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2017 CLASS | JEFF BRADLEY Bradley’s cycling career took him around world

JIM MEENAN [email protected] Jeff Bradley used to wait at the edge of the driveway as his dad, Mel, and older sister, Debie, rode off on their bikes on a training ride. Marlene Bradley, Jeff’s mother, remembers it all very well. Jeff, only 8 years old at the time, wanted so badly to join them. In about a year or so, he was soon riding with them on long training rides in a sport that 18 years later — in 1987 — would see him ride in the sport’s premier event, the Tour de France. Three years earlier, he was an alternate for the U.S. in the 1984 Olympics for the four-man team time trials event. FILE PHOTO Bradley, the premier cyclist in Jeff Bradley’s athletic career started the history of the Quad-Cities, as a speedskater. He was a junior will be enshrined May 3 in the national champion at age 10 in 1971 Quad-City Sports Hall of Fame and took fourth in the 5,000 meters in ceremonies at the 36th an- at the U.S. Olympic Trials for the nual Quad-City Times Salute to 1980 Winter Olympics, one spot out Sports at Bettenforf High School of qualifying. Performing Arts . JEFF COOK, QUAD-CITY TIMES Jeff Bradley, an inductee into the Quad-City Sports Hall of Fame, poses for a photo at his bike shop in Davenport. Start on skates Bradley won 150 races during his career and competed in the 1987 Tour de France. the race ended. For the Bradleys, cycling was After his recovery, he finished a family affair that really began sports) anymore. You are either said. “So we spent the next three Schuler remembers Bradley the the season, even returning to Eu- with speedskating. a speedskater or a cyclist. They years from 1980 to 1984 on the person, well, too. rope. But at age 27 that year, he Mel Bradley was a speedskater might cross over a little bit, but Olympics.” “He basically is reserved and opted to retire and return home himself on the ponds of Credit Is- they don’t compete.” The highlight of that time came kind of quiet,” Schuler said. “You to the bike business. land in his youth. And when his That fact does not bother him, with a gold medal in 1983 in the get on the bike and he’s a killer.“ “It was a young age to retire,” kids were old enough, he took either. Team Time Trials in what was He was a great teammate, he said. “A lot of guys are now just them there and to Vander Veer “I get it that things are chang- then the very popular Pan Amer- though. hitting their stride.” Park. ing,” he said. “It’s like anything ican Games. “In cycling, there’s lots of ways The average age of racers now It was a different time back else.” But Bradley fell one man short you are a teammate,” Schuler said. is probably 24 to late 30s, he said. then in the Quad-Cities. Winters Bradley was a junior national of the lineup for that event for “You can’t see it from the side- But he had business partners at were generally much harsher and champion in speedskating at age the Los Angeles Summer Games lines. There’s a lot of positioning On Two Wheels, and something ice on ponds or man-made rinks 10 in 1971. He also took fourth of 1984. The U.S. team would win things, technical things, block- to come home to. lasted a good long while. in the 5,000 meters at the U.S. a bronze, and being the alternate, ing for your teammates. Jeff was You go there now in the winter Olympic Trials for the 1980 it left him without a medal. a very selfless teammate. All worth it and you might see people feeding Winter Olympics, one spot out “You always had six or eight “He helped Greg LeMond in his To those who knew him back ducks, Jeff said. of qualifying. guys in the mix,” Bradley ex- career, and he helped a lot of his then, Bradley today seems the “When I was a kid, Vander Veer plained. “They have to go with 7-Eleven teammates.” same level-headed person he lagoon was just packed with kids Down to one sport who’s going the best at the time. As juniors, he and LeMond were was long ago. On Two Wheels is skating and playing games and Bradley got to the national “The year before I was proba- “a dynamic duo,” Schuler added. now called Trek Bicycle Store. It’s playing hockey,” he said. team level as a speedskater. But bly the No. 2 guy. But then I had located in Davenport on Eastern, Bradley seemed to have nat- it pretty much ended in 1980 a crash right before the Olympic Tour de France brutal just off of Kimberly Road, and ural talent as a speedskater and when Heiden lapped him in a Trials and broke my wrist, and it Bradley made it to the Tour de he’s been the sole owner for about did well, winning the Davenport 10,000-meter event. set me back a bit. I slid down to France in 1987. 10 years. Silver Skates event at age 7 for the “At that I was trying to the fifth guy.” “It is (brutal),” he said. “They Bradley is very appreciative to first of many times. make two Olympic teams, the do show some of the brutality of the Quad-Cities and the support “It was a family affair,” Bradley speedskating and the cycling Time to turn pro it on TV, the guys crashing, the it gave him when he was a rising said. “Myself, my younger sis- team,” Bradley said. “At the Unlike now, back then an ath- guys getting dropped and falling star in cycling. ter, Jacque, and my older sister, Olympic Trials in Milwaukee or lete could not turn pro and be an off the pack. He even appreciates his teach- Debie, and my dad, were all the West Allis, I came down with Olympian. It was one or the other. “But the exciting part of the ers at Davenport West High athletes of the family. That was mono and that pretty much shot “It was time to go to the next race is the guys battling to win. School for their understanding kind of our thing. We went and my speedskating season. level,” Bradley said. They’re the only ones who are re- when he would miss classes for speed skated.” “I remember I was paired He first made the 7-Eleven cy- covering every day and going out weeks at a time to train in Col- The family had success locally with Eric Heiden in the 10,000 cling team in 1985, touring Eu- to battle and feeling good. orado. and then began competing in the meters and he lapped me. That rope in races such as the Tour de “It’s really brutal on the work- During his pro career, he made Midwest, and the success con- wasn’t uncommon then. He gold France, Tour of Italy and Tour of ers, the other 170 guys in the race about $25,000 annually. And tinued. medaled in all five events, so ...” Spain. Being on that first pro team that make up the peloton. They there could be additional prize Cycling, in its earliest stages, Now, it was cycling only. The still means a lot to him. But it was are doing the chasing and doing money earned in criteriums. was really just a way to stay in decision was easy because he was not easy. the pace-setting and carrying He is very satisfied with his shape for speedskating in the a better cyclist than speedskater, “For a full team of Americans bottles up to the leaders on the career. summer, Bradley said. Bradley said. to show up and start, it was like a climb. “To do it all from the Quad-Cit- He had already been excelling European team coming over and “The worker roles are tough. ies, was pretty special for me, Visit to the Bike Club in the juniors, always running playing in the NFL,” he said. “It It’s a hard, hard sport.” too,” he said. “I got to see the The family’s beginning into cy- 1-2 in the national junior titles was really strange. The Tour de France averages world.” cling was pretty unremarkable. with friend and teammate, Greg “It was tough. The acceptance about 90 to 105 miles a day. He never attended college. “My Mel was asked to attend a LeMond. was slow to come. But we started Some days on flatter routes, cy- cycling was my college,” he said. Quad-City Bike Club meeting, LeMond, who lost one junior getting results pretty early on.” clists might ride 130 to 140 miles. Bradley’s cycling career ended and when someone asked what national title to Bradley in three The big step came in the Giro Shorter days, involving four hill well ahead of the doping era. the speedskating family did in years, would later go on to win the d’Italia. climbs, might require only 75 The sport had not experienced the summer, he said just boating Tour de France three times. “That was unheard of for an miles of racing. the boom it had from 2000-2006 and things. He was invited to join Bradley was the junior national American team to race a Grand When he was riding, speeds known as the Lance (Armstrong) the club. Things snowballed from road champion in 1978. He won Tour,” Bradley said. “To race might average mid to upper 20 Effect. there, Marlene said. 11 national titles in that sport be- Grand Tour, they take 18 to 20 miles per hour. “It wasn’t a mainstream sport,” “We just gradually got better tween 1972 and 1984. teams, so you’ve got to be one of Alas, in the 21-day race, Bradley Bradley said. “It was a super silent and better,” she said. His first big international com- the top 18 to 20 pro teams in the did not finish, falling prone to a sport. It was a bit of a struggle And that boy who longed to petition was the Junior World world. Then each team consists fever and virus. for me. Being a cyclist required join his older sister and dad on Championships in the late-1970s. of nine or 10 guys. So, you’ve got “That was a big letdown for me at age 16-17-18 to spend time their training rides, did so, pretty Juniors were 17-18 years old. the top 200 cyclists that do the me,” he said. “I definitely had training at the Olympic Training quickly. “We scored some pretty big grand tours. good form going into the Tour. I Center in Colorado Springs or in Bradley liked to train, his success there — a bronze medal “For us to get accepted and ride was in the best shape of my life Squaw Valley, Calif. So I had to mother recalled. In elementary in 1978 and a bronze in 1979 in the Giro, that was a pretty big (6-foot, 158 pounds). I was put- be away from home, away from school, a student could come team time trials, where four ride deal. And we actually won three ting out good power and I was school. home for lunch back then in west together against the clock,” he stages that year. In year one, we super light. Skin and bones and “That’s one of the things I re- Davenport, and