Athletics: 13 more to enter Black Hall of Fame

Omaha Northwest basketball standout Ron Kellogg, Lincoln High all-around athlete Bobby Williams and Nebraska football hall of famers Mike Fultz and Steve Taylor are among those who will be inducted into the Nebraska Black Sports Hall of Fame on July 31.

Kellogg, above, was a three-time All-Nebraska first-team selection who played on the University of Kansas Final Four team in 1986. Williams played six seasons in the NFL, leading the league in kickoff-return yardage in 1969.

Fultz played for NU from 1974 to 1976 and was enshrined in the football hall in 1988. Taylor’s Husker career spanned 1985 to 1988 and he was chosen in 1999.

Other inductees in the hall’s fifth year are Richard Brown, Robert Faulkner, Walter Gullie, Jessica Haynes, Maurice Peak, Robert Ross and Stan Standifer.

Recipients of Image Awards will be Carl Washington and the late Phillip Doolittle, a longtime youth wrestling coach who died last year.

— Stu Pospisil

2010 Nebraska Black Sports hall of fame inductees

Richard Brown

Omaha South, 1958

A three-time state wrestling champion for the Packers, Brown competed for Iowa State, taking third in the 1960 Big Eight championships, and was a two-way starter (halfback, cornerback) on South’s 1957 mythical state championship football team. He worked and coached at Wesley House from 1969 to 1995, combining forces with Phillip Doolittle in 1983 to create the Bear Wrestling Club. He also has been youth district director for USA Wrestling Nebraska.

Robert Faulkner

Omaha Tech, 1968

A three-sport coach and educator at Dominican and Flanagan High Schools for 24 years, his 1991 and 1992 boys track teams won the Class B state title. In 1991, Quaker Oats named him to its “Coaches Care” Honor Roll for his work with student-athletes. He played in the same backfield with Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers at Tech and earned three degrees from UNO. He is a co-founder of the Nebraska Black Sports Hall of Fame.

Mike Fultz

Lincoln High, 1973

A five-year NFL veteran at defensive tackle, he played for New Orleans and the Baltimore Colts after an All-America career at Nebraska. Also was All-Big Eight as a junior and senior. At Lincoln High, he received eight letters in football, basketball and track. He won the 1973 gold medal in the shot put at 58-8¼. He is head football coach at Lincoln High.

Walter Gullie

Omaha South, 1964

A Coach and Athlete magazine All-American in basketball for the Packers, he was All-Intercity in basketball and All-Nebraska and All-Intercity in football (wide receiver, defensive end). Lettered four years in each sport and once in baseball.

Jessica Haynes

Omaha Central, 1985

A two-time All-Nebraska basketball player who was honorary co-captain as senior, she was named to Parade magazine’s second-team All-America squad that year after leading the Metro Conference with averages of 22 points and 11.6 rebounds. Won three gold medals in track on relays. At San Diego State, she was all-conference in basketball as a junior and senior.

Ron Kellogg

Omaha Northwest, 1982

Blessed with a left-handed jump shot often described as “silky,’’ Kellogg starred at Northwest — making All-Nebraska three times — and was in the Kansas lineup for his final two seasons. He scored 1,644 points for the Huskies, who were state runners-up his senior year, and 1,508 for the Jayhawks.

Maurice Peak

Omaha Tech, 1973

“Mighty Moe” made his mark in power lifting and professional wrestling. He is a three-time world champion and owner of 10 national titles in lifting. His start came with hoisting cedar blocks in his backyard and those of his friends. After graduating from Tech, he moved to Minnesota to train with wrestler Jesse Ventura. In wrestling, his debut came in 1985 with Stampede Wrestling. He formed a tag team with Kenny Cook known as “The Gladiators.” After a 1997 work accident broke his back in nine places, he continues to train and coach others.

Robert Ross

Omaha Tech, 1967

Weighing in at 182 pounds, he was the Trojans’ last champion in the heavyweight division of the state high school meet. It’s said he holds the state record for fastest pin (seven seconds). He also lettered three times on a star-studded Tech football team as an end on both offense and defense.

Stan Standifer

Omaha North, 1966

A longtime teacher at Central, now retired, he was an assistant coach for football, track and boys and girls basketball and head coach in volleyball from 1978 to 1984 and girls basketball from 1990 to 1994. He was a three-year regular at tight end at the University of Nebraska at Omaha after making All-Nebraska and All-Metro at end for Omaha North in 1965.

Steve Taylor

University of Nebraska

A two-time All-Big Eight quarterback whose last Husker season was 1988, he made the Football News All-America team as a junior. The native of Fresno, Calif., was MVP of the 1987 Sugar Bowl. When he left NU, among the position records he held were rushing yards in a season (826), rushing touchdowns in a career (32) and passing touchdowns in a game (five against UCLA in 1987).

Bobby Williams

Lincoln High, 1961

A six-year veteran of the NFL, he is considered the finest all-around athlete in Lincoln High history. He scored 20 touchdowns as a senior to make the All-Nebraska team. He was third in the state wrestling tournament as a sophomore, then switched to basketball and was second on the team in scoring as a senior. In track, he won the 100-yard gold in 1960 and 1961 and the 220 gold in 1960, getting the Class A title in 1961, and was the first 24-foot long jumper in the state. He started four years at Central Oklahoma, then played two years for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1966 and four for the Detroit Lions, for whom he led the NFL in kickoff returns in 1969.

IMAGE AWARDS

Phillip Doolittle

Omaha Tech, 1967

Hundreds of youths throughout Omaha learned about sports from him. He was a physical education teacher for 33 years until his retirement in 2005. In 1983, he and Richard Brown formed the Bear Wrestling Club. He also was an assistant wrestling coach at Omaha North and the first wrestling coach for Brittney Taylor, the first girl in the state to wrestle in the state finals. He competed in football, wrestling and track at Huron (S.D.) College. He died in 2009.

Carl Washington

Omaha Tech, 1965

Starting with eight youths from his neighborhood who were interested in boxing, Washington launched the CW Boxing Club out of his basement. It now has a downtown location for its Youth Resource Center, where the community activist continues his work with former and current gang members. He’s coached many Omaha and Midwest Regional Golden Gloves champions and professional boxers.

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