Don Boll – Scribner
Athlete. Big Don Boll was to the All Big Seven Conference football team when playing for the Nebraska Cornhuskers during the 1950s as an outstanding lineman, traveling quite a long road to reach that athletic perfection. While a high school student at Scribner High in Dodge County, his school had no football program, so Don […]
Leonard Bond – Omaha North
Coach. High school coaches the caliber of Leonard Bond always seem to credit good fortune regarding outstanding players under their guidance. Usually, it is no accident. As head football and track coach at Omaha North High School between 1948 to 1975, Coach Bond worked constantly to increase the quality of athletes under his guidance. His […]
Bill Brown – Omaha
Athlete. Perhaps no Nebraska high school athlete dominated a sport the way Bill Brown dominated tennis. A 1963 Omaha Creighton Prep graduate, Brown was undefeated in his high school career, winning the city and state singles championships four consecutive years from 1960 to 1963. In 1960, Brown was ranked as the #7 player in the […]
Cal Bentz – Lincoln
Coach. No one understood the sport of swimming better than this great aquatic coach. Arriving at Westside High School in Omaha in 1963, he became their swimming and diving coach until 1977. During his tenure there the Roman Warriors of Westside High became a dominating force in the state, gaining plaudits across the nation. Westside […]
Fred Brown – Omaha Tech
Athlete–A 1950 graduate of Omaha Technical High School, this fine athlete excelled in the sport of wrestling. Showing that size is not always an indication of toughness, he showed championship style by winning his weight class every one of his four years in high school: as a freshman in 1947 in the 85-pound class, as […]
Marlin Briscoe – Omaha South
Athlete. At 5-9, 165 pounds, he was a high school star in both basketball and football at Omaha South from which he graduated in 1963, followed by an outstanding quarterback career at Omaha University. It was not until he played quarterback in professional football in 1968 with the Denver Broncos that the wider world began […]
W.H. Browne – Lincoln High
Coach–During the roaring twenties of the 20th century, no high school football coach in the country was more inspiring than this gentleman. Between the 1922 and 1929 seasons, he led the Red and Black Links of Lincoln High School to 68 victories, 3 losses and 2 ties for multiple state championships. His skills also included […]
John J. “Jug” Brown – Falls City
Athlete, Coach–One of the few who was both a fine athlete himself and also a fine coach, this gentleman played on the undefeated 1922 state championship team of Lincoln High School; being selected as an all-state quarterback. In addition, he was all-state in basketball and a member of the state track & field championship group […]
Ron Boone – Omaha Tech
Athlete. 1963 graduate of Omaha Technical High School, his high school career, perhaps stymied because he didn’t begin to get basketball height until his senior year, served as a springboard to a professional basketball career. He came off the bench and had some good games on the high school varsity in 1963 when Tech won […]
Ralph Beechner – Lincoln High
Coach. One of a handful of great high school football coaches for Lincoln High School over the years, his success began as a student Red and Black-clad Link himself, lettering in both basketball and football days. During the early 1930s he was both a basketball and football coach for Jackson High School in Lincoln, then […]