Bradley did said. “Greg LeMond was part of actually had some good success.” lungs and muscle. That’s all you ally remember from the support I “He would ride and ride around those teams as well. That’s where One of Bradley’s teammates can be when you are an elite cy- got. The whole Quad-City Sports our block just training,” she said things really started to happen on the 7-Eleven team was Tom clist. They put out 500 watts of Hall of Fame, it’s pretty special of his noon hours. “He just knew and move along.” Schuler, now the race director for power for a 20-minute period. to me because I did get a lot of he had to train.” At age 19, they moved to the the Quad-Cities Kwik Star Cri- That’s unbelievable.” support from home. My teachers In the winter it was back to senior division. Bradley traveled terium, which runs through the Looking back now on getting were very understanding.” speedskating and shaving the with the senior national team for East Village in Davenport and is sick while riding in the most fa- He said he’s thrilled to be cho- ponds for a smooth, fast track four or five weeks at a time all over the former Moline Criterium that mous cycling race in the world, it sen for the Quad-City Sports Hall with a device Mel, a tool and die Europe, competing in France, It- Bradley raced in locally long ago. is almost more of a disappoint- of Fame. maker, made. aly, Belgium and Holland. “Jeff was what you would call ment. “It’s awesome,” he said. “Cy- Doing both sports was com- “It was fun,” Bradley recalled. in bike racing an all-arounder,” “When you are in the moment,” cling is not a mainstream sport mon. “It was a lot different back then Schuler said. “He could climb, he Bradley said, “there is nothing and to be recognized by the “That was the way with a lot than it is now. could sprint and he could time- you can do about it. Quad-Cities, I am super hon- of the speedskaters of that era,” “You would have to go go the trial, which was rare. Sprinting, “I had a virus, and one of my ored. It’s amazing to look at all Bradley recalled. “Eric Heiden post office and make a call If you those people tend to be a little teammates had the same thing. the athletes that have actually was by far the most famous of wanted to talk to somebody at beefier. Time-trialing, it’s you And we just got dropped off the come from the Quad-Cities. I the group.” home,” he added. “You would against the clock. Climbing, the back. At that level when you come am thrilled to be a part of that Heiden would win five gold actually get homesick. It was ex- climbers tend to be a little skin- down with a fever and a virus, you group.” medals in speedskating at Lake pensive to travel back and forth nier, power to weight ratio. just can’t put out the power. You Looking back, the competition Placid in 1980, but he also rode and you couldn’t communicate.” “But Jeff was tall and skinny can’t stay with the leaders. You and training may have been gru- the Tour de France with Bradley and he could sprint. That’s a rare are done. It’s definitely disap- eling, plus the sacrifices made in 1987. Chasing the dream combination. Then he had a great pointing.” while winning more than 150 “It’s not that way anymore,” At age 19, Bradley had a goal in tactical sense and sense for the Of the 200 starters in the Tour, races, but Bradley is glad he did Bradley said. “Sports have sight. race. He knew where to be, how usually only about 140 finish the it all. changed a lot. There are not “Pretty much my focus was to to be there. He was such a com- race. He was back home in Dav- “It was a blast,” Bradley said. “I two-sport athletes (in those make the 1984 Olympic team,” he petitor.” enport recuperating by the time would do it all over again.”

00 1 QUAD-CITY SPORTS HALL OF FAME SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 | H3 2017 CLASS | JAY HATCH Hatch proves to be a coach for all seasons STEVE BATTERSON winning seasons in 18 of the 23 [email protected] years he led the program and Jay Hatch has taught world his- reached the Class A supersection- tory throughout much of his ca- als three times before reaching Il- reer at Rock Island Alleman High linois’ elite eight for the first time School. in 2001. However, his classroom has “We had been so close to getting never been defined by four walls there several times and to get that and a chalkboard. done, it was a great accomplish- At times, it has been as big as a ment by the kids and a thrill for all football field and as wide open as of us,’’ Hatch said. the widest of fairways. The Pioneers made three ap- Frequently, lessons have been pearances in the state basketball learned inside a warm gym on a tourney in a five-year span, fin- cold winter night or between the ishing third in Class A in 2002 and lines on a diamond. winning a state championship in For more than a generation of 2005. Quad-City area high school ath- “To get back there and eventu- letes, Hatch has been a coach for ally win a championship, it took a all seasons. lot of hard work and fortunately, More often than not, those sea- we’ve had players at Alleman who sons have been memorable. had the skill and who have been During 14 seasons as the softball willing to put in the work to make coach at Alleman, he led the Pio- it happen,’’ Hatch said. neers to three Class A state “It’s never easy to win a state softball championships, four state title and that’s a real credit to the championship game appearances players in the program who made and eight state tournament berths. it happen. It was a special time.’’ In girls basketball, he guided Al- JOHN SCHULTZ, QUAD-CITY TIMES leman to its only three state tour- Plenty of help nament appearances and won an Former Alleman softball and girls basketball coach Jay Hatch sits with the four state championship trophies — Ebner was among Hatch’s as- Illinois Class A state title in 2005. three softball and one girls basketball — he won while at Alleman. sistants during that 2005 state He even coached the Pioneers championship basketball season, to their only state tournament knack for getting open and he be- his major to education and history. what I wanted to do,’’ Hatch said. a familiar role. appearance as a team in girls came one of our leading receivers,’’ “I think in the back of my mind, “It was an opportunity in a place I Between coaching football, and last summer in his first season Crawford said. I knew that I always wanted to wanted to be.’’ softball and girls basketball to- as the softball coach at Bettendorf He was also a leader on a tal- coach and stay involved in sports,’’ He applied to be the Pioneers’ gether, the pair have worked to- High School, his team came within ented basketball team at Valley, Hatch said. “The coaches I had head girls basketball coach prior gether for more than 50 sports an extra-inning loss in a regional part of a lineup that included been around growing up, going to the 1991-92 season and athletic seasons at Alleman. final of earning an Class 5A eventual Iowa player Matt Bullard, back to Dick Fazio as my Little director Mike Tracey offered him “I’ve never been around a more state tourney berth. future Iowa State player Mike Born League coach when I was eight that job with one catch. prepared coach. He’s always on top “Good things tend to happen and future Iowa football player years old, to my coaches in high “I had to take the softball job, of things and I think that shows around him, and that’s not by Grant Goodman. school and college, they all had a too,’’ Hatch said. “I knew base- in the amount of success he’s had chance,’’ said Mike Ebner, who has The team was the first ever from great influence on me.’’ ball, but I was a little apprehensive over the years,’’ Ebner said. worked beside Hatch as a football, the school to reach the Iowa boys The two years he spent on the about softball. It was a different “He’s a good family man, cares girls basketball and softball coach state tournament, remaining un- football team at Augustana proved deal.’’ about his players and his assis- at Alleman. defeated until it lost to Cedar Rap- invaluable. Building on what he had been tants. At a small school like Alle- “I’ve been fortunate to be ids Kennedy in the state title game. “As a holder and backup, I had taught, he spent the summer pre- man, those things are important. around a lot of good coaches Hatch played as well plenty of time to watch coach paring. That’s all a part of how he was during my time at Alleman and throughout his high school career Reade work and his attention to “Youth softball in the area was raised — it’s a family effort — and Jay has his teams as prepared for and when it came time to make a detail, his belief in what he was so good and I went out to Campbell that is reflected in his approach to success as any of them.’’ college decision, he was eyeing the doing and the way he went about Complex in Rock Island a lot that things.’’ That consistent level of success chance to continue to participate teaching and leading, those were summer,’’ Hatch said. “I watched Hatch doesn’t minimize those spread over a wide spectrum of in multiple sports. impactful,’’ Hatch said. how people coached those teams contributions. sports is among the reasons Hatch “The way that he had our teams and how they worked with their “I’ve been fortunate to have so was voted this year into the Quad- Neighborly decision prepared for anything in a game, players and I figured out then that many good assistants along the City Sports Hall of Fame. Initially, Hatch planned to at- the way that he had everyone ready I could do it.’’ way,’’ he said. “It takes a lot of time “I was one of those kids who tend Grinnell College but that to deal with whatever situation Success came quickly. His first to coach a team and make it a good grew up playing sports in the changed when he got a call from might come up, those are things I girls basketball team made it to experience for the kids. Success is neighborhood, but the season dic- Bob Reade, then the coach of an learned from him that have guided the Illinois Class A supersectional always a collective effort.’’ tated what the sport was, football Augustana football program that me with my own teams.’’ during a 22-10 season. Several That effort starts at home. in the fall, basketball in the win- had just won the first of four con- months later, the Pioneers gave Hatch’s wife, Lori, coached Bet- ter, baseball in the summer,’’ Hatch secutive NCAA Division III na- Coaching opportunity their first-year softball coach tendorf to a state championship in said. tional championships. During his time at Augustana, the first of the four state cham- girls basketball in 1994. Hatch grew up in West Des “It was fairly late in the process, Hatch was able to experience sev- pionship trophies his teams have “Having a wife who under- Moines, where he was a three- probably April, but to be a part of eral coaching styles and it helped earned. stands coaching and having kids sport standout at Valley High something like that, a national him to develop his own thoughts “I was fortunate. We had amaz- who enjoyed being around sports School. championship-level program, it on what it took to organize and ing sophomore class that year that when they were little helps,’’ Hatch He carried that commitment to was pretty inviting,’’ Hatch said. coach successful programs. was complemented by some good said. “It’s been a good thing for all the collegiate level, one of the last “I visited and I was impressed with “That was a time in my life seniors,’’ Hatch said. “For a first- of us.’’ athletes at Augustana College to everything. It was where I wanted where I had a chance to grow up year coach, it was kind of a perfect letter in three sports and when he to be.’’ a bit, being around people from storm.’’ The here and now became a coach, it seemed natu- Reade learned about Hatch from different backgrounds and experi- Hatch turned over the Alleman ral to him to coach a team in every a neighbor who happened to be encing different coaching styles,’’ Back home softball program to Ebner in 2007, season. Crawford’s brother. Hatch said. Hatch left Alleman after that although he returned to work as an “As much as anything, I think “We were always looking for “That was so beneficial. I was school year, returning to West Des assistant to his longtime assistant it scratches that competitive itch good students and good all-round part of some programs, but even Moines to be closer to family and in 2014. He stepped away from the that I’ve always seemed to have,’’ athletes to be part of our program,’’ being around others and having a coach girls basketball at Valley. Pioneers’ basketball program in Hatch said. “I think it keeps me Reade said. “He told me about Jay chance to watch someone like Paul His stay there was short. 2016. young and I enjoy the challenge of and I talked with Lee Crawford Olsen and see how he worked with “I learned that year that this He hasn’t stepped away from it, building a team and seeing how about him and he was typical of his track and cross country teams, was home, the Quad-Cities was coaching. He became the softball it can develop and what it can be- a lot of our recruits at that time. I learned a great deal.’’ where I wanted to be and the next coach at Bettendorf in 2016 and come. That never changes.’’ He was able to help us in a lot of Hatch’s first coaching opportu- year I was fortunate enough that later last year worked as an as- ways.’’ nity came as a volunteer assistant Alleman was willing to have me sistant boys basketball coach at The roots Hatch played football for two at Valley. Crawford could sense back and it’s been great teach- United Township. Hatch’s appreciation for the years at Augustana and also was a then that Hatch would be success- ing there ever since,’’ Hatch said. At Bettendorf, Hatch has been value of the team was evident even two-year letterwinner in basket- ful as a coach and educator. “I’ve had a chance to be around a able to coach a team that includes when he was a high school athlete. ball and four-year letterwinner “He did a very good job that lot of good kids and hopefully, I’ve one of his two daughters, Erin. He played quarterback as a ju- in baseball, earning first-team year of relating to the kids and taught them a thing or two along “That was something I wanted nior at Valley in 1982, but shifted all-College Conference of Illinois working with them,’’ Crawford the way.’’ to be a part of and that’s been a to receiver as a senior to help lead a & Wisconsin honors as a catcher said. “He always set a good ex- Alleman’s softball team earned good experience,’’ he said. “We team into the Iowa Class 4A play- as a senior. ample and taught things in a way another state championship un- were able to win the MAC and we offs. In football, Hatch was the that the guys he was working with der Hatch in 1994. In total, the Pi- almost got to state. It was a dif- “We had a younger, athletic holder on the Vikings’ 1984 and could comprehend and execute in oneers competed in the state soft- ferent dynamic, coaching one my quarterback coming up to the var- 1985 national championship teams a game. I knew he was going to be ball tourney eight times during own kids, and it’s a good experi- sity level and we felt like Jay could and backed up at several other po- a good coach from watching him his 14 seasons, earning a third ence, too.’’ help us more as a receiver,’’ said sitions. work that fall.’’ state title in 1998 and finishing Hatch expects the experiences Lee Crawford, a Davenport native “We could only travel 48 players That opportunity led Hatch as the Class A state runner-up in to continue. and the coach at Valley at that in the postseason and Jay picked back to the Quad-Cities, a move 2000. “I don’t see myself out of coach- time. “A lot of seniors wouldn’t things up pretty quickly, so we he would make twice in a three- Hatch worked as an assistant ing anytime soon,’’ he said. “The be too happy about that, but Jay could have used him at a number year span in the early 1990s. boys basketball coach on Larry kids keep me young. I’m enjoy- always had the ability to see and of spots if needed in addition to He was hired by Al Gorgal and Schulte’s staff at Alleman that year ing coaching at Bettendorf now understand the big picture.’’ holding for field goals,’’ Reade said. Colin Letendre at Alleman, put- as well before moving back into the and someday, I’d like to be a head He also had the ability to catch Hatch learned more than that ting his history major to use in the role as the school’s girls basketball coach of a basketball program the football. during his time at Augustana. classroom and getting the chance coach the following year. again in the right situation. That “He was a good athlete. He Initially a pre-med major, he to coach football, girls basketball Success on the basketball court possibility is something that is didn’t have great speed, but he dissected a desire to teach and and softball. did not come as easily. 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00 1 H4 | SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 QUAD-CITY SPORTS HALL OF FAME 2017 CLASS | JAMES JONES Jones developed into NFL stalwart on D-line DON DOXSIE said. [email protected] He ended up scoring three of- There’s just something about fensive touchdowns during his the little neighborhood southwest NFL career, two of them on pass of Davenport Central High School receptions. that breeds athletes. At least five members of the ‘The Rock’ Quad-City Sports Hall of Fame After four years in Cleveland, came from that area. Roger Craig Jones signed as a free agent with and Jamie Williams grew up the but played throwing the football around the just one year before being released little strip of land at Ninth and prior to the 1996 season in a salary Ripley known as Goose Hollow. cap dump. Michael Nunn was from that area. The Browns franchise had So were Gayle Hopkins and Simon moved to Baltimore and changed Roberts. its name to Ravens, and Jones Now you can add one more to quickly latched on with them, the list. James Jones, who grew starting 43 of 48 games over the up across the street from Williams next three seasons. and around the corner from Craig, In 1999, he signed a six-year, and heard tales of the glorious $26 million free agent contract exploits of Roberts, Hopkins and with the Detroit Lions and had his others, is one of this year’s class of best NFL season there, reaching inductees into the Hall of Fame. He career highs with seven sacks and will be honored at the Quad-City four forced fumbles while being a Times Salute to Sports on May 3. stabilizing influence on the Detroit Jones followed in the path of all defense. those others to a highly success- “Certain guys just can lead get- ful career as a defensive lineman ting off the bus, and James is one in the . of those guys,’’ Lions defensive co- He played 10 seasons with four ordinator Brian Baker said at the different teams, never missed a time. “I call him ‘The Rock.’ He has game, started 140 of a possible 160 been the thing that has solidified games, and earned the undying our line. He is a natural leader and, respect of his peers with his work almost from the first day here, he ethic, leadership qualities, dedi- had the respect of his teammates. cation and scholarly approach to He did that just by being James.’’ the sport. “The main thing that strikes me Stepping away about James is his faith and his Jones was released again in 2001 strength of character,’’ said Lu- in another salary cap maneuver. ther Elliss, who lined up alongside He contemplated continuing his Jones with the Detroit Lions, in a career but after playing in only 1999 interview. “That shows not three playoff games in 10 years, he only as a man, but also as a football wanted to catch on with a Super player.’’ Bowl contender. Jones, who remains the highest Belichick by now was in New draft choice ever from the Uni- England and he made Jones an versity of Northern Iowa, showed offer. But starting quarterback that same character by parlaying Drew Bledsoe had just gotten hurt his success and good fortune into and the Patriots were forced to go a trail of charitable and benevo- QUAD-CITY TIMES FILE PHOTO with an untested second-year QB lent endeavors both during and James Jones fights to get past Chicago Bears guard Todd Perry during a 1999 game. named Tom Brady. Jones didn’t after his playing career, ranging figure they were going to be any from reading programs for kids had to go get a job and quit all the saw.’’’ projected to move to an interior good. in the Quad-Cities to Habitat for sports I was playing and just focus A couple of former Central play- line position at the pro level. “It just shows what I know,’’ he Humanity homes in Detroit to on one. So I did that.’’ ers that Jones looked up to already A few NFL teams came to Ce- said with a chuckle. support for burn unit patients in were at UNI and he loved the cam- dar Falls to take a closer look at Jones already was pretty much Baltimore. Path to UNI pus and the facilities. He signed Jones in the days leading up to the resigned to quitting anyway. But it all began in that little Jones began to blossom as a with the Panthers and never has draft. Most sent assistant coaches He and his wife, Son-Ja, had a neighborhood in the heart of Dav- fullback on offense and an end on had cause to regret that decision. but the Cleveland Browns had a baby daughter named Morgan enport. defense during his junior season at He became a starter at defen- rookie head coach who wanted and Son-Ja was battling health “I don’t know if it was the wa- Central, and he was even better as sive end in the fourth game of his to get a look for himself. Bill Beli- problems related to diabetes. She ter there or Goose Hollow, where a senior. freshman season and never missed chick came to town and put Jones underwent kidney and pancreas we played, or what,’’ Jones said. But in the fourth game, in a a game, playing almost every posi- through a 45-minute workout so transplants in 2000. “Goose Hollow was fertile ground rare Tuesday night game at North tion in the front seven at one time grueling the memory of it is still Jones opted to set aside football for a lot of great athletes to come Scott, his quest for a major college or another during his career. He vivid today. and devote his time to taking care out of Davenport.’’ scholarship hit a snag. He had the moved to outside linebacker as a Belichick, Jones said, “worked of his family although he admits football and was lumbering down sophomore, played defensive end me out like a dog. he still sometimes misses being A good home the field with half the North Scott again as a junior and as a senior “I was just working out by my- around teammates in the locker Jones was born in 1969, the defense hanging on him when his was listed as an inside linebacker self that day,’’ he added. “It wasn’t room. youngest of six children born to leg gave way. He suffered a spiral although he moved all over the like I was working out with two or “You miss that camaraderie,’’ he Lacey and Dorothy Jones. His five fracture of the fibula and his sea- place in the Panthers’ defensive three other people. And there was said. “If there was anything that older siblings were all girls, who son seemed to be over. alignment. no break in between. Then, when I miss from that time, other than he said occasionally pushed him However, Central made the “It was really good for me be- we got done we went and watched the competition, it’s that camara- around until he grew too big for playoffs and when the Blue Dev- cause it taught me a lot of differ- some film afterwards and talked derie that you have with the play- anyone to push around. ils reached the state semifinals ent positions,’’ Jones said. “I had football and all that kind of thing.’’ ers that you have met along the Lacey Jones, who died in Jan- against Linn-Mar, head coach Tom to learn how to call defenses and Belichick obviously liked what way. I think that was probably the uary at the age of 83, was raised Murphy and his staff finally grew understand the nuances of cover- he saw and heard because Cleve- biggest transition I had to make in Alabama and was a veteran of tired of hearing Jones’ pleas to get age and that kind of thing. I thank land selected Jones early in the when I retired.’’ World War II, and he made sure back on the field. They let him suit my coaches for that.’’ third round of the draft, with the He has spent the past 15 years that his only son knew the value of up for the game and Jones hobbled 57th overall pick. By the follow- living in Bettendorf, the Phoenix hard work and earning everything around at what he estimates at “70 An NFL prospect ing fall, he had beefed up to 295 suburb of Buckeye and for a brief you got in life. to 75 percent’’ in a season-ending By then, Terry Allen had become pounds and stepped right into a time in Las Vegas. His permanent Carol Cather, who was Jones’ defeat. UNI’s head coach. Mark Farley, starting defensive tackle job with residence is in now but first-grade teacher at Jefferson The injury prompted the large now the Panthers’ head coach, was an organization that would be his he still spends a lot of time in the Elementary School, remembers colleges that had been recruiting the linebacker coach and there also home for seven of his 10 NFL sea- Quad-Cities, where his mother, him as “an all-around good kid’’ him to back off. Jones wanted to was a new defensive coordinator, sons. Dorothy, still lives. and “the type of kid you’d want to follow in the footsteps of Craig and Ardell Wiegandt. James and Son-Ja home- have in your class.’’ She said she Williams and play for Nebraska, Wiegandt had coached in the Playing for Belichick schooled Morgan, who is now in often struggled to get parents to but the Cornhuskers suddenly had NFL and the CFL, and he knew Belichick, now the highly suc- college, and he also spends much come in for teacher conferences doubts. They urged Jones to go to a prospect when he saw one. He cessful head coach of the New of his time seeing to the medical but not with Lacey and Dorothy. junior college. Murphy talked him told Jones what was possible and England Patriots, has a reputation needs of his wife. Son-Ja’s trans- “James’ parents were just a treat out of that. began pushing him to get the most for being difficult to get along with plants failed in 2013 and she now to talk to,’’ she said. “You could tell “I got great advice from my out of his ability, waking him up but Jones loved playing for him. undergoes dialysis for four hours he came from a good home.’’ coach,’’ Jones said. “He was look- early in the morning to run stairs “He was an excellent coach. He four days a week. James admin- At a very early age, James idol- ing out for my future and my best and prodding him to improve. knew football,’’ Jones said. “He isters the treatments himself at ized many of the other kids in the interests. At the time, I was 17 “He was a very talented football would stay after practice and work home. neighborhood. Craig and Williams years old so I really didn’t know player, a great leader on the field with you. Nick Saban (now the “She’s doing really well,’’ he already were in the NFL by the time what I was doing.’’ and really what I would call a class head coach at Alabama) was my said. “The weather out here (in he reached junior high school and He was ready to accept a schol- young man,’’ Wiegandt said. “I’ve defensive coordinator. Saban was a Arizona) really helps her … Dia- he also looked up to Booker Scott arship offer from Eastern Illi- had a chance to recruit some really no-nonsense guy but Nick was fair betes can be a depressing thing and Marshall Cotton, the running nois when Northern Iowa, then talented football players in my ca- and he knew football, too. Again, because it’s not like a cold where backs who helped Central win its coached by Darrell Mudra, entered reer and James ranks right up there he forced you to work hard and one day you’re going to get over it last state title in 1983. the picture. The Panthers’ coaches with the best.’’ forced you to stretch your mind … But she’s doing good. We’re all “We had all these guys who were wanted him to come for a visit on Jones credits Wiegandt with to be the best you can be. I played doing well.’’ role models for us and I couldn’t the final weekend before the sign- being a big reason he eventually for some of the best coaches ever.’’ Looking back over his career and wait to get to Central to play ing date and Jones initially agreed, made it in the NFL. In addition to anchoring the de- the long trek from those early days sports,’’ Jones said. then called back and canceled. “He knew I had it in me,’’ he fensive front, Belichick occasion- frolicking in Goose Hollow, Jones The kid everyone knew as “Al- UNI didn’t give up. Defensive said. “I just needed the push at ally used Jones on offense as an thinks that work ethic instilled by fie’’ (his middle name) played four coordinator Denny Remmert that point in my life to see it.’’ oversized blocker and occasional his father and nurtured by Beli- sports at J.B. Young Junior High drove down to Davenport two The 6-foot-2, 270-pound Jones ballcarrier and receiver in goal- chick, Saban, Murphy, Wiegandt, and he still played his favorite days before the signing date and seemed to be at his best against the line situations. Allen, Farley and many others is sport, baseball, as a sophomore at escorted Jones to Cedar Falls for best teams. In a 35-6 loss to Iowa Veteran quarterback Bernie what helped him to be successful. Central. But from that point on, he a visit. On the car ride, Remmert State, he set a school record with Kosar initially didn’t like the idea “I think that’s what kept me focused on the game for which his mentioned that he had seen the 14 solo tackles (and two assists) until one day when he threw an er- around the league as long as I did,’’ body seemed to be made: Football. playoff game. while also making four tackles for rant pass into the flat that he didn’t he said. “I wasn’t ever the biggest “My dad grew up as a country “He said, ‘Yeah, I watched you loss. think anyone was going to be able guy or the quickest guy or the boy from the south,’’ Jones said. play against Linn-Mar and I saw That was enough to earn him a to catch. strongest guy, but I was going to “All he knew was work. Sports was you limping around there,’’’ Jones spot in the Blue-Gray Classic all- “When I reached down and work hard and not make mistakes leisure, something you just played recalled. “He said ‘You were the star game and an invitation to the grabbed it, he thought ‘OK, I can and I was going to be available and in your free time. So he told me I best limping football player I ever NFL combine, where Jones was see that this might work,’’’ Jones I was going to be productive.’’

