-65 | 2003 | Dr. 
Raymond H. Pugh* | coach/football/track |   | 1928 | 1998 | Jack 
"Red" McGuire | coach, 
swimming |  | 1961 | 2014 | Dennis 
Ray Lindsay* | swimming |   | 1929-36 | 1989 | Johnny 
Johnson* | coach |  | 1964 | 1989 | Clyde 
Eugene Duncan | track |   | 1932 | 1990 | Robert 
"Bob" Earl | football, 
track |  | 1965 | 1990 | "Jackie" 
S. Lyle Grossnickle | synchronized 
swimming |   | 1932 | 1989 | Donald 
B. Emery* | football, 
swimming, track |  | 1966 | 1989 | Steve 
Douglas Lundholm | football |   | 1933-65 | 1991 | Theresa 
"Andy" Anderson* | coach |  | 1967 | 1989 | Richard 
David Hall | basketball |   | 1933 | 1992 | Earl 
C. Dennis* | baseball |  | 1967 | 1990 | Jamel 
"Jim" Kirby | football, 
track |   | 1933 | 1989 | Charles 
Carson Orebaugh* | football, 
basketball |  | 1970 | 1989 | Robert 
"Bob" E. Florence | basketball |   | 1934 | 1989 | James 
E. Lyle* | track, 
coach |  | 1971-77 | 1996 | Alex 
C. Glann | coach |   | 1934 | 1990 | George 
W. Robinson, Jr. | track |  | 1970 | 1993 | Marty 
Blair Smith | football, 
wrestling |   | 1935 | 1990 | James 
J. Ahern* | football |  | 1970 | 1989 | Jack 
Clyde Welch | wrestling |   | 1935 | 1991 | William 
Pallwitz* | basketball |  | 1971 | 1995 | Kelly 
Randolph Evans | basketball |   | 1936-46 | 1990 | Arden 
I. "Mac" McClain | coach |  | 1975 | 1996 | Dave 
D. Hooper | football, 
baseball |   | 1936 | 1990 | Andrew 
"Andy" Riggs* | football, 
basketball |  | 1972 | 1989 | Dallas 
Smith | basketball |   | 1937 | 1989 | Edward 
"Ed" Beisser* | football, 
basketball |  | 1974 | 1989 | Mark 
Anthony Morrow | tennis |   | 1937 | 1994 | Darrell 
Arthur Kiddie* | baseball |  | 1975 | 1994 | Bruce 
Smith | football, 
basketball |   | 1938 | 1989 | Gerald 
"Gary" Bash* | football,basketball, 
baseball |  | 1976 | 1989 | Jim 
A. Cave* | football |   | 1938 | 1991 | James 
F. "Bud" Collins | football,basketball, 
baseball |  | 1978 | 1989 | Marcus 
Butts | football |   | 1938 | 1991 | Russell 
Flynn Miller | wrestling |  | 1978 | 1989 | Deanne 
R. Hodges | basketball |   | 1939 | 1992 | Robert 
L. "Bob" Kissick* | football,basketball, 
baseball |  | 1978 | 1991 | Greg 
Joseph Holland | football |   | 1939 | 1989 | Bill 
(Bill) C. Parker | football |  | 1978 | 1989 | Kevin 
L. Nichols | football |   | 1940 | 2000 | John"Jack"Joseph 
Dawson* | baseball |  | 1981-present | 2006 | Bob 
McCarthy | coach/booster/ROTC |   | 1941 | 1994 | Daniel 
Kroloff* | football |  | 1982-04 | 2007 | Mel 
Green, Sr. | basketball, 
cc coach |   | 1941-47 | 1994 | Francis 
X.Cretzmeyer* | coach |  | 1982-01 | 2001 | Harold 
Dwayne Crozier | coach, 
athletic director |   | 1941 | 1989 | Doris 
Elizabeth Popple* | tennis |  | 1983-90 | 2007 | George 
Davis | track 
coach/staff |   | 1942 | 1989 | George 
Doug Robison | swimming |  | 1983 | 1991 | Anne 
E. Holland Townsend | basketball |   | 1942 | 1997 | Samuel 
Francis Shiffler | diving |  | 1985-03 | 2005 | Frey, 
Kenneth | vice 
principal, athletics |   | 1945 | 1992 | Robert 
"Bob" Hansman | football |  | 1985 | 1989 | Elizabeth 
"Liz" Messerly | track |   | 1945 | 1989 | Jack 
Wichman | swimming,diving |  | 1986 | 1989 | Dee 
Dee James | track |   | 1945 | 1993 | Richard 
Edwin Keith* | football, 
swimming |  | 1986 | 1998 | Paul 
Douglas Wiedemeier | swimming |   | 1946 | 1991 | Keith 
Duane Baker | baseball |  | 1987 | 1989 | Terry 
"Rico" L. Burkett | basketball, 
