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The Wall of Excellence, Class of 2011: John Kadlec

John Kadlec
Player: 1948-50
Coach: 1951-60, 1966-77
Administrator/Fundraiser: 1986-present
Color Commentator: 1996-2010

John Kadlec was in uniform when Missouri upset Doak Walker and SMU in 1948. He was on the sideline when Frank Broyles succeeded Don Faurot, and when Dan Devine succeeded Broyles. He was on the sideline again when Mizzou advanced to their last Orange Bowl in 1970 and pulled their epic series of upsets in the 1970s -- No. 2 Nebraska (in Lincoln) in 1973, No. 5 Nebraska in 1974, No. 2 Alabama (in Birmingham) in 1975, No. 8 USC (in L.A.) in 1976, No. 2 Ohio State (in Columbus) in 1976. He was in the booth for the Flea Kicker game, for Brad Smith's debut (Mike Kelly: "Missouri fans, you've got yourself a quarterback." Kadlec, voice cracking: "WE have a quarterback."), for Mizzou's advancement to No. 1 in 2007, and for the Greatest Homecoming Ever™ last fall.
It is so cliche to say this, but John Kadlec is Missouri football history. There's simply no way around it.
Hall of Fame Bio: A fixture in Mizzou athletic circles for more than 40 years, Kadlec, a native of St. Louis, was an all-conference linemen in 1950, and was the first to be pictured on the MU media guide that same year. He served as an assistant football coach at Mizzou under Don Faurot, Frank Broyles, Dan Devine, and Al Onofrio, and has been a Tiger administrator since 1986. He also served two terms of duty at Kansas State, as an assistant football coach under Doug Weaver, and as the Wildcats' chief fund-raiser. Kadlec currently serves Missouri as special assistant to the athletic director, and as color commentator on the Tiger Network.
Bob Broeg's Ol' Mizzou: A Story of Missouri Football was written almost 40 years ago, before the 1970s upsets, before the downfall, before the 2000s resurgence; even by then, Kadlec was a lifer, a source of quotes and verification, and a wonderful personality.
Kadlec, son of a Czech truck driver from St. Louis, went on to become a topflight guard at Ol' Mizzou after an unforgettable varsity debut as a green freshman at St. Louis U. He came out of the game, vomiting, suffering the granddaddy of upset stomachs and for good reason. There being no training table, he naively had polished off at home before the night game a meal of sauerkraut and spare ribs.
When Coach Dukes Duford left St. Louis U., so did Kadlec, recommended to Faurot by Duford. Faurot got him a summer job, but the pudgy kid was homesick for St. Louis even before he was past Wentzville on the then three-hour drive down narrow old Highway 40 in Columbia.
He was given tuition and fees and a 50-cent-an-hour job as a dummy chaser, hauling the heavy apparatus in and out of the field house for practice. He paid $15 a month for a room and $32 a month for a meal ticket. Now, eating with the current varsity at the athletic training table, he considers Missouri athletes the best fed anywhere and quotes professional scouts who visit the campus. The truth is, John not only is prejudiced but also indiscriminate. There are some who say that John would eat anything that would not eat him first.
As a sophomore he ran afoul immediately of Faurot by permitting himself to get into a 50-cent blackjack game on a trip. The coach had a nickel limit. Faurot walked in and--.
"I said to myself, 'Oh, my god.'" Kadlec remembered with proper histrionics. "I wasn't thinking of the coach. I was thinking of my pop. He'd wonder what I was doing playing for a half-buck in the first place."
Kadlec could not believe the time Faurot and the Tigers put in at practice, from 3:30 to 6:45 p.m. To make the Split-T dive play work at the goal line, Faurot would insist that his No. 1 unit score against a 15-man defense. And then, John recalled, Faurot would wind up doing sprints and chin-ups with the players.
"I was a little scared of him, but he was concerned about the players," said Kadlec, remembering the coach fussing to make certain Catholics like Kadlec had fish on Friday and inviting parents to eat with the players on the road.
He got on Faurot's good side enough to see the field extensively late in his career, earning all-conference honors as a senior in 1950. And then he stuck around.
From a 2011 MUtigers.com profile: Kadlec has been a Mizzou icon for well over a half century. He first came to Mizzou from his native St. Louis, Mo. to play football for Hall of Fame Coach Don Faurot in 1947. After earning his degree from MU, he stayed on as a graduate assistant coach for Faurot, and he coached the freshman team until 1954 when he moved up to varsity, where he served through 1959. After a stint at Kansas State from 1960-66, Kadlec returned to Mizzou to serve on the staffs of Dan Devine and Al Onofrio, coaching from 1966-77 on the Tiger sideline.
After his coaching days ended, Kadlec returned to Kansas State as Director of Development, before returning to Mizzou in 1986 as Director of the Tiger Scholarship Fund, and he's been a fixture in Columbia ever since in numerous roles most closely associated with fundraising. He was a 1996 inductee into the MU Athletics Hall of Fame, and in 2005, the grass practice fields behind the Mizzou Athletic Training Complex were named in his honor.
He was a player for Faurot, an assistant for Faurot, Broyles, Devine and Onofrio, a fundraiser for Woody Widenhofer and Bob Stull, and a color commentator for Larry Smith and Gary Pinkel. The stories he could tell...
From a 2005 MUtigers.com profile: "I started out coaching with Coach Faurot and he would have to rank as my top guy because he gave me all kinds of opportunities," Kadlec said. "I was very fortunate, I don't think any assistant coaches have coached for three college Hall of Fame guys like I have. Coach Faurot, Dan Devine and Al Onofrio. They were all great coaches and wonderful men and wonderful people to work with."
Kadlec continued, "Out of those four, I can't really say one stands out. But Don Faurot really gave me the opportunity and brought me up as a pup. He kind of raised me. My experiences here, with these coaches has been wonderful."
There is a reason John Kadlec has come to be known as Mr. Mizzou. He has always been around, having spent most of his last 60+ years serving the Missouri football program. The Wall was created to celebrate Missouri's history, both known and perhaps less-known; in other words, it was created to celebrate John Kadlec.