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CLASS OF 1987 1971 draft. In 16 NFL seasons, Michael Nunn reer (1915-27), halls of fame. Named first-team passed for 32,838 yards and com- reaching a high of All-Big Ten three straight times pleted almost 60 percent of his Most success- .355 in 1920. Had and a consensus All-American Roger Craig passes. Named NFL Player of the ful boxer ever to 170 or more hits tackle in 1921. Played pro football First-team All- Year in 1982 when he guided the come out of the in eight straight for 10 years, many of them with State football Bengals to the . Quad-Cities. seasons. Once the Rock Island Independents. player at Daven- Davenport na- held 13 American Later became circuit court judge. port Central in tive had amateur League fielding 1978. Rushed for Mel Kenyon record of 168-8 records. Born in Cable, Ill., and 353 yards in state Raced in India- and was alternate died in Orion, Ill. CLASS OF 1994 playoff game. napolis 500 eight on 1984 U.S. Olympic team. Won Earned All-Big times, finishedhis first 36 professional fights and Eight honors at Nebraska. No. 2 as high as third. won International Boxing Feder- CLASS OF 1992 Mike Berlin draft pick of Davenport native ation middleweight title in 1988. Muscatine na- in 1983. Set NFL record with three won four midget Later also won NABF and WBA tive was named to TDs in 1985 Super Bowl. Became championships super middleweight champion- Gene Baker American Bowl- first NFL player ever to gain 1,000 and in 1977 be- ships. Finished pro career with Lifelong resident ing Congress Hall yards rushing and 1,000 receiv- came the first driver ever to win record of 58-4 with 37 knockouts. of Davenport was of Fame. Won ing in the same season in 1985. 80 midget races. Returned to rac- one of first two prestigious Pe- Rushed for 8,189 yards in NFL ing nine months after a near-fa- black players to tersen Classic in career (1,502 in 1988), caught 566 tal accident in 1965 that required CLASS OF 1990 play for Chicago 1968. Named Pro passes for 4,911 yards, scored 73 amputation of some of his fingers. Cubs in 1953. Bowlers Association Rookie of touchdowns. Was dubbed “Miraculous Mel” for Spent eight years the Year in 1976. Won five PBA his comeback. Harold V. “Shorty” in major leagues events and six regional events in with Cubs and Pirates, batting seven years on tour. Won 1977 PBA Jack Fleck Almquist .265. Made National League All- Tournament of Champions. Ranks Became one of the Joe ‘Iron Man’ Highly successful Star team in 1955. Member of Pi- among top 10 career averages in top golfers on the football coach at rates’ 1960 world championship ABC events. PGA Tour in the McGinnity both high school team. First black manager for ma- 1950s and early Holds mod- and college levels. jor league-affiliated minor league ’60s. Best known ern-day National Was 65-29-12 at team at Batavia, N.Y., in 1961. Gene Duffy for victory in the League record for Augustana Col- Served as coach with Pirates and Earned 14 varsity 1955 U.S. Open innings pitched lege from 1928 to as scout with Pittsburgh for 20 letters at Daven- in San Francisco, and for most 1940. Later di- years. All-state basketball player port’s St. Am- where he beat Ben Hogan by four complete game rected Rock Island High School to at Davenport High School in 1943. brose Academy strokes in an 18-hole playoff. Won doubleheaders. 201-75-21 record with 17 confer- (now Assumption two other PGA events (1960 Phoe- Earned the name ence championships and six un- High School) in nix Open and 1961 Bakersfield “Iron Man” because he worked in defeated teams. Retired as coach Warren Giles baseball, basket- Open). Finished among PGA’s top foundries during the off-season. in 1961 and as athletic director in Longtime Moline ball, football and 60 money-winners eight times in Born in Henry County, Ill., in 1871. 1969. Was All-American as player resident served track. Made all-state in three nine years (1955-63). Won 246 games in 10 major league at Minnesota before becoming as president of sports. Captained both baseball seasons (1899-1908), mostly with youngest coach National League and basketball teams at Univer- New York Giants. Also won 239 in the country in 1928. from 1951 through sity of Notre Dame in 1959. Played Elmer Layden games in minor leagues. Pitched 1969. Elected to minor league baseball in Chicago Davenport na- and won both ends of double- baseball’s Hall White Sox organization. Served tive became full- header three times in August Virginia Lohmiller of Fame posthu- as general manager of Quad-City back on legend- 1903. Managed and pitched in mi- Pioneer of girls mously in 1979. Began as president Angels. Served as assistant exec- ary Four Horse- nor leagues until age of 54. Elected high school sports of Moline Plough Boys of Three-I utive director of NCAA. men backfieldto Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946. in the Quad-Cit- league in 1919 and later worked in at Notre Dame. ies. Was driving executive positions with Western Was biggest of force behind the League, St. Louis Cardinals and Jerry Hillebrand the “horsemen” Paul Moon beginning of girls Cincinnati Reds. Served as Reds’ High school but also possessed great speed. Won seven Iowa sports in Daven- general manager for 14 years be- All-American Scored three touchdowns in 1925 state basketball port school sys- fore becoming NL president. football player at Rose Bowl, two on interceptions. championships tem. Commissioner and execu- Davenport High Served as football coach at Co- while coaching tive secretary of the Mississippi School in 1957. lumbia College (now Loras), Davenport High Athletic Conference for 11 years. Jerry Jurgens Led team to 26- Duquesne and Notre Dame. Was School for 26 sea- Former administrator coordinat- Member of Dav- 0-1 record in three 47-13-3 in seven years (1934-40) sons. Had a career ing secondary physical education enport and Quad- years. Helped Blue at Notre Dame. Served as com- record of 541-111 in Davenport. City Times staff Devils to state basketball cham- missioner of NFL for five years and produced 24 first-team all- for more than four pionship in 1958. All-American (1940-46). state players. Nicknamed “Mr. Bas- decades. Served as and two-time All-Big Eight end ketball” for his winning ways and Don Morris sports editor from at Colorado in 1960 and ’61. No. “Mr. Spats” because he wore spats Fixture in the lo- 1945 to 1964, be- 1 draft choice of New York Giants to all of his games. Retired from cal high school came executive in 1962. Played linebacker for 10 Led Rock Island coaching in 1954 at the age of 60. coaching ranks sports editor when Times merged years in NFL with the Giants, St. basketball team for 33 years, all at with Davenport Daily Democrat in Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh to two-year record Rock Island Al- 1964, and served as sports editor Steelers. of 47-7 (1957-58). John O’Donnell leman. Compiled again from 1967 to 1977. Won me- Became all-time Served as sports overall record of dia awards from Iowa High School leading scorer at editor of the Dav- 491-335 with four Athletic Directors Association and CLASS OF 1995 Iowa with 1,522 enport Morning seasons of 20 or Iowa High School Athletic Asso- points (21.2 ppg). Democrat, a pre- more wins. His 1963-64 team put ciation. Named All-Big Ten in 1961 and decessor of the on a late surge to advance to final Simon Roberts ’62, All-American in ’62. Played Quad-City Times, four of state tournament. Alleman Iowa state wres- 14 seasons in NBA (1962-76), 11 for 43 years. Offi- gym is now named for him. Was CLASS OF 1993 tling champion with the . Played ciated thousands standout athlete at St. Ambrose at 133 pounds for for five NBA championship teams of football and basketball games and Streator (Ill.) High School. Davenport High and scored 10,898 points. Spent 31 and boxing matches. Was famous Wally Hilgenberg School in 1954. years as head coach with Milwau- for his “Dear Joe” columns, which Former Wilton NCAA champion kee, Golden State, Dallas and New published thousands of letters CLASS OF 1991 High School ath- at 147 pounds for York Knicks. Winningest coach in from servicemen during World lete was All-Big University of Iowa NBA history with 1,335-1,063 re- War II. Called all of his acquain- Ten football player in 1957. Later served as head wres- cord. tances “Coach.” Davenport Mu- Ken Bowman at University of tling coach and assistant track nicipal Stadium was renamed in Helped the Green Iowa in 1963. and football coach at Rock Island his honor shortly after his death Bay Packers to Played linebacker Alleman. First black state cham- Bob Reade in 1970. world champion- in National Foot- pion in Iowa and first black head Highly successful ships in 1975, ’76 ball League for 16 years with De- coach and official in the football coach for and ’77 during 10- troit Lions (1964-66), Pittsburgh Quad-Cities. 17 years at Gen- CLASS OF 1989 year stint as their Steelers (1967) and Minnesota Vi- eseo High School starting center. kings (1968-79). Leader of Min- and 16 years at All-State center nesota defense that allowed less Ira Dunsworth Augustana Col- Jesse Day at Rock Island High School in than 10 points per game in 1969 Part of power- lege. Compiled Longtime track 1959. Led Wisconsin to its first and ’70. Played in four Super house track teams record of 146- and football Rose Bowl appearance in 1963. Bowls, in 1970, ’74, ’75 and ’79. at Davenport High 21-4 at Geneseo coach at Daven- Named academic All-American School. Helped the from 1962-78, winning 52 straight port High School. and played in East-West Shrine Blue Devils to three games and three straight state ti- Won 75 percent of Game, Hula Bowl and College All- Gayle Hopkins state titles 1950- tles (1976-78). Went 146-23-1 at games as football Star Game. Won eight letters 52. Won state half- Augustana from 1979-94, win- coach from 1923 in four sports at mile champion- ning four straight NCAA Division to 1945, including Davenport High ship as junior and senior. Co-cap- III titles (1983-86) and going 60 two unbeaten seasons and eight George “Sonny” School. Member tain of track team at University of consecutive games without los- one-loss seasons. In 38 years as of the 1964 U.S. Iowa. Coached Davenport Central ing. Named CCIW coach of the track coach, won 15 state titles and Franck Olympic track for more than 30 years, winning 10 year nine times, and award is now came close on 12 other occasions. Football and track team. Won na- state titles in track and one in cross named in his honor. Voted into Helped design plans for Brady star at Davenport tional junior col- country. Elected to Track Coaches College Football Hall of Fame in Street Stadium and started Dav- High School in lege high jump championship in Hall of Fame in 1981. 1998. enport Relays track meet, which 1930s. All-Big Ten 1961 and NCAA indoor and out- now bears his name. and All-American door long jump titles at Univer- football player at sity of Arizona in 1964. Charter Joe Collier CLASS OF 1988 Minnesota. Fin- member of Arizona Sports Hall of All state in both Jim Fox ished third in 1940 Fame. Broke long jump and triple football and bas- One of the most Heisman balloting and was MVP jump records in ’64 Drake Relays. ketball at Rock Is- Ken Anderson successful high of 1941 College All-Star Game. land High School. Set game, season school football Played three years with N.Y. Gi- All-Big Ten re- and career records coaches in Iowa ants. Later the successful head Fred “Duke” Slater ceiver at North- for passes at- history at Dav- football coach at Rock Island High Former Clinton, western. Drafted tempted and com- enport Central. School. Iowa, resident by the New York pleted, touch- Compiled career was the first black Giants in 1955. Assistant football down passes, record of 156- athlete to play coach at Western Illinois and in the yards passing and 66-9 in 24 years. Won state titles William “Baby Doll” football in the Big pros with Boston and New England total offense at in 1962, ’66, ’73, ’76 and ’83. Also Ten. Named to Io- Patriots, and Denver Augustana College. Scored 1,000 won state titles in wrestling at Jacobson wa’s all-time team Broncos. Youngest head coach in points as a basketball player at Davenport High School in 1954 Named center fielder on all-time and a member of pro football with Bills 1966-68. Ar- Augie. Drafted by the Cincinnati and ’56. Later served as athletic St. Louis Browns team. Batted the National Football Foundation chitect of Broncos “Orange Crush” Bengals in the third round of the director at St. Ambrose University. .311 in 11-year major league ca- and Helms Athletic Foundation defense 1969-88.

