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 1906 2002 Glen Simon football, track 1953 1989 Clair D. Austin* baseball 1907 2000 William T. "Billy" Sherman* football, coach 1953 x Loy Brooks baseball 1908 2001 Willis O'Brien football, track 1954 2000 George Brewer, Jr. football, track 1918 2001 William Scarpino* football, track 1954 1991 Sylvester "Sy" Forrester* track 1919 1992 Joyce Allen football 1955 1989 Karen Biesemeyer Bittle synchronized swimming 1919 1989 Darwin V. Collins football 1955 1989 Gail Annable Froyen synchronized swimming 1920 1989 Curtis Morton* football 1955-90 x Robert "Bob" Lawson coach 1920 1989 Russell Ross football 1955 1989 Wardell Caesar Smith cross country, track 1922 1992 Robert "Bob" Watkins football 1955 1992 Richard "Dick" Weatherly baseball, football,swimming 1928 x Jack McGuire coach, swimming 1957-90 1990 Orval A. Knee athletic director, coach 1929-36 1989 Johnny Johnson* coach 1959 1989 Albert "Butcher" Earl Collier track 1932 1990 Robert "Bob" Earl football, track 1960-65 x Dr. Raymond H. Pugh coach/football/track 1932 1989 Donald B. Emery* football, swimming, track 1964 1989 Clyde Eugene Duncan track 1933-65 1991 Theresa "Andy" Anderson* coach 1965 1990 "Jackie" S. Lyle Grossnickle synchronized swimming 1933 1992 Earl C. Dennis* baseball 1966 1989 Steve Douglas Lundholm football 1933 1989 Charles Carson Orebaugh* football, basketball 1967 1989 Richard David Hall basketball 1934 1989 James E. Lyle* track, coach 1967 1990 Jamel "Jim" Kirby football, track 1934 1990 George W. Robinson, Jr. track 1970 1989 Robert "Bob" E. Florence basketball 1935 1990 James J. Ahern* football 1971-77 x Alex C. Glann coach 1935 1991 William Pallwitz basketball 1970 1993 Marty Blair Smith football, wrestling 1936-46 1990 Arden I. "Mac" McClain coach 1970 1989 Jack Clyde Welch wrestling 1936 1990 Andrew "Andy" Riggs* football, basketball 1971 1995 Kelly Randolph Evans basketball 1937 1989 Edward "Ed" Beisser football, basketball 1975 x Dave D. Hooper football, baseball 1937 1994 Darrell Arthur Kiddie* baseball 1972 1989 Dallas Smith basketball 1938 1989 Gerald "Gary" Bash football,basketball, baseball 1974 1989 Mark Anthony Morrow tennis 1938 1991 James F. "Bud" Collins football,basketball, baseball 1975 1994 Bruce Smith football, basketball 1938 1991 Russell Flynn Miller wrestling 1976 1989 Jim A. Cave* football 1939 1992 Robert L. "Bob" Kissick* football,basketball, baseball 1978 1989 Marcus Butts football 1939 1989 Bill (Bill) C. Parker football 1978 1989 Deanne R. Hodges basketball 1940 2000 John"Jack"Joseph Dawson* baseball 1978 1991 Greg Joseph Holland football 1941 1994 Daniel Kroloff* football 1978 1989 Kevin L. Nichols football 1941-47 1994 Francis X.Cretzmeyer* coach 1981-present 2006 Bob McCarthy coach/booster/ROTC 1941 1989 Doris Elizabeth Popple* tennis 1982-04 x Mel Green, Sr. basketball, cc coach 1942 1989 George Doug Robison swimming 1982-01 2001 Harold Dwayne Crozier coach, athletic director 1942 1997 Samuel Francis Shiffler diving 1983-90 x George Davis track coach/staff 1945 1992 Robert "Bob" Hansman football 1983 1991 Anne E. Holland Townsend basketball 1945 1989 Jack Wichman swimming,diving 1985-03 x Fry, Kenneth vice principal 1945 1993 Richard Edwin Keith football, swimming 1985 1989 Elizabeth "Liz" Messerly track 1946 1991 Keith Duane Baker baseball 1986 1989 Dee Dee James track 1946 1989 John Melvin Estes, Jr. football,basketball, baseball 1986 x Paul Douglas Wiedemeier swimming 1946-60 1992 George L. Falk* coach 1987 x Terry "Rico" L. Burkett basketball, baseball 1946 1989 Robert Eugene. Nelson football, track 1987 1989 Lisa Kay Simpson track 1946 1991 Mary C. Maloy Nordstrom swimming 1989 1990 Deborah Kay Ford track 1946 1989 Roger Keith Watts swimming, track 1989 1990 Lisa M. Montgomery basketball 1947 1989 Gordon M. Chapman* tennis 1991 1995 Andre Greg Allen football,basketball 1947 1994 Doris Jensen Blue tennis 1991 1992 Hurl L. Beechum,III basketball 1947 1989 Joseph "Joe" Popple* tennis 1992 x Jessica JoLynn Burgus swimming 1948 1989 Conrad ''Connie" Jones track 1992-05 x Gene Hildreth, Sr .* NHS Booster 1948 1989 Reginald 'Reggie" Kaiser track 1992-03 2001 Larry Pecina coach/staff/booster 1948 1989 George H. Nichols track 1992 1993 Kyren Pinks football, track, basketball 1948 1995 Clyde Ervin Titus* football 1993 2000 DeMar MarTay Jenkins football,basketball, baseball 1949 1991 Harold Wayne Bingaman football 1994 1995 Tashika N. Lewis volleyball, track, basketball 1949 1989 Karilyn Kay Adams Cassill synchronized swimming 1995 1997 Amy Kelce softball 1949 1989 Marilyn May Adams Holmes synchronized swimming 1995 1997 Glenn Phillips football, basketball 1949 1989 Roberta "Bobbie" Capps Levine* tennis 1996 1997 Robert Eugene Cole football, wrestling 1949 1989 Gary Thomas Scott track 1996 2009 Gene Carl Hildreth, Jr. coach 1950 1995 Paul Benjamin Bosley* swimming 1996 x Tosha DeMorris Smith softball 1950 1990 Dan Richard Reece swimming 1997 x Ronald Grant Cason football 1950 1989 Paul Davis Slack swimming 1998 2002 Andrew "Andy" S. Hodges football,basketball, baseball 1951 1990 Dale Adrian Lucas swimming 1998 2002 Jennifer Lynn Hohrmann basketball, track 1951 1992 JoAnn Speer Wormley* synchronized swimming 2000 2001 Sullivan C. Baccam wrestling 1951 1989 William "Bill" Wright football 2001 x Darryl Alexander football, track 1952 1989 Robert Lee "Bob" Klisares* football 2006 x Jaymie VanZandt (Anderson) ROTC Air Rifle Team

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