Walseth, Russell “Sox”

Born in Aberdeen in 1926. 1944 Pierre HS. 1948 Colorado grad. The first person ever to coach the men’s and women’s basketball teams at the same NCAA school, Walseth did so at Colorado with outstanding results. He was the winningest men’s basketball coach in the school’s history, going 261-245 in 20 seasons (1956-76) at the […]

Marschalk, Paul

Born Jan. 3, 1901, in Lake of the Woods County, Minn. Warroad, Minn., HS. Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.). Known as much for his inventions as his coaching. Was athletic director and head football, basketball and track coach at Pierre for 18 years (1927-45). He guided the Governors to eight Central South Dakota Conference championships each […]

Hardy, Carroll

Sturgis High School. 1955 University of Colorado grad. The only South Dakotan to play major league baseball and in the NFL, the 6-foot, 185-pounder was a third-round draft pick of the San Francisco 49ers. Starting flanker for the 49ers in 1955, catching 12 passes, four for touchdowns. Backfieldmates were Y.A. Tittle, Joe Perry and Hugh […]