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CLASS OF 1996 Merv Habenicht cord of 588-231. Member of Iowa High School Baseball Coaches As- Began coaching sociation Hall of Fame. National Ruth Johnson football at Betten- coach of the year in 1980. As mi- State champion dorf High School nor league pitcher, won 21 games swimmer and na- in 1960, becom- in both 1948 and 1950. tionally competi- ing head coach in tive player 1971. Held position and rifle shooter for 29 years with Al Feuerbach in 1950s. Coached won-loss record Grew up in Pres- Davenport West of 228-72-1. Won ton, Iowa. Won to state honors 30 games in a row from 1991 to Iowa high school in synchronized 1993. Steered Bulldogs to five state state champion- , gymnastics and field championships, in 1981, ’87, ’88, ’91 ships in both shot hockey. Voted to IGHSAU Swim- and ’92. Native of Fort Dodge, Iowa. put and discus. Set ming Hall of Fame. YMCA water world records in polo All-American and play- shot put indoors in er-coach of national champion- John Lujack 1971 and outdoors ship team in 1967. National AAU Multi-sport ath- in 1973. Member of 1972, ’76 and chairman of women’s water polo lete at Connells- ’80 U.S. Olympic teams. Gold committee. ville (Pa.) High medalist in ’71 Pan-Am Games. School. Foot- Five-time winner of Drake Relays. ball star at Notre Gene Oliver Dame in 1943, ’46 Moline resident and ’47. First-team CLASS OF 2004 was all-state All-American his football and base- last two years. ball player at Rock Winner of Heisman Trophy in Jim Jensen Island Alleman ’47. Quarterback for Chicago Bears Won seven var- in 1953. Attended 1948-51, earning All-Pro honors in sity letters at Dav- Northwestern 1950. Member of National Football enport Central. University. Ma- Foundation Hall of Fame. Resident State pentathlon jor-league catcher of Quad-Cities since 1954. champion in 1970, and first baseman from 1959 to hurdles champion 1969 with Cardinals, Braves, in ’71. Rushed Phillies, Red Sox and Cubs. Bat- Ed Froehlich for 1,661 yards in ted .246 with 93 home runs in 786 Standout basket- University of Iowa games. Hit 10 or more home runs ball and track ath- football career. No. 2 draft choice in a season five times, including 21 lete at Davenport of Dallas in 1976 NFL draft. Played with the Braves in 1965. West High School. seven years in NFL with Cowboys, Director since DON DOXSIE, QUAD-CITY TIMES Broncos and Packers. Played in 1980 of Quad- Super Bowl XII. Member of Iowa Jim Sundberg City Times Bix 7, HALL OF FAME PLAQUES ON DISPLAY Football Coaches Hall of Fame. Galesburg, Ill., largest non-mar- The plaques of all the members of the Quad-City Sports Hall of Fame are native was All- athon road race in on display on the suite level at Modern Woodmen Park. Big Ten baseball Midwest for more than quarter Eric Juergens player at Uni- century. Named national race di- Four-time state versity of Iowa. rector of the year in 1993. Found- Mark Johnson ver medalist in decathlon at 1994 high school wres- Spent 16 years ing father of Professional Road Olympic Sports Festival. Bronze tling champion as catcher with Runners Organization. Won national medalist at 1993 World University at Maquoketa Rangers, Brewers, wrestling title as Games. Now CEO of U.S. Bobsled (1993-96) with Royals and Cubs. a senior at Rock and Skeleton Federation. career record of Rangers’ all-time leader in games CLASS OF 1999 Island Alleman in 144-0. Four-time played, at-bats, and hits. Caught 1973. Two-time NCAA Division I 1,927 games and has third-high- NCAA runner-up Dan Steele All-American at est fielding percentage in major Duncan Reid at Michigan. Olympic bronze Iowa. Finished third in 1998 and league history. Earned six Gold Head basketball World Cup silver medalist in four- ’99, NCAA champion in 2000 and Glove awards, made American coach at Rock Is- medalist and out- man bobsled in ’01. College career record of 120- League All-Star team in 1974, ’78 land High School standing wrestler at 1980 U.S. 2002. Alternate 13. Undefeated as junior, won 65 of and ’84. from 1981-2000. Olympic trials. Winner of three on 1998 Olympic last 66 matches. Big Ten wrestler Winner of 643 national championships. Served team. Eight-time of the year as senior in 2001. Head games in career. two years as head coach at Ore- Mid-Continent coach at Augustana College. CLASS OF 1997 Led Rocks to Elite gon State before rebuilding Illinois Conference track Eight of Illinois program into one of nation’s best. champion at East- state tournament ern Illinois. NCAA 400-meter Carl Widseth Leo Kilfoy eight times and Final Four in 1988, hurdles champion in 1992. Two- Helped Davenport Star lineman ’89 and ’95. Also served as head CLASS OF 2001 time All-American. Silver medal- High School to helped St. Am- coach at Lincoln (Ill.) High School ist in 1999 Pan American Games three straight state brose to unde- and Dodge City (Kan.) Junior Col- decathlon. Fifth in 2000 Olympic basketball titles in feated football lege and assistant coach at Kansas. Amy Baker trials. Now track coach at Univer- 1950-52. Became season as junior Multi-sport ath- sity of Northern Iowa. all-time scoring in 1949. Returned lete at Davenport and rebounding to SAU in middle Jim Hester Central and St. leader at Univer- 1950s and over Two-time all- Ambrose. As- Brad Hopkins sity of Tennessee, span of more than state football and sistant coach Multi-sport ath- averaging 19.1 ppg and 10.6 ppg 40 years, served as athletic di- basketball player on Central state lete at Moline over four-year career. Holds three rector, P.E. director, head coach at Davenport Cen- championship High School. Tennessee free-throw records. in football, basketball and ten- tral. Basketball team in Three-year starter Selected by Minneapolis Lakers in nis; assistant coach in basketball, star at University 1981. Head coach in football at Uni- 1956 NBA Draft. Member of Iowa football and baseball. Inducted of North Dakota. at Central for four years before versity of Illinois. Basketball Hall of Fame. into SAU Hall of Fame in 1979. Played tight end becoming first head coach at Captain and first- for four years in Davenport North, where she went team All-Big Ten NFL with and 597-316 in 27 years with state ti- in 1992. First- CLASS OF 2005 Kim Clarke Chicago Bears. Community activ- tles in 1988 and ’97 and eight round draft choice of Houston Multi-sport star ist for many years, including ser- other state tournament appear- Oilers (13th pick overall) in 1993. at Muscatine vice on Davenport School Board. ances. Iowa coach of the year in Longtime starting left tackle for Kenny Ploen High School. ’97. MAC coach of the year nine Oilers/Tennessee Titans. Played All-state in both Basketball stand- times in first 18 years. in 2001 Pro Bowl and Super Bowl football and bas- out at St. Am- Jerry Leggett XXXIV. ketball at Clin- brose University. All-State basket- ton High School. Member of U.S. ball player at Mo- Ron Hallstrom MVP of state Olympic wom- line High School Former Moline George Stone basketball tour- en’s handball in 1953. NAIA High School ath- Native of Lost nament and won team in 1988, ’92 and ’96. Played All-American at lete was All-Big Nation, Iowa, and state hurdles title in U.S. Olympic Sports Festival Beloit (Wis.) Col- Ten offensive line- longtime resident in 1953. All-Amer- eight times. Named 1989 U.S. lege. Head coach man on Iowa Rose of Clinton, Iowa. ican quarterback at Iowa in 1956. team handball female player of at Hinsdale South, Bowl team in 1981. American League MVP of 1957 Rose Bowl. MVP of the year. Most valuable player in Rich Central, Rock First-round draft batting champion Big Ten, finished ninth in Heisman national championships in 1989 Island, Quincy and Moline. Won 64 choice of Green with .358 average Trophy voting. Also lettered in and ’90. straight games at Quincy in early Bay Packers in in 1906. Had 208 track. Led Winnipeg Blue Bomb- 1980s and 588 in his career. Quincy 1982 (No. 22 overall). Started 132 hits, 20 triples ers to four Grey Cups in 11 years in team won state championship in games in 11 years with the Packers and 35 stolen bases in 1906. Ca- Canadian