Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame Foundation

ANNOUNCING
2013 Honorees

The Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame Foundation's 20th induction ceremony will be Sunday, Sept. 15, at the Lied Center in Lincoln.
Doors open at noon with the ceremony beginning at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for students grades K-12. Preschool children are admitted free.
Tickets can be ordered by phone or e-mail through the Nebraska Sports Council (402-471-2544 or info@nebraskasportscouncil.com).
The 2013 induction class includes 10 athletes, four coaches, two contributors and an official.
Info capsules are here for these inductees: Athletes Nicole Kubik, Matt Davison, Kelly Cizek, Reggie Smith, Bill Hawkins, Michele Kush,, John Sherlock, Donna Chvatal, Leigh Suhr, Terry Williams, Coaches John Faiman, Tom McCann, Gene Suhr, Dennis Troester; Official Darrell Lenz; Contributors Dick Christie and Jack Payne.

MORE: Additional award winners in 2013.

PHASE II Underway
The Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame Foundation has been joined by the Nebraska Historical Society to produce an all-schools kiosk to be used at the hall of fame.
   The kiosk will provide information about Nebraska's schools, many that no longer exist, and will include their athletic and academic achievements.
   A small group of Nebraska historians published a book in 1995 documenting the state's schools, and they have agreed to share that content with the Hall of Fame.
   The historians' book included a photo of the school building and a list of each school's outstanding alumni.
    Hall of Fame Executive Director Larry Munksgaard said, "For someone to come into the Hall of Fame and be able to pop that in for their old school and see it with their own eyes is kind of a cool deal" The information does not include schools that opened or consolidated since 1995, but the Hall plans to update those entries.
   The kiosk is the first step in Phase 2 of the Hall of Fame's construction at 500 Charleston in Lincoln.

Go here for story on sportsman program
And here for a photo gallery of the rally

Enjoy the 2012 awards program from start to finish on YouTube. Click here

Welcome to the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame Foundation Website!
The Hall of Fame Foundation is a non-profit organization operating for more than 20 years with the idea of preserving the history of high school sports. It makes several awards annually honoring individuals and teams and has inducted 346 athletes, coaches and/or contributors, including some of the great names in Nebraska sports, such as Gale Sayers, Johnny Rodgers, Carol Frost, the Fischer family, Tom Kropp, Nancy Kindig-Malone, Bob Gibson, Bob Boozer, Amy Stephens. Tom Osborne, Eric Crouch, and on and on...
Address: 500 Charleston Street, Lincoln. Mailing Address: PO Box 83972, Lincoln, 68501-3972
Office Telephone: 402-476-4767. Contact by email.

We Have a Good Cause: Please Help Us Out

     The Hall of Fame is working on a capital fund drive with a goal of $1.5. Thanks to a sizeable donation by a person preferring anonymity, the drive has surpassed $500,000.
     The goal has been determined as a minimum requirement to provide an entertaining, modern presentation of Nebraska high school sports' past in the 7,000 square foot area.
     For more information or to make a contribution, please contact any of the board members listed elsewhere in this website (board). DONATION FORM

Thanks to Coaches, ADs
The Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame Foundation hasopened the first phase of its exhibit hall at 500 Charleston St., in Lincoln. The Wall of Honorees features plaques for the Hall of Fame’s silver and golden anniversary teams, Fischer Family Award winners, Gustafson Inspiration Award winners, Dominant Dynasties and Great Moments in High School Sports. It is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Nebraska School Activities Association office building.

Financial support from the NSAA, the Nebraska Coaches Association, the Nebraska State Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association helped make Phase 1 possible. The Hall continues to work on Phase 2 of the project honoring individual athletes, Coaches, officials and contributors who have excelled in Nebraska high school athletics. The plaques themselves were crafted byAwards Unlimited, Lincoln.

Please forward any stories/web casts/pod casts on the Hall of Fame throughout the year to golopers@aol.com, buck_mahoney@charter.net

The Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame is looking for memorabilia that could be displayed in the Hall.
These items could be donated or loaned for a designated period of time.
Nebraska high school sports goes back to the early 1900s and we hope there are items out there that could be shared with the Hall of Fame and high school sports fans.Items that could be considered would be, but not limited to, things like equipment, uniforms, shoes, balls, photos, newspaper articles, letter jackets, trophies, championship game programs and game film (16 mm, super 8, VHS and DVD).
We are also looking for memorabilia that is rare or out of the ordinary.
If you have something to share with high school sports fans, contact:
Dan Moore, 308-212-0571
   danm@nctc.net
Gene Haynes, 402-496-2536
   gene.haynes@ops.org
Sandy Pilford, 308-760-6075
   sandip@aps.k1.ne.us
Miracle
On Vine Street
Go here to see a video clip of one of the greatest moments in Nebraska High School Sports, the Miracle on Vine Street in 1971. Dick Janda's excellent news work 10 years later re-plays and an analysis of the last minute heroics.

1934 poster promoting
with first 6-man football
game. See interesting story about
this Nebraska created game.