I went to Omaha Westside so; Guy Ingles. Watched him play against Johnny Rodgers.
Who was the most well-known football player from your hometown?
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Dude.....you left out Dan Anderson, Tom Vering, and the infamous Bobby Kingston!! It's pretty obvious who was the best.
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Junior High in Lexington: Monte Kiffin and Mick Tinglehoff. High School at Omaha North: Bob Churchich.
My second hometown, Rapid City, is proud of one of the best known pros, Adam Vinatieri, who at 45 years old has been in the league for an amazing 20 years. Of course, he’s a kicker so I should add the best known non-kicker and that would be Husker and pro great, John Dutton. As good as John was in football, he was probably an even better hoops player in high school. Talk about a man among boys.
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Kenny Wilson, Brandon Hagan, Ben Eisenhart
Most well-known might have to go to Brandon Hagan, as he set the state record for rushing yards in a game (537) and averaged 297.1 per game over the season and finished with 2,971 rushing yards in 1999.
There was some controversy with his stats for one game that made the record controversial.
Ben Eisenhart ended up being a walk-on for the Huskers and played a lot on special teams and some safety. He earned a scholarship at the start of his red-shirt junior year and ended up starting one game at safety, against Kansas State, in 2007.
Most well-known might have to go to Brandon Hagan, as he set the state record for rushing yards in a game (537) and averaged 297.1 per game over the season and finished with 2,971 rushing yards in 1999.
There was some controversy with his stats for one game that made the record controversial.
Ben Eisenhart ended up being a walk-on for the Huskers and played a lot on special teams and some safety. He earned a scholarship at the start of his red-shirt junior year and ended up starting one game at safety, against Kansas State, in 2007.
For Iowa - Willie Glasgow, he was the first player to ever score a TD in Kinnick Stadium.
For Nebraska - TE Todd Millikan or QB Van Brownson
For Nebraska - TE Todd Millikan or QB Van Brownson
Let's not forget this year's roster...Sean Lambert and Cole Conrad.
I played youth ball with mark
His parents drove him in from Waterloo every day to south Omaha to practice
Played against him. Big dude in high school. Beat York I think 43-6 his senior year.
Polk high!!! Did u witness the four touchdowns in the championship game he always bragged about?
Well, my high school was less than 60 kids so..., but lived close to McCook so Jeff Kinney would be the man there. Later, I lived in Goodland, KS and knew Brook Berringer and hosted Ron Brown on a recruiting visit and also met with Tom when he came to watch Brook play basketball.
My son wrestled against Nate when he was in grade school. He was a stud. I was shocked to find out he didn't wrestle in high school, but was a good basketball player. A friend coached him in high school and told me the kid was the best athlete he had coached and was good at anything he did.
Same here.