Football League. Murray Wier 1981 and finished second in 1979. (1982-92) and one with Philadel- reer average of .301 in seven sea- First-team all- phia Eagles (1993). Among top 20 sons as outfielder with St. Louis state basketball on Packers’ all-time list in games Browns. Batted .405 for Milwau- Dean Stone player at Musca- CLASS OF 2000 played (162). kee in American Association in Winning pitcher tine High School 1904. Later owned Lincoln team in 1954 baseball in 1944. Four- in Western League. All-Star Game. year letterman Sharm Scheuerman Steve Kuberski Was 12-10 with at University Three-sport star Helped Moline 3.22 ERA with of Iowa (1944- at Rock Island High School bas- CLASS OF 2003 Washington Sen- 48). First-team High School. ketball team to ators in 1954. All-American and Big Ten MVP Helped Rocks to 16-0 conference Career record of in 1948. Led Hawkeyes in scoring fourth-place fin- record in 1964- Alvino Pena 29-39 in eight as junior and senior. Played three ish in 1952 state 65. Averaged 23 Founder and seasons in majors with Senators, years in NBA, including two with basketball tour- ppg as junior at longtime coach Red Sox, Cardinals, Colt 45s, Tri-City Blackhawks. Coached ney. Helped Iowa Bradley Univer- of Pena’s Daven- White Sox and Orioles. Threw Waterloo East to 1974 state title to back-to-back sity. Fourth-round port Boxing Club. two no-hitters in minors in 1952. and eight state tournament ap- Final Four appearances in 1955 draft choice of Boston Celtics. Coach of 1981 U.S. Once struck out 21 batters in sev- pearances. and ’56. Also three-year starter Played for Celtics (1969-74, 1975- Junior Olympic en-inning game at East Moline in baseball for Hawkeyes. Young- 78), (1974-75) team. State and High School. est head coach in Big Ten history and (1975) in NBA. region Golden CLASS OF 1998 (age 24) at Iowa in 1958. Compiled Part of world championship teams Glove coach of 72-69 record in six years as coach. in 1974 and 1976. the year many times. Member of Sonny Gamber National Golden Gloves Hall of Worked as football Booker Edgerson Fame. Amateur coach for profes- official in AFL and Football and track Jamie Williams CLASS OF 2002 sional standouts Michael Nunn NFL from 1959 to star at Rock Is- Multi-sport star and Antwun Echols. 1975. Officiated land High School at Davenport 10 conference in 1956 and ’57. Central. All-Big Darrin Steele championship Helped Western Eight tight end at Two-time Olym- Bill Freese games and Super Illinois to back- Nebraska. Third- pian in bobsled. Head baseball Bowl V. Longtime to-back unde- round draft choice Finished 12th in coach at Daven- basketball official feated football of New York Gi- four-man bobsled port Central for in high school and college ranks, seasons in 1960 ants in 1983. in 1998 and ninth 25 years (1960- working in Missouri Valley Con- and ’61. Starting cornerback for Played 12 seasons in two-man in 84). Won six state ference and doing NAIA finals 16 Buffalo Bills 1962-69 and Denver in NFL with Oilers, 49ers and 2002. Mid-Con- titles, four at Cen- straight years. Spent seven years Broncos in 1970. Member of AFL Raiders, catching 181 passes for tinent Confer- tral and two at in NBA. Umpired Big Ten baseball championship teams in 1964 and 1,980 yards. Worked as artist, ence track athlete Corwith-Wesley. for 20 years. Lettered in football ’65. Had 23 career interceptions. writer, film adviser and sports psy- of the year at Eastern Illinois in Finished second and basketball at Davenport High chologist in post-playing career. 1992. All-American in 1991. Sil- at state three times. Career re- School. 00 1 QUAD-CITY SPORTS HALL OF FAME SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 | H7

CLASS OF 2006 and Iowa State with Miami Dolphins (1966-71). (1995-present). Had 58 receptions and 11 touch- Previously was downs for Miami in 1968. Caught Ronnie Weedon assistant at Wil- 136 passes and scored 17 touch- Local auto racing liam Penn, Fresno downs in pro career. icon for 56 years. State and Notre Won 504 feature Dame. Went 166- races, including 53 at Toledo and Don Sharp 42 in 1974. Illinois has won more games (434) than Sports and news state champion in any coach in any sport in ISU anchor for 38 1973, ’74 and ’76. history. Overall career record years at WHBF in Tri-State champ of 600-259. In 27 years as head Rock Island while in ’74. Drove Ca- coach, has won 17 or more games also doing radio maro called “Old Blue.” Other 26 times. work on WKBF. wins at Dixon Memorial (1974), Retired in 2000. Firecracker 50 (1975), PBF 100 and Play-by-play Quincy Last Chance race (1976) Beth Bader voice of Rock Is- and EMS-Florida-Mason-Dixie First Quad-Citian land High School basketball and Challenge (1977). to earn spot football for many years. Worked in on LPGA Tour. Texas, South Dakota and Freeport, Among top 100 Ill., before coming to Quad-Cities Korrie Klier money-winners in in 1962. five of first seven Johnston years on tour. As Helped Rock Is- amateur, won CLASS OF 2015 land Alleman to Iowa Junior Open, 1970. Later served Jim Jamieson three Illinois state Des Moines Open, Waterloo Ju- as athletic direc- softball titles nior Open, Quad-City Women’s tor at Central for Standout golfer Dan Knight (1992-94). Set Amateur and Iowa Women’s 14 years. Played at Moline High Four-time state state records for Open. Voted Iowa State Univer- semi-pro baseball School. All-Amer- champion wres- career shutouts sity female athlete of the year in in seven decades ican on Oklahoma tler at Clinton (66), no-hitters 1996. with Muscatine State team that High School (20) and perfect Red Sox. Member won NCAA title (1984-87) with games (8). In 1994, had 0.15 ERA, of IHSAA Bas- in 1963. Turned 128-0 career re- 336 strikeouts (only 12 walks) CLASS OF 2009 ketball Hall of Fame. Executive pro in 1968 and cord. Six-time and 12 straight shutouts. Pitched secretary of Mississippi Athletic played in 180 PGA junior national no-hitter with 17 strikeouts in Conference. Tour events. Won 1972 Western champion. Fourth 1994 state title game. Career to- Dave Wessel Open. Finished second at PGA at 126 pounds in NCAA meet tals of 1,056 strikeouts, 80 wins. Career record of and fifth at Masters in 1972, third at Iowa State in 1989. Coach at Won 29 games with career ERA of 410-418 in 39 CLASS OF 2011 in 1973 Masters. Played in 1972 Mount St. Clare College, Clin- 2.47 at Loyola University. years as head bas- World Cup in Australia. Forced to ton, and Bettendorf. Coached ketball coach at retire by injury in 1978. Operator Bettendorf to four state titles as Davenport West Acie Earl of golf school in West Virginia. of 2015 (two dual, two traditional). Connie Shafar (1966-2004) All-state basket- Member of Iowa Wrestling Hall of Longtime coach and North Scott ball player at Mo- Fame. in girls basket- (2005-06). Led line High School. CLASS OF 2013 ball and softball West to Iowa state First team All- at Pleasant Val- titles in 1971 and 1994 with ‘94 Big Ten at Iowa Linda Grensing Crum ley. More com- team going 24-0. Led Falcons in 1992, second Ray Shovlain First team all- bined coaching to eight state tournament ap- team in ‘91 and Men’s basketball state in leading victories than any pearances. Member of Iowa high ‘93. Finished as coach at St. Am- Davenport Central woman in Iowa school Hall of Fame. Three-year Big Ten career brose since 1984 to state volleyball high school his- football letterman at Coe College. leader in blocked shots (365). Col- and athletic di- title and 33-0 tory. Compiled 661-317 record lected 1,779 points (No. 3 in Iowa rector since 1994. record in 1981. in softball, 322-184 in basketball. history) and 811 rebounds (No. 7) Career coaching Four-year starter Member of IGCA Hall of Fame for Pete Bush from 1990-93. No. 1 draft pick of record of 605- at Iowa, two-time both sports. Organized first wom- Iowa high school Boston in 1993. Played four years 430 with 18 20- team MVP, All-Big en’s basketball team at Northern state wrestling in NBA for Celtics, Raptors and win seasons. Team Ten in 1985. Head volleyball coach Iowa. Member of UNI Hall of champion at 185 Bucks, then played eight years in won 32 games and made Final Four at St. Ambrose, Butler, Duke and Fame. Won 12 varsity letters at pounds for As- overseas leagues. of NAIA tournament in 2004. Set Iowa State. Her 1987 St. Ambrose Bedorf (Iowa) High School. sumption in 1979. assist record for game (21), season team was 46-11. Executive direc- High school career (276) and career (712) as player at tor of Colorado Positive Coaching record of 74-11. Bret Bielema SAU. Led Clinton St. Mary’s to Alliance. CLASS OF 2007 Won USA Junior All-Western Illi- state high school championship Freestyle title at nois football player in 1975. 