The Kermit Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame is the shrine which all Ohio University Bobcats

Ohio Bobcats

Ohio University features 16 varsity sports teams called the Bobcats. The Bobcats compete in the Mid-American Conference in all sports. The Bobcats were a charter member of the Mid-American Conference in 1946 and are the only team still in the conference from the original 5 team league that...

 greats aspire to enter. Since 1965, inductees to the Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame

A hall of fame, wall of fame, walk of fame, walk of stars or avenue of stars is a type of attraction established for any field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field...

 are inducted during banquet ceremonies the evening prior to a designated home football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 game. Inductees are also recognized during a special halftime ceremony at the football game the following day. Inductees are also honored into perpetuity as their portrait and accomplishments are displayed in the Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame currently located in the Convocation Center

Convocation Center (Ohio University)

Convocation Center is a 13,080-seat multi-purpose arena that is home to the Ohio Bobcats basketball, volleyball, and wrestling teams. The first men's basketball game in the arena featured an 80–70 Ohio victory over the Indiana Hoosiers on December 3, 1968.The Convocation Center,...

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Beginning with the class of 2000, the Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame will receive at least three and no more than five new inductees.

Kermit Blosser

On October 20, 2006, Ohio Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt

Kirby Hocutt

Kirby Hocutt is the current athletic director at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Hocutt formerly held the same position at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio from 2005–2008 and the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida from 2008–2011.-Early years:...

 announced the renaming of the Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame to the Kermit Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame.

Blosser was a multi-sport athlete at Ohio, competing in both football and wrestling. He helped the football team to a 24-1-1 record and three straight Buckeye Athletic Association titles during his varsity career. As a sophomore end, he played his first game as a Bobcat in the 1929 season-opener at Indiana. The next week, Blosser started against West Liberty State, a game that was the first-ever game played at newly-built Ohio Stadium, now known as Peden Stadium. Blosser was also a member of the Ohio wrestling team and became the university's first national champion in 1932 when he won the 191-pound wrestling title.

Following his playing days, Blosser was a successful high school basketball coach for Glouster (OH) High School and later at Columbus South High School. During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, Blosser gave up his high school coaching job to serve as a gunnery officer aboard a warship in the Pacific. In 1946, Blosser returned to his alma mater and served as an assistant coach in basketball, football and wrestling. With Blosser on staff, the Bobcat football team won its first Mid-American Conference title in 1953 and the basketball team earned four conference championships.

In 1947, Blosser was named the head coach of Ohio's golf program despite having never played the game. With Blosser at the helm, the Bobcats earned 18 MAC titles, the first in 1951 behind future PGA Champion Dow Finsterwald. Ohio won the title by 24 strokes and went on to win nine of the next 10 MAC Championships. Blosser continued coaching after his retirement from teaching in 1977 and retired from his coaching post in 1988.

Blosser was inducted into the Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame's second class in 1966 and was a member of the charter class of the NCAA Golf Coaches Hall of Fame in 1980. He was inducted into a total of 11 different halls of fame, including the MAC Hall of Fame in 1988. Blosser was commemorated for his 42 years of service by the conference office, who named the conference's golf coach of the year award after him.

Even in retirement, Blosser continued to impact Ohio Athletics as a special assistant to the department's director. To his final days, he came to his office in the Convocation Center almost every day and attended as many home athletic events as he could.

Blosser was born February 1, 1911, and was raised in Enterprise, Ohio. He died February 18, 2006 at the age of 95.

1965

• Frank Baumholtz
  Frank Baumholtz
  Frank Conrad Baumholtz was an American outfielder for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds , Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  , '41 (baseball, men’s basketball)
• Claude Chrisman, '32 (football)
• Stanley Dougan, '14 (baseball)
• Russ Finsterwald, '19 (football, men’s basketball head coach, football head coach)
• C. O. Gibson, '12 (baseball, men’s basketball, football)
• B. T. Grover, '19 (baseball, men’s basketball, football)
• Don Peden
  Don Peden
  Don C. Peden was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Ohio University from 1924 to 1946, compiling a record of 121–46–11. Peden's winning percentage of .711 is the highest of any coach in the history of the Ohio Bobcats football...
  
