Don Watchorn – Fremont
Coach. This football coach’s career began at Ponca High School in 1950, and then shifted into high gear when he became head football coach at Schuyler High School. While guiding the fortunes of the Schuyler Warriors, he helped develop a great program, resulting in the 1958 team widely recognized as the Class B state champion. […]
Terry Williams – Omaha Central
Athlete. Class of 1962 Terry Williams can stake a claim to the title as Nebraska’s fastest man. His sprint times — 9.7 seconds in the 100-meter dash and 20.9 in the 220 — ranked at the top of Nebraska’s alltime charts and stood sixth in the nation in 1962. The 5-foot-11, 170-pounder swept the 100 […]
Dick Westin – Omaha Benson
Athlete. This outstanding football and track star was selected to the All State second team and All City halfback his junior year. During this season he totaled up the most kickoff return yards in the state which included the longest at 92 yards. His senior year netted him both All City and All State honors. […]
Jan Wall – Lincoln Northeast
Jan Wall Lincoln Northeast Athlete Able to hit from any angle on the basketball court, and able to keep from getting hit on the baseball diamond, earned Jan Wall Athlete of the Year staus in 1958. Wall excelled on the basketball court as a two-year all-stater and three-year starter for the Rockets. He averaged 22.3 […]
Lyle Weyand – Lincoln High
Coach. Lyle started his coaching career at Daykin and from there moved to Glendo, Wyoming, for one year. Then it was back to the “Good Life” in Nebraska for Lyle where he took a job at Lincoln Bethany. It was here that he won his first basketball state championship in Class B in 1938. Moving […]
P.J. Wiseman – Ralston
P.J. Wiseman Ralston Athlete Any distance, any stroke, P.J. Wiseman could swim it and win it. A five-time individual gold medalist at the state swim meet, he set the state record in the 100 backstroke and 200 individual medley and swam on the Rams record-setting 400 freestlyle relay. The relay and 200 IM records stood […]
Bobby Williams – Lincoln High
Athlete. Bobby was considered by many the finest all-around athlete in Lincoln High history. In football he was mentioned for all-state his junior year and unanimous all-state as a senior. In 1960 as a senior, he led the team in scoring with 29 touchdowns and six extra points to make him the second highest scorer […]
M.E. “Bus” Whitehead – Scottsbluff.
Athlete. One of the few big men in the state in his day at 6’8’, Bus Whitehead graduated from Scottsbluff High School in 1945. An outstanding senior year contributed to a trip to Lincoln for the Class A State Basketball Championship. One of the few losses for the season was in the finals when Scottsbluff […]
Les “Beanie” Witte – Lincoln High
Athlete. One of two native Nebraskans to be named All-American in basketball, Les “Beanie” Witte was an all around athlete at Lincoln High. Les was a teammate of Bernie Masterson on the 23-0-2 Links football teams from 1927-29. He starred on the 1929 and 1930 basketball teams that went 40-10 winning the 1920 state tournament. […]