baseball |   | 1946 | 1999 | KennethLaVerneBerglund* | football,wrestling,baseball |  | 1987 | 1989 | Lisa 
Kay Simpson | track |   | 1946 | 1989 | John 
Melvin Estes, Jr.* | football,basketball, 
baseball |  | 1989 | 1990 | Deborah 
Kay Ford | track |   | 1946-60 | 1992 | George 
L. Falk* | coach |  | 1989 | 1990 | Lisa 
M. Montgomery | basketball |   | 1946 | 1989 | Robert 
Eugene Nelson | football, 
track |  | 1991 | 1995 | Andre 
Greg Allen | football,basketball |   | 1946 | 1991 | Mary 
Catherine Maloy Nordstrom | swimming |  | 1991 | 1992 | Hurl 
L. Beechum,III | basketball |   | 1946 | 1989 | Roger 
Keith Watts | swimming, 
track |  | 1992 | 1996 | Jessica 
JoLynn Burgus | swimming |   | 1947 | 1989 | Gordon 
M. Chapman* | tennis |  | 1992-05 | 2005 | Gene 
Hildreth, Sr .* | NHS 
Booster |   | 1947 | 1994 | Doris 
Jensen Blue* | tennis |  | 1992-03 | 2001 | Larry 
Pecina* | coach/staff/booster |   | 1947 | 1989 | Joseph 
"Joe" Popple* | tennis |  | 1992 | 1993 | Kyren 
Pinks | football, 
track, basketball |   | 1948 | 1989 | Conrad 
''Connie" Jones | track |  | 1993 | 1999 | Jon 
Bybee | baseball |   | 1948 | 1989 | Reginald 
'Reggie" Kaiser | track |  | 1993 | 2000 | DeMar 
MarTay Jenkins | football,basketball, 
baseball |   | 1948 | 1989 | George 
H. Nichols, Jr.* | track |  | 1994 | 1995 | Tashika 
N. Lewis | volleyball, 
track, basketball |   | 1948 | 1995 | Clyde 
Ervin Titus* | football |  | 1995 | 1997 | Amy 
Kelce | softball |   | 1949 | 1991 | Harold 
Wayne Bingaman | football |  | 1995 | 1997 | Glenn 
Phillips | football, 
basketball |   | 1949 | 1989 | Karilyn 
Kay Adams Cassill | synchronized 
swimming |  | 1996 | 1997 | Robert 
Eugene Cole | football, 
wrestling |   | 1949 | 1989 | Marilyn 
May Adams Holmes | synchronized 
swimming |  | 1996 | 2009 | Gene 
Carl Hildreth, Jr. | wrestling 
coach |   | 1949 | 1989 | Roberta 
"Bobbie" Capps Levine* | tennis |  | 1996 | 2008 | Tosha 
DeMorris Smith | softball |   | 1949 | 1989 | Gary 
Thomas Scott | track |  | 1997 | 1998 | Ronald 
Grant Cason | football |   | 1950 | 1995 | Paul 
Benjamin Bosley* | swimming |  | 1998 | 2002 | Andrew 
"Andy" S. Hodges | football,basketball, 
baseball |   | 1950 | 1990 | Dan 
Richard Reece | swimming |  | 1998 | 2002 | Jennifer 
Lynn Hohrmann | softball,basketball, 
track |   | 1950 | 1989 | Paul 
Davis Slack | swimming |  | 1998 | 1999 | Reginald 
Monson | wrestling |   | 1951 | 1990 | Dale 
Adrian Lucas | swimming |  | 1999 | 2014 | Erik 
Link | football |   | 1951 | 1992 | JoAnn 
Speer Wormley* | synchronized 
swimming |  | 2000 | 2001 | Sullivan 
C. Baccam | wrestling |   | 1951 | 1989 | William 
"Bill" Wright | football |  | 2001 | 2004 | Darryl 
Alexander | football, 
track |   | 1952 | 1989 | Robert 
Lee "Bob" Klisares* | football |  | 2006 | x | Jaymie 
VanZandt (Anderson) | ROTC 
Air Rifle Team |   | 1953 | 1989 | Clair 
D. Austin* | baseball |  | 2006 | 2008 | Aubrey 
Welp |  |   | 1953 | 1996 | Loy 
Brooks | baseball |  | 2009 | 2014 | Omet 
Kak | track |   | 1954 | 2000 | George 
Brewer, Jr.* | football, 
track |  | 2012 | 2014 | Brian 
Warren | wrestling |   | 1954 | 1991 | Sylvester 
"Sy" Forrester* | track |  | 2015 | 2008 | Lonny 
Kerman* | coach/girls 
swimming |  | 1955 | 1989 | Karen 
Biesemeyer Bittle | synchronized 
swimming |  | 2015 | 2009 | Aaron 
Gaynor | football,wrestling,track |  |   | Home 
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