  , '14 (baseball head coach, football head coach)
• Dutch Trautwein, '38-'49 (men’s basketball head coach, football assistant coach)

1966

• Kermit Blosser, '32 (football, wrestling, men’s basketball assistant coach, men’s golf head coach, wrestling assistant coach)
• M. Harold Brown, '33 (men’s basketball, football)
• Blaine Goldsberry, '14 (men’s basketball)
• Mark Hendrickson, '19 (baseball, men’s basketball)
• Krum Kahler, '08 (baseball)
• Hokie Palmer, '16 (football)

1967

• Herbert Bash, '17 (baseball, men’s basketball, football)
• John E. Brammer, '30 (baseball, men’s basketball, football)
• Eugene Rinta, '38 (men’s basketball)
• Jim Snyder, '41 (men’s basketball, football, men’s basketball head coach)
• Frank Szalay, '42 (football)
• Jerome Warshower, '31 (baseball, men’s basketball, football)
• Bob Wren, '43 (baseball, football, baseball head coach)

1968

• Joseph W. Begala, '29 (football, wrestling)
• Vince Costello, '53 (football)
• John R. Goddard, '17 (baseball, football, men’s track and field)
• Angus E. King, '22 (baseball, men’s basketball)
• John W. Montgomery, '40 (baseball, football)
• Richard G. Shrider, '48 (men’s basketball)
• Carroll C. Widdoes, '49-'69 (football head coach, tennis head coach, athletics director)

1969

• Sim Earich, '28 (men’s basketball, football)
• Dow Finsterwald, '52 (men’s golf)
• Bill Hess, '47 (football, wrestling, football head coach)
• Bill Jurkovic, '38 (baseball, football)
• Art Lewis, '36 (football)
• Pete McKinley, '29 (baseball, men’s basketball, football)
• Mark Wylie, '49 (baseball)

1970

• Chet F. Adams, '39 (football, wrestling)
• George M. Brown, '31 (baseball, football)
• Carlisle Dollings, '25 (baseball, football)
• Clark B. Gabriel, '32 (football)
• John T. Malokas, '38 (baseball, men’s basketball)
• Carl H. Ott, '41 (men’s basketball)

1971

• Lester N. Carney, '59 (football, men’s track and field)
• Fletcher Gilders '59-'84 (men’s swimming and diving head coach)
• William H. Herbert, '25 (football, men’s track and field)
• Len Janiak, '40 (football)
• W.R. "Shorty" McReynolds, '15 (baseball, men’s basketball, football)
• Thor Olson '16-'51 (wrestling head coach)
• Robert A. Snyder, '37 (football)

1972

• Bunk Adams, '61 (men’s basketball)
• Harry Houska, '65 (wrestling, wrestling head coach)
• Russell Kepler, '32 (football, men’s track and field)
• Dutch Littler, '24 (football)
• Robert "Fizz" Miller, '42 (men’s basketball, football)
• Jim Shreffler, '50 (baseball, men’s basketball)
• Milt Taylor, '50 (football)
• Gus White, '21 (baseball)

1973

• Elmore Banton, '65 (cross country, track and field/cross country head coach)
• O.C. Bird '22-'48 (athletics director)
• Joseph W. Colvin, '33 (football)
• Raymond C. Davis, '21 (men’s basketball, football)
• Howard E. Jolliff, '65 (men’s basketball)
• Dave Solomon, '70 (swimming and diving)
• Woodrow "Woody" Wills, '37 (baseball, football)

1974

• King Brady, '50 (baseball, football)
• Francis "Peg" Fuller, '22 (baseball, men’s basketball, football, men’s track and field)
• Hal Gruber, '37 (baseball)
• Tom Nevits, '57 (wrestling)
• Dan Risaliti, '41 (football, men’s track and field)
• Bill Rohr '63-'78 (athletics director)

1975

• Robert Brooks, '61 (football)
• Cleve Bryant, '70 (football)
• Joseph Dean, '61 (football, football assistant coach)
• John Eastman, '66 (men’s soccer)
• Stan Huntsman '57-'71 (men’s track and field/cross country head coach)
• Fred Schleicher, '47 (football, men’s track and field, wrestling)

1976

• Robert Bertelsen, '71 (men’s cross country, men’s track and field)
• John Frick, '66 (football, football head coach)
• Richard Murphy, '55 (baseball, men’s basketball)
• Larry Snyder, '60 (men’s golf)
• W. Neal Wade, '70 (swimming and diving)

1977

• Jerry Jackson, '69 (men’s basketball)
• Bob Littler, '66 (men’s golf)
• Darnell Mitchell, '65 (men’s cross country, men’s track and field)
• Mike Schmidt, '73 (baseball)
• Todd Snyder, '72 (football)
• Barry Sugden, '65 (men’s cross country, men’s track and field)
• Bruce Trammell, '71 (wrestling)

1978

• Tom Boyce, '61 (swimming and diving)
• Terry Harmon, '67 (baseball)
• Bob Harrison, '61 (football, men’s track and field)
• Don Hilt, '66 (men’s basketball)
• Don "Skip" Hoovler, '65 (football)
• Lou Sawchik, '55 (men’s basketball, football)