191.5 pounds in 1979. Three-time at Prophetstown. Gary Conelly Big Ten champion at 190 (1981, Four-time letter- Illinois state Standout wres- ’82, ‘84). NCAA champion at 190 man as defensive Paul Olsen swimming cham- tler at Bettendorf pounds in 1982. U.S. freestyle lineman at Iowa, Cross country pion for and Senior Open champion at 198 serving as captain coach at Augus- High School in Kirkwood Com- in 1983. Has won multiple state in 1992. Served as tana since 1966, 200 freestyle in munity College championships as wrestling coach assistant coach at track coach since 1968, 100 free in Cedar Rapids. at Assumption. Iowa, Kansas State and Wiscon- 1969. Has won 12 in 1969. Was 15- Five-time world sin before becoming head coach CCIW track ti- time All-Amer- champion in Ul- at Wisconsin at age of 36. Win- tles and two cross ican at Indiana. timate Fight- ningest first-year head coach in Big country titles. Big Ten 200 champion in 1970. ing. Founded Miletich Fighting Collected 4,317 Ten history, leading Badgers to 12-1 Teams placed in Part of NCAA champion 800 Systems in 1997. Pioneer in and yards and 450 record in 2006, then guided them top 10 of NCAA Division III meet relay in 1973. Swam prelims of among foremost masters of Mixed points in lead- to Rose Bowl following 2010 sea- 10 times in cross country, 16 times 400 and 800 gold medal relays Martial Arts. Holds black belts in ing Bettendorf to son. Now head coach at Arkansas. in track, including runnerup fin- in 1972 Olympics. Head men’s Karate and Jiu-Jitsu. Winner of Iowa state foot- ishes in 1975 and ’81. National and women’s coach at Kentucky U.S. Muay-Thai kickboxing title. ball titles in 1991 coach of the year in 2008. Coached for 22 years. Member of Indiana and 1992. Had 250 Thom Cornelis 22 individual NCAA champions in Swimming Hall of Fame. yards and 4 TDs in Graduate of Alleman High School track and field. Member of USTF- Dearrel Bates 1992 state cham- and Western Illi- CCCA Hall of Fame. Sportswriter at pionship game. Iowa high school nois. Sports an- CLASS OF 2016 Quad-City Times player of the year in both football chor at KWQC for for 37 years, re- and soccer. Rushed for 1,691 yards more than 25 years Cathy Noth tiring in 2006. as senior at Iowa in 1997. Fourth- after 12 years at Volleyball, soft- Ricky Davis Formerly worked round draft choice of Jacksonville WQAD. Retired in ball, track and Four-year starter for newspapers in Jaguars in 1998. Had NFL career 2014. Long-time basketball star at at Davenport Muscatine, Os- prematurely shortened by inju- anchor of telecasts Bettendorf High North, led team to kaloosa and Mar- ries. of Quad-City School. Two-time state in 1996 and shalltown, Iowa. Times Bix 7 race. First TV voice All-American in ‘97. Averaged 15 Winner of numerous awards, of University of Iowa basketball. volleyball at Ne- ppg in one season including Iowa’s sportswriter of CLASS OF 2010 Two-time letterman in basketball braska (1983-84). at Iowa. First- the year by the National Sports- and baseball at Alleman. Baseball Only player ever to round pick of writers and Sportscasters Asso- letterman at WIU. Member of Al- be three-time Big Eight tourna- NBA’s Charlotte ciation. Tom Derouin leman and IBCA Hall of Fames. ment MVP. Four-time member of Hornets in 1998. Averaged 20.6 Among winnin- U.S. national team and alternate ppg for Cavaliers in 02-03. Also gest high school on 1988 Olympic team. Assistant played for Miami, Boston, Min- Jim Leach tennis coaches in CLASS OF 2012 coach on 1995 Nebraska team that nesota and L.A. Clippers, scoring Iowa high school Illinois history. won NCAA title. Coach/trainer 9,912 points in 12 NBA seasons. wrestling cham- Won more than for several college and junior pion at 138 500 matches, 27 Lisa Bluder teams. pounds in 1960. conference titles Record of 169-36 in six years as Robin Pingeton Also lettered in and one state ti- women’s basket- Collected 2,502 football and golf tle in 37 years as ball coach at St. CLASS OF 2014 points and 1,261 at Davenport High boys coach at Moline. Coached Ambrose (1984- rebounds at St. School. Two- Maroons’ girls team for 15 years, 90). Made NAIA Ambrose (both time letterman in winning 11 league crowns. Illinois tournament four Judd Anderson school records). wrestling at Princeton. Honored tennis coach of the year in 1992. straight years, Fi- Head swimming All-American in for contributions to sport by two National coach of the year in 1994. nal Four in 1989 coach at Musca- basketball and wrestling halls of fame. U.S. con- Played tennis and basketball at and 1990. NAIA tine High School softball. Played gressman from Iowa for 15 terms Loras College 1963-67. Converse Coach since 1964. Won three years in (1977-2007). of the Year in 1990. Head coach at boys state titles WBA. Accumulated more than Drake from 1990-2000, compil- in 2011, 2012 and 400 wins as basketball coach at Jack Spencer ing 187-106 record. Head coach at 2013. Won girls St. Ambrose (1992-2000), Illi- CLASS OF 2008 Helped Davenport Iowa from 2000 to present, with state titles in 1982 nois State (2003-10) and Mis- High to state titles record of 304-174. Big Ten Coach and 1985. Also souri (2010-present). Two-time in baseball (1942), of the Year in 2001, 2008 and coached boys to three third-place Missouri Valley coach of the year. Jim Borcherding football (1941) and 2010. Career record of 660-316. state finishes in three different Head basketball basketball (1941) decades. Close to 400 dual meet coach at Augus- and also ran track. wins in 50 years as head coach. tana for 15 years First four-time Matt Lackey Former University of Minnesota Set Bettendorf (1969-84). Career basketball let- State wrestling champion at Mo- swimmer. High School ca- record of 314-99, terman in school line High School in reer record for 157-16 at home. history. All-Big Ten basketball 1997 (145 pounds) tackles and led Led Vikings to and baseball player at Iowa. Led and 1998 (152). Karl Noonan Bulldogs to Class three third-place basketball team to 17-1 record in Won 158 matches Outstanding 4A state foot- national finishes 1944-45 and batted .414 for base- in high school, high school ath- ball title in 2004. and second place in 1981 NCAA ball team in 1945. Basketball coach 79 in a row. Was lete at Daven- Two-year starter Division III tournament. Won six at Iowa Wesleyan (1953-59) and 1996 cadet na- port Assumption. at linebacker for CCIW titles and had 11 postsea- Nevada (1959-72). tional champion All-Big Ten and Iowa, All-Big Ten son appearances. and 1998 junior All-American in 2008. College career totals of national champion. Two-time wide receiver at 258 tackles, 6 interceptions. Sec- Don Grensing Big Ten champion, three-time Iowa in 1964-65. ond-round draft choice of Indi- Bill Fennelly Record of 401-257 in 32 years as All-American at Illinois. College Career totals of anapolis Colts in 2010. Played in Former Davenport West athlete basketball coach at LeClaire, Wil- record of 120-14. NCAA champion 102 catches, 1,478 yards, 4 touch- 54 NFL games, starting 39, and served as head women’s basket- ton and Davenport Central, 1952- in 2003. Big Ten Male Athlete of downs. Team MVP in 1964, cap- was involved in 317 tackles, 146 ball coach at Toledo (1988-95) 85. Won state title at Central in the Year in 2003. tain in 1965. Played six seasons in 2011. 00 1 H8 | SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 QUAD-CITY SPORTS HALL OF FAME We’re the best in our field, so you can be the best on yours.

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