Richards, Hobe

Born Aug. 9, 1923 in Aberdeen. 1941 Aberdeen Central HS grad. 1949 Northern State grad. An outstanding golf teacher, many of his students went on to become state champions. Richards won the 1943 state match-play title. Seven times he won the South Dakota Open, which was the biggest medal-play tourney in the state at that […]

Clifford, Bob

Organized the original Holy Rosary Mission basketball team in 1925. He coached there – except for two years at St. Francis – until retiring in 1962. He was the coach at St. Francis when the state Catholic tourney was started in 1937. Clifford’s Warriors won that inaugural title. He coached Holy Rosary (now Red Cloud) […]

Hamann, Ray

Born and raised in Yankton. 1931 Yankton grad. Wisconsin. The first South Dakotan to play pro basketball on an organized level, playing seven years with the famed Oshkosh All-Stars, members of a six-team league that was a forerunner to the NBA. Hamann was named all-league in 1940, when Oshkosh won the league title. While in […]