Charlie Foster – Kearney
Coach/Contributor–Much of the excellent reputation of the University of Nebraska at Kearney (formerly known as Kearney State) as a great track college is due to the efforts of this fine coach. Prior to his rendezvous with destiny at the county seat of Buffalo County, he coached at Clay Center High School and Ansley High School. […]
Ken Fischer – Lincoln
Coach–A man who truly understands the art of coaching high school football, this talented coach was himself an all-state player (class of 1944) for St. Edward High School on their six-man football team. After completing college at NU, he went into coaching and had an early success coaching the Oakland High Vikings to a Class […]
Paul Forch – Lincoln East
Coach. In 1967, the then new Lincoln East High School was fortunate to acquire for the faculty and its first basketball coach, one Paul Forch. Already a successful coach at McCook, his career produced a coaching record of 450-215. As an advocate of up-tempo offenses, he and Lincoln East basketball thrived for nearly three decades. […]
Doyle Fyfe – David City
Athlete. For years, he was regarded the best athlete in the history of his high school, David City. This big bruiser excelled at everything he tried. He starred in the 1951 football state tournament when his David City teammates played the underdog role to a maximum and won the championship, by 60-55 over Wayne in […]
Mike Fultz – Lincoln High
Athlete. Mike Fultz, the 1973 Lincoln Journal Star Athlete of the Year, received eight letters in football, basketball and track at Lincoln High. In football, he played defensive tackle, running back and linebacker, earning all-class all-state honors in 1972 and playing in the Shrine Bowl in 1973. He won the 1973 gold medal in the […]
Denny Fuehrer – Norfolk
Contributor. His 36 years as a sportswriter and sports editor at the Norfolk Daily News from 1961-1997 touched the lives of a couple of generations of high school athletes, their coaches and their fans. His coverage of all sports, particularly during the transition period of girls in sports, included ratings, rankings, charts, headlines, special sections […]
Sarah Fredstrom Secrest – Omaha Burke
Athlete. Class of 1994. Sarah (Fredstrom) Secrest hit a home run in high school athletics. A four-time state champion in doubles in tennis and an all-state basketball player, the 1994 Omaha World-Herald Female Athlete of the Year was a big hit in softball. Even though it was not a sanctioned sport until her senior year, […]
