National High School Hall of Fame Inductees
Twenty-two Illinoisans are members of the National High School Hall of Fame sponsored by the NFHS. The honorees, and their year of induction:
- Norman Geske (1982) was a football official.
- H. V. Porter (1982) was an IHSA and NFHS administrator who coined the term “March Madness”.
- Arthur Trout (1982) was a basketball coach at Centralia High School.
- Dwight (Dike) Eddleman (1983) was a three-sport athlete (football, basketball, athletics) at Centralia High School.
- Vergil Fletcher (1983) was a basketball coach at Collinsville High School.
- Milton Sprunger (1983) was an IHSA administrator.
- Fred (Brick) Young (1983) was a basketball official.
- Harold (Red) Grange (1984) was a football player at Wheaton High School.
- Bart Conner (1986) was a gymnast at Niles West High School.
- John L. Griffith (1986) was the first commissioner of the Big 10 conference, and a contributor to high school athletics.
- Charles Farina (1987) was a wrestling coach at East Leyden High School.
- Quinn Buckner (1989) was a basketball player at Thornridge High School.
- Gordon Gillespie (1989) was a football coach at Joliet Catholic Academy.
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1989) was a track & field athlete at Lincoln High School in East St. Louis.
- Keith Parker (1990) was a basketball official.
- Dave Robertson (1991) was a swimming & diving coach at New Trier High School.
- William (Red) Schmitt (1993) was a wrestling coach at Granite City South High School.
- Tom Frederick (1994) was an IHSA administrator.
- Ola Bundy (1996) was an IHSA administrator.
- Larry Wilcoxen (2002) was a basketball official.
- Joe Newton (2004) is a cross country coach at York Community High School.
- Dick Deitz (2008) was a four sport (baseball, basketball, football, softball) official.
- Dana Miroballi (2009) was a cross country and track & field athlete at Wheeling High School.
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