Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame Foundation

2012 Honorees, Another Batch From Our Rich Past

LINCOLN – The Nebraska High School Hall of Fame Foundation will induct twin sisters for the first time. Hayes Center's Deb and Donna Spickelmier highlight the 19th Hall of Fame induction group.
The induction ceremony will be Oct. 7 at the Lied Center in Lincoln. Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for elementary and high school students and are available by contacting Tami McLaughlin, at Nebraska Sports Council, P.O. Box 29366, Lincoln, NE 68529, or by calling 402-471-2544 or by e-mail to tami@nebraskasportscouncil.com
The induction class includes 12 athletes, five coaches, an official and two contributors.
The Hall selected Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch and his Millard North classmate, Kelly Lindsay, in their first year of eligibility.

Go here for information on all 2012 award winners........Get Ticket Order Form

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 more than 240 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 and Eric Crouch.
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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

The NSAA's new building...
where the Hall of Fame has a home.

The Nebraska High School Hall of Fame Foundation Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Larry Munksgaard as its new executive director.
Munksgaard brings nearly 20 years of involvement in Nebraska high school sports to the post. He was the athletic director at Lincoln Southeast from 1996 to 2010, and the Hall of Fame honored the Knights for a decade of excellence in the 1990s.
Finding the funding necessary to open the Hall of Fame’s Exhibit Hall is the biggest challenge facing Munksgaard and the foundation.

Upcoming Events You Shouldn’t Miss

Golf Scramble, June 23, 2012, at Cambridge. A celebrity golfer will be invited. Director Del Schoenfish.

2012 Hall of Fame Ceremony, Sunday, October 7, 2012, Lincoln, Lied Center.

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

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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.