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The Wall of Excellence, Class of 2011: Corby Jones

Corby Jones (1995-98)

What was your Corby moment? Mine came in the final minute of the 1997 Nebraska game. Down 28-24, with the ball at the Nebraska 6, he backed up to pass. Seeing nobody open, he scrambled right, advanced to around the 3-yard line, then, for all intents and purposes, dove backwards toward the endzone. He was upended by two Huskers but blindly stretched the ball across the goal line for the go-ahead touchdown.
That single play encapsulated everything Corby Jones had to offer: leadership, athleticism, testicular fortitude, (somewhat justifiable) lack of trust in his arm or his receivers ... everything.
It would be easy to forget about Corby a bit -- we thought he was fast, but then we saw Brad Smith. We thought he was a leader and a winner, but then we saw Chase Daniel. But in the 1990s, with Mizzou having quickly become a bottom-tier program, Corby (one of the clearest "first-name only" athletes in Mizzou history) willed them back to relevance. He chose Mizzou over Nebraska when nobody did that, and like the team itself, he suffered through some significant growing pains in his first couple of seasons. But after showing more glimpses of greatness over the last portion of his sophomore season, he became the face of Mizzou's first winning teams in almost 15 years.
Like his career as a whole, the 1997 season unfolded slowly and memorably. From last summer's Countdown piece on 1997:
When I ponder how exactly to go about writing a book about Mizzou football history (it's still in the cards, but it's going to take a while), I wonder about word counts and page numbers. Some seasons, you can summarize in a page or less. The team had the same strengths and the same weaknesses, they beat bad teams and lost to good teams, and then the season was over. Then, there are seasons like 1997, with enough plot twists and highs and lows and unexpected turns and craziness ... that I briefly ponder writing a book about each decade. The 1997 season is one of those "inevitably high word count" seasons. There could be a chapter on the 15-7 KU loss and Corby's crisis of confidence. And a chapter on Andy Katzenmoyer's classic hit ... it was that good.
[T]here could be a chapter on the 41-11 loss at Kansas State, the team meetings that followed, the season reversal that occurred starting with the Homecoming win over Texas. Then a chapter on the double-OT win over Oklahoma State -- the first half surge, the second half collapse, the one-handed touchdown grab by Ricky Ross, the greatest call of all-time from Bill Teegins, and the swinging gate. And a chapter about the Colorado game (Rick Neuheisel after the game: "I had no idea they could do what they did to us.") and clinching of bowl eligibility for the first time since 1983. And about six chapters on the Flea Kicker game -- one for the pre-game hype, one for each quarter, one for the play itself, one for overtime. And a chapter on the team's recovery against Baylor. And of course one for the Holiday Bowl. And a final one for the way the level of pride found in the university and the city itself quadrupled between the beginning of October and the end of November. The 1997 team, which coincided with my freshman year at Mizzou, had a sense for the dramatic -- both the good kind and the bad kind -- and though it goes on the list in the midst of a string of 6-, 7- and 8-win teams, it stands out for that reason.
The five-game stretch from Texas to the Baylor season finale was one of the most memorable strings of games in recent memory; Corby went to a new place, and he took the team with him. The 1998 season was even better, though attached to a giant waft of "What If." Corby fought through a lingering turf toe issue, and Mizzou lost three games by a touchdown or less, but they out-shot West Virginia in the Insight.com Bowl to finish 8-4.
Their 15 wins in 1997 and 1998 were as many as Mizzou won in five seasons under Bob Stull and more than Mizzou won in four seasons under Woody Widenhofer. Mizzou was back -- albeit briefly -- and nobody had a more singular influence on the turnaround than Corby Jones.

