Mike Dugan – Creighton Prep
Class of 1955 Athlete Magic Mike Dugan collected all the honors–All-Catholic All-American, Wigwam All-American and a two-time all-state quarterback–while leading the Junior Jays to back-to-back state titles and 20 straight football victories. An outstanding pitcher as well, he earned two all-city selections while carrying Prep to back-to-back inter-city championships. He also played forward on the […]
Matt Davison – Tecumseh
Athlete, Class of 1997 Best known for his touchdown off a deflected pass against Missouri, a catch that saved Nebraska’s national championship season of 1997, Matt Davison honed his receiving skills at Tecumseh High School where he set numerous state records for receiving yards, including career (3,623), season (1,516) and single-game (313). He also set […]
Gil Dodds – Falls City
Athlete. For years Nebraska high school milers ran in the footsteps of this famous track star. Gil Dodds was graduated from Falls City High School in 1937. In his final spring he ran a mile in a record time of 4:28.1. The state record time lasted until well after World War II. He never lost […]
Howard Debus – Lincoln High
Athlete. The 1940 graduate of Lincoln High School earned his way into a very elite club of Nebraska athletes who held a best-in-the-nation record while in high school. His 174-foot discus throw in 1940 was a national high school record which lasted through World War II. One of the most versatile athletes in state history, […]
Chuck Deter – Gering
Coach. In the last half of the twentieth century, a talented coach who had a yearning for wrestling joined the faculty at Gering High School in Western Nebraska. Chuck Deter was a successful football coach, an athletic director and educator. Yet his specialty was being a superb wrestling coach, one of the best in the […]
Dick Davis – Omaha North
Athlete. Of the many fine athletes to wear the blue and gold of the Omaha North High School Vikings, this 1966 graduate was a tremendously gifted football star. He averaged 10.4 yards per carry as a fleet-footed halfback and has held the Metropolitan Conference record for most touchdowns per game for nearly a half-century. In […]
Joe di Natale – North Platte
Contributor. Competitors and spectators alike came to the Nebraska High School Track and Field championships to see the action, but for 40 some years, they also reveled in the distinctive voice of the announcer, Joe di Natale of North Platte. His booming reports of the action added a special cachet to the atmosphere of the […]
Karen Dahlgren Schonewise – Bertrand
Athlete. From the heartland of America, this bright and successful high school and college athlete, three times an academic college All-American, graduated from Bertrand High School in Phelps County south of the Platte River in 1982. A four-year high school star in basketball, track and volleyball, she was all-state in both basketball and volleyball and […]