1979

• Ken Carmon, '69 (football)
• Terry Gray, '68 (6,6HC)
• Paul Halleck, '36 (football, men’s track and field)
• Lamar Jacobs, '59 (baseball)
• Steve Rudo, '57 (wrestling)
• Wendy Weeden (Devine), '74 (women’s field hockey, women’s lacrosse)

1980

• John "Rosey" Kerns, '47 (football)
• Anita Corl Miller, '73 (women’s field hockey, women’s lacrosse)
• Charles Vandlik, '60 (men’s golf)
• P.J. Woodworth, '31 (team physician)

1981

• Don Burnison, '36 (baseball, football)
• Fred Picard '54-'84 (faculty representative)
• Larry Lee Thomas, '62 (baseball)
• Chuck Woodlee, '62 (swimming and diving)
• Edward "Zip" Zednik, '47 (football, wrestling)

1982

• Richard "Rick" Dowswell, '74 (men’s track and field)
• Cliff Heffelfinger '52-'78 (football assistant coach)
• Bob "Hoss" Houmard, '71 (football)
• Robert G. Kappes, '58 (football head coach)
• Frank B. Richey '47-'73 (football assistant coach)
• Steven E. Swisher, '73 (baseball)
• Donna Jean Taylor, '68 (women’s field hockey, cross country, track and field)

1983

• Andy Daniels, '78 (wrestling)
• George R. "Pug" Hood, '38 (men’s basketball)
• David Juenger, '73 (football)
• Tom Murphy, '67 (baseball)
• Alfred Ogunfeyimi, '78 (men’s track and field)

1984

• John Fekete, '46 (football, men’s track and field)
• Bill Frederick, '56 (football)
• Nick Lalich, '38 (men’s basketball)
• Ihor Miskewycz, '69 (men’s soccer)
• Henry "Tad" Potter, '57 (swimming and diving)

1985

• Bruce Greene, '77 men’s track and field
• Al Hart, '58 (athletic trainer)
• David Rambo, '53 (men’s golf)
• Barry Reighard, '73 (wrestling)
• Ed Robbins, '70 (baseball)
• Al Scheider, '52 (football)
• Bill Schmidt, '40 (baseball, men’s basketball, football)
• Janet Schmitt (McDowell), '68 (women’s field hockey, track and field, softball)

1986

• Catherine Brown, '69 (women’s field hockey/lacrosse/track and field head coach)
• Roy Cheran, '76 (swimming and diving)
• Dan Donofrio, '37 (football)
• Walter Luckett, '75 (men’s basketball)
• Mike Murphy, '69 (baseball)

1987

• Lynn Bozentka (Taylor), '79 (women’s field hockey, women’s tennis)
• Bob Brenly, '77 (baseball)
• Russ Johnson '73 (wrestling)
• Pete Lalich
  Pete Lalich
  Pete Lalich was a former professional basketball player for the Cleveland Rebels of the Basketball Association of America .-College Career:...
  
  , '42 (baseball, men’s basketball)
• Eddie Roberts, '73 (men’s soccer)
• Joseph "Bull" Sintic, '33 (football)

1988

• Bob Babbitt, '63 (football)
• Roger Gilders, '80 (men’s track and field)
• Ken Kowall, '71 (men’s basketball)
• Rhonda Rawlins, '82 (women’s field hockey, women’s lacrosse)
• Dick Smail, '56 (men’s golf)
• John Turk, '54 (baseball, football)

1989

• Don Fish, '69 (men’s track and field)
• Kathryn MacDonald, '72 (women’s basketball, field hockey, lacrosse, track and field))
• Dave Tobik, '76 (baseball)
• Lenny Sadosky, '33 (football, men’s track and field)
• Bill Whaley, '62 (men’s basketball)

1990

• Lowell "Duke" Anderson, '54 (baseball, football)
• Elden Armbrust, '35 (football, men’s track and field)
• Mike Haley, '67 (men’s basketball)
• Ernie Kish, '42 (baseball)
• Robert Tscholl, '73 (wrestling)
• Kathy Williams (Thompson), '82 (women’s track and field)

1991

• Kevin Babcock, '80 (football)
• John Canine, '70 (men’s basketball)
• Frances Daniell (Calcutt), '84 (women’s track and field)
• Dick England, '54 (baseball, baseball head coach)
• Ron Fowlkes, '66 (football)
• Caroline Mast (Daugherty), '86 (women’s basketball)
• Dave Unik, '69 (wrestling)