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The Wall of Excellence, Class of 2011: Phil Bradley

Phil Bradley (1977-80)

Phil Bradley may have been the first seven-tool baseball player -- hitting for average, hitting for power, baserunning, throwing ability, fielding ability, running the option, and passing. Before he became an all-star for the Seattle Mariners in the mid-1980s, Bradley first became the Big Eight's all-time leading yardage leader and a three-time all-conference player. But his career was not necessarily based on stats so much as moments. He was behind center when Mizzou won at No. 5 Notre Dame and at No. 2 Nebraska in 1978. He ripped off a gorgeous, long touchdown run in front of a gigantic home crowd against No. 1 Alabama that same year. When Mizzou reached No. 5 in the polls in 1979, Bradley was in charge. No. 9 in 1980? Bradley again. Bowl wins over LSU and South Carolina? Of course.
Bradley's game featured pieces of seemingly every other great Mizzou quarterback. Before Chase Daniel came along, Bradley had the distinction of starting the most games for ranked Missouri teams (20). Like Corby Jones, Bradley was thrust into action as a freshman, forcing to learn on the job before he was truly ready to thrive. Like Bob Steuber and Brad Smith, his open-field athleticism was downright jarring. Like Blaine Gabbert, he received perhaps an undue amount of criticism at the time for his team's struggles. And like Paul Christman, Bradley's skill set was dramatically before its time. Few option quarterbacks were as skilled in the passing game; few passing quarterbacks were as adept on the ground.
Mizzou's struggles in 1977 ended up getting Al Onofrio fired, and Bradley received a lot of early criticism, a scarring experience for such an introspective athlete. But incoming coach Warren Powers' system was perfect for Bradley's skill set. So was the surrounding talent. He shared the spotlight with such greats as Wall inductees James Wilder and Kellen Winslow, Earl Gant and Leo Lewis, and he posted stats barely imaginable at the time.
Hall of Fame Bio: One of the most decorated athletes in MU annals, Bradley lettered in football at MU from 1977-81, and in baseball in 1979-80-81. A native of Macomb, Ill., Bradley quarterbacked the Tigers to three bowl games. He was a three-time Big Eight Conference "Offensive Player of the Year" and set the conference total offense record at 6,459 yards which stood for 10 years. In baseball, he starred as an outfielder on MU teams that won the Big Eight championship in 1980, and went to the NCAA Tournament in 1980 and '81. Now a member of the Chicago White Sox, Bradley was drafted out of MU by the Seattle Mariners. He reached the Major Leagues with Seattle, in 1984, and played with the Mariners through 1987. He was named to the '85 American League All-Star Team, and that season hit his career-high 26 homers. He spent 1988 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and one-and-a-half seasons with the Baltimore Orioles, before being traded to Chicago.

