Quintal, A.A.

Born in Jefferson on Dec. 18, 1899. Elk Point High School. 1923 USD grad. Was coach and/or athletic director at Mitchell High for 40 years. In 1926 he was named coach and AD at Mitchell. He coached all sports until relinquishing basketball duties in 1949. Took the Kernels to 16 state basketball tourneys, winning state […]

Connors, Howard

Born July 12, 1917 in Jefferson. 1934 Jefferson grad. Went to USD-Springfield and the University of South Dakota, participating in basketball, football and baseball two years each. Connors, a USD math professor for almost 40 years, officiated high school and college football (40 seasons), basketball (36) and track (50). Was the first official elected to […]

Gamage, Harry

Born Feb. 3, 1900. Macomb, Ill., native. U of Illinois. The winningest football coach in USD history, Gamage was coach there for 18 years (1934-41 and 46-55). After taking over a USD team that hadn’t had a winning season in seven years, Gamage’s squads were 82-67-7 and won four conference titles. Before coming to South […]

Retzlaff, Pete

Ellendale (N.D.) High School. 1953 SDSU grad. In 11 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles (1956-66), he played in five Pro Bowls and set Eagle records for most passes caught in a season (66) and career (452) and most receiving yards in a career (7,412). He scored 47 touchdowns. Tied with Baltimore’s Raymond Berry for most […]