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| Concordia Hall of Fame Inductees The Concordia College Athletic Hall of Fame recognizes those individuals who best exemplify the spirit, integrity and philosophy of Concordia's athletic program. Former players, coaches and other individuals who have made significant contributions and brought honor to the athletic program are eligible for selection to the Athletic Hall of Fame. We believe it is good to reaffirm our philosophy through the recognition of these individuals. 1986 INDUCTEES Athletic Director, Head Football Coach 1941-1968 Professor Department Chair, Coach, Athletic Director 1946-1976 1987 INDUCTEES Founder of Concordia Football Program, Co-Founder of MIAC, Faculty Athletic Representative-30 years 1915-1950 Basketball, Football 1920-1925 Karl J. Lawrence Football, Basketball, Baseball 1921-26 William S. "Sally" Brewster Football, Basketball, Baseball 1922-1926 Clifford A. Halmrast Basketball, Football 1928-1932 Robert F. Fritz Football 1931-1935 Dale E. Sandstrom Football, Track 1951-1955 Arlo A. Brunsberg Football, Baseball, Basketball 1958-1962 1988 INDUCTEES Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey, Baseball, Football and Hockey Coach 1946-1950, 1962-1967 Football, Track and Field 1954-58 Donald E. Gerhardt Football, Basketball 1962-1966 David A. Heide Football 1962-1966 Gary L. Larsen Football, Basketball 1960-1964 Harlan C. Leopold Wrestling 1961-1965 1989 INDUCTEES Football, Basketball and Baseball Coach 1926-1936 Basketball, Football 1930-1934 Donald "Pat" Hilde Basketball, Football 1930-1934 Alward H. Tweit, Wrestling, Football, Track 1954-1958 Joan S. Hult, Founder of Concordia's Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Program 1958-1968 Richard A. Peterson, Basketball 1966-1970 Barry M. Bennett, Football, Wrestling 1974-1978 1990 INDUCTEES Football, Basketball, Baseball 1925-1930 Football, Basketball 1931-34 Kenneth D. Willey Football 1938-1941 Donald L. Kerlin Football, Basketball, Baseball, Track 1950-1954 William E. Quenette Football, Basketball, Baseball, Track 1957-1962 Football, Basketball and Baseball Coach 1966-1971 Dale J. Hertel Football, Baseball 1966-1971 1991 INDUCTEES Football 1927-1929 Basketball, Football, Track, Golf 1941-1943, 1945-1948 Professor, Wrestling, Golf, and Basketball Coach 1949-1988 David F. Grinaker Track, Footbal 1973-1977 1992 INDUCTEES Football, Basketball, Baseball 1921-1925 Football 1928-1932 Lloyd H. "Pinkey" Falgren Football, Basketball, Baseball 1928-1932 Douglas J. Dufty Wrestling 1963-1967 Katherine A. Meyer Thomas Basketball 1976-1980 1993 INDUCTEES Football, Basketball 1973-1977 Basketball, Volleyball 1978-1982 Craig Hertsgaard Basketball, Baseball 1939-1943 Robert Laney Basketball 1964-1968 Gary Samson Hockey 1973-1977 Lawrence Schneider Football, Basketball, Track 1934-38 1994 INDUCTEES Football, Basketball 1940-1944 Football, Baseball 1966-1970 Coral Beske Lunde Basketball, Field Hockey 1976-1980 Kenneth Severud Basketball, Baseball, Golf 1948-1953 William Smaby Concordia Administrator 1952-1976 Hartvick "Shocky" Strand Football, Basketball, Baseball and Track 1940-1944 1995 INDUCTEES Football Basketball, baseball, football Dr. Les Torgerson '62 Basketball Dr. Howard Berglund '84 Baseball, track and football JoDee Bock '85 Basketball Ivan Larson Faculty Athletic Representative 1950-1974 1996 INDUCTEES Paul Brynteson ' 65 Football Bruce Larson '72 Football/Basketball Randy Guse '75 Football Mark Jensen '79 Wrestling/Football Golf Andrew Askegaard '82 Basketball The 1997 Inductees: Dr. S. Elwood Bohn '49 Basketball Dr. Roger Gilbertson '59 Football Paul Sannes '67 Football/Baseball Tennis Dr. Julie Gilbertson '87 Tennis The 1998 Inductees: Howard Leopold '69 Wrestling Dan Tavica '75 Hockey Jim Klug '82 Football Garrett Byrne '83 Basketball MaryLee Legried '88 Basketball Jessica (Beachy) Rahman '88 Basketball The 1999 Inductees: Allen Holm, '79 Football - All American offensive tackle on Concordia's 1978 National Championship football team. Steve Fox, '79 Track - All American intermediate hurdler in both the NAIA National Meet in 1977 and the NCAA Division III Meet in 1978. Jillayn Quaschnick, '89 Basketball - All American guard on the 1988 National Championship women's basketball team. 1964 Football Team First Concordia team National Champions The 2000 Inductees: Linda McDuffy, '84 Track and Field - Linda was the MIAC champion in the shot put, discus and javelin and established MIAC records in all three events. She placed in all three events at the NCAA Division III National meet. Mark Rice, '87 Football, Hockey, Baseball - Mark was voted the Cobbers' Most Valuable Player in both hockey and baseball, and earned All-American status in hockey his junior and senior years. Malcolm "Molly" McLeod, '83 Wrestling - Molly was a four-time MIAC wrestling champion and an All-American all four years at Concordia and captured second place in the NCAA Division III Meet his senior year. Ronald Offutt, '64 Football, Wrestling - Ron was an All-Conference football player his junior year and was the MIAC heavyweight wrestling champion. The 2001 Inductees: Jim Christopherson 1969-2000, Football 1978 National Championship Football Team 1981 National Championship Football Team The 2002 Inductees: Bob Beliveau, '79 Football Don Krause, 1957 Service David Uhlir, '75 Football 1981-82 AIAW Division III Championship Women's Basketball Team The 2003 Inductees: Ralph Halvorson, ' 81 - Football A starting linebacker on the 1978 MIAC championship and NAIA Division II National Championship football teams. All-American in 1980. Charles Olson, ' 70 - Football and Track and Field As a freshman, he won the long jump championship at the MIAC Indoor Track and Field Meet. Earned all-conference honors in football on offense and defense. Brent Reichert, '79 - Tennis and Basketball Four-time NAIA All-District award winner in tennis. Also earned all-conference honorable mention honors in basketball. A standout student/athlete, he maintained a 3.98 GPA at Concordia Michelle (Thykeson) Cota, '91 - Basketball Ranks third on the all-time Lady Cobber scoring list. Named to four consecutive NCAA West Region All-Tournament teams. During her four years at Concordia, Cota led the Cobbers to an overall record of 96 wins and 17 losses, including a 72-8 conference record and a 54-game home winning streak. The 2004 Inductees: Kris Gulsvig, '77 - Baseball and Basketball Fred Hashley, '73 - Wrestling Kris Kuehl, '92 - Track and Field Roger Lindahl, '84 - Football Marybeth Stephan Storey '82 - Basketball The 2005 Inductees: Complete Release Athletic Director & Chair of Physical Education and Health The 2006 Inductees: Complete Release Timothy J. Anderson ’85 - Baseball Susan Ekberg Risher ’82 - John A. Mutschelknaus ’80 - Cross Country Daniel L. Fahrman ’74 - Football Robert J. Nick ’65 - Football |
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