Bradley's relationship with fans was up-and-down in his years in Columbia. Needless to say, fans have viewed him more and more favorably as time has passed. From The Savitar (1981):
Every summer he escapes the judgmental eyes of reporters, coaches and fans by returning to Macomb to work on Roger Kelso's farm. There the work is hard but quiet. He bales hay, repairs fences, and heaven forbid, uses those golden passing hands to castrate hogs. Nobody looks over his shoulder.
"Basically it's my chance to get away from people," Bradley says. "Out there, nobody tells me what to do. They treat me different from coaches."
He is not a hermit. In fact, Bradley enjoys speaking at functions and wishes people would invite him to appear more often. The Columbia Quarterback Club speaks highly of him as one of the most eloquent players on the team. There is also a common discovery made by people who get a chance to deal with Bradley one-on-one away from football -- he is a genuine human being. …
"People treat me sometimes as if I came here boasting and bragging I was going to become a star quarterback," Bradley says. "I never did that. I came here very quietly and that's the way I want to leave … very quietly."
Phil Bradley. He set or tied nine Missouri passing records. He is the Big Eight's all-time total yardage leader. He was a three-time all-conference selection. He is the greatest quarterback in Missouri history.
Beyond that, nothing more need be said.
Nope, that about sums it up.

The Wall of Excellence, Class of 2011: Sean Weatherspoon

Sean Weatherspoon (2006-09)

Look up "Vocal Leader" in the dictionary, and you'll find a picture of Sean Weatherspoon, probably with his mouth open. A three-year starter with enough personality for an entire linebacking corps, Sean Weatherspoon was fast, athletic and dominant.
His punishing hits and the "SPOOOOOOOOOON" response they earned from the crowd will always be remembered, but that isn't what made Sean Weatherspoon so important and notable. Under Gary Pinkel, Missouri has possessed an uncanny ability to develop not only stars, but good people with bright, enjoyable personalities, who represent Mizzou with total class off the field. It is one thing to win with what seem like hired guns, guys who don't really let you get to know them and are just there to put together a good NFL Draft highlight film. It's another to do so with guys who love their university and love giving their fans a chance to get to know them. The culture Pinkel has created here is both wonderful and easy to take for granted, and SPOOOOOOOON did more to develop and refine that culture than any other Tiger.

Oh yeah, and his stats were great too. After special teams and scrub duty on the 2006 team, 'Spoon stepped into a starting role in 2007 and became one of the faces of Mizzou's best defenses in 20 years.
2007: 103.5 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss/sacks (outstanding for a 4-3 linebacker), two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, eight passes broken up.
2008: 115.5 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss/sacks (!!!), three interceptions, two forced fumbles, seven passes broken up.
2009: 92.0 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss/sacks, one interception, one forced fumble, two passes broken up.
Sean Weatherspoon was simultaneously a defensive end and a safety, capable of both getting his hands on passes in coverage and launching an all-out assault on the line of scrimmage. His personality would have made him memorable even if he were just making 30 tackles per year. That he was a statistical monster made it all the better.

And that he stayed for all four seasons at Missouri, even despite the incredible amount of talent leaving the program after 2008, made him even more likable, if that were possible. He was the heart, soul and face of a program that has reached a rare level of sustainable success, and he now assumes his rightful place on The Wall.

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The Wall of Excellence, Class of 2011: Johnny Roland

Johnny Roland (1962, 1964-65)

You go with it at first. Reading 1964 and 1965 game summaries, his name is absolutely everywhere. Johnny Roland picks off a pass. Johnny Roland rips off a huge punt return. Johnny Roland scores two touchdowns on the ground. But then you realize ... this was the mid-1960s. Guys didn't play both ways anymore. Oh, but Roland did. One of the best defensive backs and running backs in Missouri's history, Roland, who chose Mizzou over Oklahoma at the last minute, did whatever his team needed over three amazing seasons. As a halfback, he was the conference's leading scorer and an all-conference performer in 1962, rushing for 830 yards and 13 touchdowns; in the ultimate pre-cursor of what was to come, he ripped off 171 yards over 20 carries in his Mizzou debut.
Then, after a "tire-swapping incident" got him initially dismissed from school, then just suspended for the 1963 season (he was accused of swapping his tires with those of another student, though Dan Devine always maintained that he was covering for a teammate), Roland did a little bit of everything in 1964 and 1965. With Charlie Brown taking the lion's share of the carries -- Brown was good enough to still rank 10th in career all-purpose yards for Mizzou -- Roland became a short-yardage and goal-line back (at 6'2, 207 pounds, he was the equivalent of about 6'4, 230 today), led Mizzou in punt returns (1964-65) and kick returns (1964) ... and oh yeah, he became an All-American cornerback as well. His six interceptions in 1965 have only been topped twice in Mizzou history: first by Roger Wehrli (seven in 1968), then by William Moore (eight in 2007).
Though Mizzou perhaps has more lax standards than most, it still takes quite a bit to get your number retired at Ol' Mizzou. Simply being a good ball-carrier? Mizzou had plenty of those in the sixties. No, Roland got No. 23 retired by doing absolutely everything, leading Mizzou to a 1966 Sugar Bowl title and performing at the highest possible level on both sides of the ball in a time when men just didn't do that.
Hall of Fame Bio: A halfback from Corpus Christi, Texas, Roland lettered at MU in 1962-64-65, and was an all-Big Eight choice all three years. An outstanding two-way player, Roland was team captain and all-American in 1965. Following that season, he played in the Senior Bowl, Coaches All-American Game and College All Star Game. At MU, he led the Tigers in rushing and scoring in 1962, in punt returns in 1964-65, in kickoff returns in 1962 and '64, and in pass interceptions in 1965. Roland ranks 10th at MU in career scoring, and led the Big Eight in scoring in 1962. He played with the St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL from 1966-72, earning the league's nod as "Rookie of the Year" in `66 and with the New York Giants in 1973.