1992

• Marti Heckman, '86 women’s basketball
• Bill Heller, '65 men’s cross country
• Bruce Hosta, '83 (wrestling)
• Craig Love, '71 (men’s basketball)
• Dave Moore, '56 (men’s golf)
• Dick Schulz, '63 (football)
• Diane Stamm '79-'85 (women’s track and field/cross country head coach)
• Becky Walters (Rafferty), '82 women’s field hockey

1993

• Jim Albert, '66 (football)
• John Hrasch, '51 (baseball)
• Sherman Lyle, '73 men’s soccer
• Danny Nee '80-'86 (men’s basketball head coach)
• Roger Pedigo, '53 (men’s golf)
• Franko Peters, '69 (football)
• Robert Tatum, '86 (men’s basketball)

1994

• Henry Clark, '88 (swimming and diving)
• Selina Christian Safari, '86 (women’s track and field)
• Mike Echstenkamper, '79 (baseball)
• Dave Leveck, '70 (football)
• Paul Storey, '64 (men’s basketball)

1995

• John Bier, '56 (baseball)
• Anne Bolyard, '88 (women’s basketball, women’s track and field)
• Gail Hudson Ruffins, '84 (women’s basketball, women’s field hockey, women’s lacrosse)
• Dave Jamerson
  Dave Jamerson
  John David "Dave" Jamerson is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Miami Heat in the 1st round of the 1990 NBA Draft. Jamerson played for the Houston Rockets, Utah Jazz and New Jersey Nets in 3 NBA seasons...
  
  , '90 (men’s basketball)
• Gus Malavite, '76 (wrestling)
• Glenn Romanek, '54 (swimming and diving)
• Ted Stute, '63 (baseball, football)

1996

• Kurt Blank, '75 (wrestling)
• Joy Clark, '91 (swimming and diving)
• Roger Hosler, '68 (men’s track and field)
• Kevin Priessman, '84 (baseball)
• Shannan Ritchie, '90 (men’s cross country, men’s track and field)

1997

• Mark Geisler, '80 (football)
• Jane Maher, '83 (women’s field hockey, women’s lacrosse)
• Tracy Meyer, '89 (women’s cross country, women’s track and field)

1999

• Courtney Allen (Asher), '92 (swimming and diving)
• Christine Eby (Axer), '88 (women’s field hockey)
• Chris Nichols (Allwine), '91 (women’s cross country, women’s track and field)
• Darla Dutro, '82 (women’s basketball, women’s lacrosse)
• Maureen Newlon (Blandford), '92 (swimming and diving)
• Glenn C. Randall, '59 (men’s track and field)

2000

• Ronnie Harter, '84 (football)
• Greg Jones, '91 (men’s track and field)
• Tim Joyce, '79 (men’s basketball)
• Steven D. Skaggs, '80 (men’s basketball)
• Mary Catherine Taylor, '86 (women’s basketball, women’s track and field)

2001

• Marcy Keifer Kennedy, '94 (swimming and diving)
• Eric Kimble, '95 (wrestling)
• Holly Skeen-Gilbert, '95 (women’s basketball)

2002

• John Botuchis, '55 (swimming and diving)
• Jeri Pantalone, '85 (women’s field hockey)
• Les Ream, '77 (baseball)
• Ned Steele, '71 (swimming and diving)

2003

• Vernon Alden, '62 (university president)
• Orville Dwight Gardner, '98 (wrestling)
• Scott Hammond '89-'95 (swimming and diving head coach)
• Nicholas "Nick" Karl, '64 (men’s golf)
• Lisa MacNicol (Mitchell), '97 (swimming and diving)

2004

• Paul Baron, '86 (men’s basketball)
• Staci Bellville, '96 (softball)
• Shawn Enright, '99 (wrestling)
• David "Bucky" Wagner, ‘61 (football)

2005

• Lewis Geter, '93 (men’s basketball)
• Joshua Ritchie, '98 (men’s cross country, men’s track and field)

2006

• Bart Leahy, '98 (baseball)
• Amy Lockard, '93 (swimming and diving)
• Harold McElhaney (athletics director)

2007

• Dick Schorr, ’67-’98 (broadcaster)
• Dave Zastudil
  Dave Zastudil
  David Michael Zastudil is an American football punter for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League...
  
  , ’01 (football)
• Joe Zychowicz, ’72 (wrestling)

2008

• Jackie Conrad, '99 (women's cross country, women's track and field)
• Geno Ford
  Geno Ford
  Geno Ford is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Bradley University. Ford was named to the position after Jim Les was let go in early March 2011. Ford previously served as head coach at Shawnee State University in 2001–02 and at Muskingum College...
  
  , ’97 (men's basketball)
• Jen Morris, ’99 (softball)

External links

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