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The Idaho Athletic Hall of Fame is a sports hall of fame in the U.S. state of Idaho.According to the hall, its purpose is "to honor those individuals from the state of Idaho who have achieved significant recognition in an area of athletic endeavor, or have made a special contribution to Idaho athletics."
After his run as head coach, he became assistant athletic director for Idaho State from 1965 to 1979, and athletic director from 1979 to 1986. [6] For one year in 1976, he acted as line coach for the Edmonton Eskimos (now Edmonton Elks) of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He boasted a fairly successful record of 79–38–2 (.664) with Idaho ...
Pages in category "Halls of fame in Idaho" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes ...
He was also a sports commentator for the San Francisco 49ers' radio broadcasts for over 20 years, and a commentator on Oakland Athletics baseball broadcasts [18] from 1976 to 1980 and in 1985. During the 1979 season, when the struggling A's lost 108 games, he teamed up with fellow southern Idahoan Harmon Killebrew .
O'Brien was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2005, along with Dave Johnson. [ 49 ] [ 50 ] He was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2006, the University of Idaho Sports Hall of Fame with the large inaugural class of 2007, and the United States Olympic Hall of Fame in 2012.
He led Idaho to the Big Sky Conference title in 1985 and had two trips to the Division I-AA (FCS) Playoffs (1982, 1985). Friesz averaged 367.4 passing yards a game as a quarterback and he was the first quarterback to win the Walter Payton Award as the outstanding player in I-AA football in 1989, when he threw for 4,041 yards and 31 touchdowns.
The 1999 Mr. Basketball and Indiana All-Star was a McDonald’s All-American after leading his team to a Class 4A state championship. Gardner had school records for career points (1,619), season ...
Ten honorees have gone on to be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum while eight have been inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame. John Elway of Granada Hills High School is enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Condredge Holloway of Lee High School is enshrined in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.