From Bob Broeg's description of Mizzou's 1965 win over Kansas in Ol' Mizzou: A Story of Missouri Football:
So Mizzou had a Sugar Bowl bid before the windup at Kansas, where, as usual, the Jayhawks made an argument of it, twice taking early leads before a 41,000 crowd and a regional television audience. But then the Tigers rolled up 468 yards and drubbed KU, 44-20.
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[T]he glory went to the man who had come back: Johnny Roland. Playing defense with a rock-sock, intimidating style that earned the all-America recognition his move from offense might have cost him, Roland intercepted a pass, fell on a Jayhawk fumble, and set up a touchdown with a 35-yard punt return. Additionally, playing offense in the spots where Devine felt his nose for the goal line would be most helpful, Roland threw a completed pass, caught one, and bowed out the way he broke in three years earlier at California. Scoring three touchdowns the 6-2, 207-pound example of quiet dignity figured in 19 plays that were good for 178 yards.
Throw a pass, catch a pass, score three touchdowns on the ground, recover a fumble, rip off a huge punt return, and pick off a pass. In one game. That's not supposed to actually happen; that's something you would make up while mythologizing somebody. Johnny Roland was one of a kind.

The Wall of Excellence, Class of 2011: Harry Ice

Harry Ice (1940-41)

Perhaps no Missouri Tiger ever benefited more from a change in scheme (or a single game) than Harry "Slippery" Ice. Undersized and ultra-fast, Ice served as Paul Christman's backup as a sophomore in 1940, offering explosiveness and enough of a change in pace to lead Mizzou in scoring that season. He was skilled enough to thrive in any system, but Don Faurot's move to the Split-T offense in 1941 landed him in the Mizzou record books.
The 1941 Tigers were among Mizzou's best ever, with Bob Steuber, Don Reece and Ice running behind a line that included All-American (and future number retiree) Darold Jenkins and future NFL draft picks Bob Jeffries, Bob Brenton and Norvell Wallach. The line was mean, and Reece and Steuber were big, athletic, punishing runners, but a few times a game, Ice would get the pitch, and bad things would happen. In a 39-13 win over Iowa State, Ice touched the ball just three times ... and gained 106 yards. And against Kansas, he painted his masterpiece. Eight carries, 240 yards, and what would have been two touchdowns had he not lateraled to a lineman at the two for an easy score on one carry. (Teamwork!) Ice was a magnificent complement on a magnificent team, and he becomes the second member of the 1941 squad to join The Wall.
Hall of Fame Bio: "Slippery" Ice came out of the Missouri intramural ranks to become one of the Tigers' top all-time running backs. A football and baseball letterman out of Kansas City, in 1940 and '41, Ice set Missouri records that still stand, as a member of Don Faurot's first Split-T team that led the nation in rushing in 1941. Ice's records include 240 yards rushing against Kansas in 1941, an average per carry of 30.8 yards in that same game, and a 95-yard touchdown run against Iowa State in 1941. He was an all-Big Six selection that year as Missouri won the conference championship and went on to the Sugar Bowl, where he was the game's MVP. Ice played in the College All-Star Game in the summer of 1942, and was chosen to MU's All-Century Football Team. Ice joined the MU athletic staff in 1952, and served in a variety of capacities, including interim athletic director and assistant athletic director, until his retirement in 1979.

