2006 Inductees
Jerry Reichart
1983 – 84
Eighth Annual Greg Custenborder memorial award presented by the TOA
1987
Inducted into the Washburn University Athletic Hall of Fame where he attained all conference status in both Football and Track
1995
The Kansas Basketball Coaches Association presented the “Clinton Hill” Distinguished Service award and also received the
NFIOA Kansas Football Award of the year
Other Highlights:
Topeka Officials Association for 34 years
Chairman of the Sportsmanship Committee for the State Basketball Tournament in Topeka for 20 years
Involved in Kansas Basketball for 45 years as a player coach and Commissioner
Commissioner for the Delaware Valley League for 25 years
Honored by the Kansas State High School Activities Association for officiating 25 straight Football Championships (1969-1994), with numerous Bi-districts, regional and sub-states Football games
Started or was a referee for 25 State Track meets
Participated in Kansas Senior Olympic sports of tennis, basketball, field events, softball and volleyball
Qualified for and attended National Senior Olympic competitions in; St Louis MO, Syracuse NY, Baton Rouge LA and San Antonio TX
Served on the Kansas Senior Olympic Advisory Council and was the councils 1996 Chairman elec
Jim Bell
1946
While a senior in college worked his first Football game
1947 – 53
Coached Football, Track, Assistant Basketball at Lowther Jr High in Emporia KS.
Filled in on football crews when needed
Officiated some Basketball tournaments
1950 – 51
Registered and started full time officiating Football and Basketball
1954 – 55
Emporia High School sophomore coach in Football, Basketball, Track and Cross Country
1955 – 61
Coached Football, Track and assisted with Basketball at Holiday Jr High in Topeka
1956 – 57
Full schedules in Football and Basketball, also started college Football and Basketball
1958
Officiated first State Basketball tournament in Emporia
1961 – 63
Coached Football, Track and assistant Basketball at Jardine Jr High in Topeka
1963 – 72
Coached Football, Assistant Track at Highland Park
1965
Officiated State Basketball tournament in Emporia
1968 – 93
Area Supervisor for the Kansas State High School Activities Association in Football and Basketball
1971
Officiated State Basketball tournament in Manhattan
1977
Started working Volleyball and finished his career in college Basketball
1982
Worked three games at the start of the season; a Jr High game on Thursday, High School game on Friday and suffered a broken leg at Independence Jr College on Saturday. This was the end of College Football
1983 – 93
Officiated High School Football, Volleyball and Track meets
1986
Retired from teaching
1993
Fought off cancer – spent three months in the hospital
1994 - present
Officiating Volleyball and Track meets
Sixty years of Officiating and involvement with student activities
Chet Laney
1941
Started officiating Intramurals
1943 – 46
Served in the Air Force – Armed Forces divisional champs
Worked Junior Varsity games at Arizona University
1946 – 72
High School Football, Basketball, Baseball
Worked several Basketball Regionals – Three state tournaments
Many Church, City, YMCA league games
Worked in the Kansas College Association
1963 – 76
Worked as a Football official in the Big 8 Conference
Bowl games included; Orange, Sugar, Cotton, Gator and Liberty
Worked the “Game of the Century” in 1971, Nebraska 35, Oklahoma 31
Worked three National College Championships for Division II (in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky)
Largest crowd – Colorado/Michigan 105,000
1971
Officiated 8 of 10 Top Ranked teams (Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado, Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Texas, Southern California)
Officiated in 20 states and worked many schools outside the Big 8
1999
Elected to the Kansas Collegiate Officials Hall of Fame
Phil Laurie
1970
Started as a member of the Topeka Officials Association, working both Football and Basketball
Officiated five State Tournaments in Basketball, worked the only Grand State Basketball Tournament in 1976
Officiated three State Championship Football games
1975
Started College Football and Basketball career
Officiated seven District 10 and District 16 College Basketball Tournaments
Officiated five NAIA playoff Football games, National Championship game in Conway Arkansas in 1985
1984
Hired by the Big 8 Conference
1996
Hired by the Big XII Conference
Officiated 250 Major College games
Officiated 16 Bowl games
Officiated 2 National Championship games
Sugar Bowl – Florida/Florida State (1996)
Rose Bowl – Michigan/Southern California (2004)
Clinician:
Kansas Collegiate Officials Association – six years
Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference – 2 years
Colorado Officiating camp – two years
Organized the Big XII summer clinic in Lawrence KS
John Laurie
1962 – 80
Officiated State Championships in Basketball for Class AA, Class AAA, Class AAAA, Class AAAAA and Class AAAAAA
1962 – 78
Officiated State Championships in Football for Class A, Class AAA, Class AAAA, Class AAAAA and Class AAAAAA
High School clinics presenter: 5 times in Kansas and 3 in Missouri
College Officiating
Small College Play-off games:
Division II in 1978, 1979 and 1980
Division III in 1977 and 1981
Major College Bowl games
Cotton, Sugar, Tokyo, Mobile, Sun, Black Coaches Association,
Aloha, Big XII Championship (1st game and 2 others)
1994 Rose Bowl (1st non Pac 10/Big 10 Referee)
1999 Rose Bowl (Only Referee outside the Pac 10 and Big 10
to have officiated two Rose Bowl games)
College Clinic Presenter
Tokyo, Japan
Panama City, Panama
Brussels Belgium
National Presenter:
National Football Coaches Convention, Orlando FL
Publications:
Referee Magazine (numerous articles)
American Football Quarterly (numerous articles, member of the Editorial
Board)
Football Officiating Quotation Book