Foss, Joe

Born April 17, 1915 in Sioux Falls. 1940 USD grad. As well as being a World War II flying ace and the governor of South Dakota, Foss was an avid outdoorsman and the first commissioner of the American Football League. Foss was AFL commissioner from 1959-65. The AFL grew in stature and prestige, eventually forcing […]

Cobb, Euclid

Born in Denton, Texas. Monmouth, Ill. HS. Monmouth College. Coach and athletic director for whom the Rapid City Central Cobbler athletic teams are named. He spent 41 years at Central and is the only South Dakota coach to have a team named after him. Cobb came to South Dakota to do graduate work at USD. […]

McCormick, Frank

Born Nov. 5, 1894, in Genoa, Neb. Family moved to Wagner in 1905. Wagner High School. University of South Dakota. The 5-11, 190-pounder was the first South Dakotan to play pro football, signing with the Akron Indians of the early NFL in 1920, and playing on a team that beat out Jim Thorpe’s Canton Bulldogs […]