From Bob Broeg's ever-enjoyable Ol' Mizzou: A Story of Missouri Football:
[A] nimble newcomer named Harry Ice was red hot in a 30-14 romp over Iowa State [in 1940], and it made a good story. Don Faurot watched Ice, son of a Kansas City minister, prove untouchable in a touch football game the previous year and had urged him to come out for the varsity. When you cannot even tag a man, how are you going to tackle him? Ice, Christman's understudy in 1940, had a bigger part to play, but that is another delightful story.
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Harry (Slippery) Ice stayed on to become Ol' Mizzou's official fund-raiser and manager of the profitable football program he had sold as a student when it and he were considerably skinnier.
"Ice," said Steuber, "was the greatest little man I ever saw as a ballcarrier."
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The 1941 Tigers closed out the regular phase of what well might be considered Ol' Mizzou's most impressive season ever. By walloping Kansas in the most lopsided game of the series, 45-6, they finished with an 8-1 record and a remarkable point spread--226 for, 39 against.
The Kansas game, played in rain that turned into snow in the second half at Lawrence, saw Ice never more slippery. The kid from Kansas City gained an astonishing [240 yards in eight carries] as Missouri rushed for 449 yards. And Ice played only 26 1/2 minutes.
Once again, the long-gainers told the story of the tremendous new "T" and the talent of the Tigers. Ice, on a 55-yard breakaway, lateraled off courteously to tackle Bob Brenton at the 2-yard line for the first touchdown ... Next, Ice ran 43 yards to score ... Steuber went 55 ... Wade 23 ... Flavin pass 50 yards to Jack Morton.

The Wall of Excellence, Class of 2011: Vote No. 6

We reach the final vote for this year's class. You will be given a list of nominees, and in the form below, you will rank your top three selections. Your No. 1 selection will receive five points, your No. 2 selection three points, and your No. 3 selection one point. Whoever gets the most points gets on The Wall.
- Tier I: Faurot era (mid-1930s to mid-1950s)
- Tier II: Devine era (late-1950s to early-1970s)
- Tier III: Pinkel era (2000s)
- Tier IV: Pre-Faurot, 1970s
- Tier V: 1980s-1990s
- Tier VI: Administrators/Coaches/Personalities
In the first two years of The Wall, we inducted two very obvious choices from the "non-players" category -- Don Faurot and Dan Devine. This year, the "Administrators/Coaches/Personalities" tier features perhaps the single most interesting vote we've had in either The Wall or The Rafters. I honestly have no idea who might win this one. Will voters think Gary Pinkel is already wall-worthy ... or should we wait to see how the rest of his career plays out? Will voters respect the work of an athletic director like Mike Alden or Chester Brewer? The world's greatest Sports Information Director? A lifelong Mizzou Man like Clay Cooper or John Kadlec? The man whose success got Memorial Stadium built?
Five of seven candidates are members of Mizzou's Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame; the other two are not simply because they are still active in prevalent (to say the least) roles in the program.
Once again, all photos below are from the MU Archives' incredibly valuable Savitar archive unless otherwise noted.
The Wall of Excellence, Class of 2011: Vote No. 5
Two votes remain to select members of this year's Wall induction class. You will be given a list of nominees, and in the form below, you will rank your top three selections. Your No. 1 selection will receive five points, your No. 2 selection three points, and your No. 3 selection one point. Whoever gets the most points gets on The Wall.
- Tier I: Faurot era (mid-1930s to mid-1950s)
- Tier II: Devine era (late-1950s to early-1970s)
- Tier III: Pinkel era (2000s)
- Tier IV: Pre-Faurot, 1970s
- Tier V: 1980s-1990s
- Tier VI: Administrators/Coaches/Personalities
From peaks to valleys to peaks to valleys again, the 1980s and 1990s were not the most successful pair of decades in Mizzou history, but they still produced a ton of strong, likable individual talent, including some gritty runners, tough quarterbacks, a huge, brilliant safety and multiple phenomenal linemen.
Once again, all photos below are from the MU Archives' incredibly valuable Savitar archive unless otherwise noted.
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