OUR GREATEST ATHLETES
In an historic series, The World-Herald selected Nebraska's Top 100 athletes.
The Top 100, selected in 2005, came from a pool of more than 450 names from the ranks of high school, college, amateur and professional sports from the past 130 years. Assistance came from a panel of veteran sports observers from across the state, with the newspaper's sports staff determining the final rankings.
Also, click here to see the complete list of the Nebraska 100 considerations, as well as those Nebraska-born athletic greats who didn't qualify.
1
Bob Gibson
2
Gale Sayers
3
Grover Cleveland Alexander
4
Bob Boozer
5
Johnny Rodgers
6
Lloyd Hahn
7
Richie Ashburn
8
Ahman Green
9
Tom Kropp
10
Jim Hartung
11
Dazzy Vance
12
Ike Mahoney
13
Sam Crawford
14
Erick Strickland
15
Allison Weston
16
Lloyd Cardwell
17
Marlin Briscoe
18
Gilbert Dodds
19
Ed Weir
20
Johnny Goodman
21
Tom Novak
22
Pat Fischer
23
Mick Tingelhoff
24
Ron Boone
25
Mike McGee
26
Nile Kinnick
27
Mel Harder
28
Dave Rimington
29
Julie Vollertsen Melli
30
Bob Cerv
31
Carol Moseke
32
Maurtice Ivy
33
Roger Sayers
34
Glenn Presnell
35
Kent McCloughan
36
Bobby Williams
37
Jay Novacek
38
Bernie Masterson
39
Guy Chamberlin
40
Karen Dahlgren Schonewise
41
Roland Locke
42
Eric Crouch
43
Steve Hokuf
44
Charles "Deacon" Jones
45
Bobby Reynolds
46
Dean Steinkuhler
47
Randy Rasmussen
48
Phil Cahoy
49
Les Witte
50
Gary Anderson
51
Gregg Olson
52
Howard Debus
53
Val Skinner
54
Tom Rathman
55
Zach Wiegert
56
Bob Hohn
57
Carl Vinciquerra
58
Dan Brand
59
Verne Lewellen
60
Teri Steer
61
Cory Schlesinger
62
Les Mann
63
Larry Station
64
Louise Pound
65
Scott Frost
66
Joe Orduna
67
Kelly Lindsey
68
Brad Vering
69
Nancy Kindig-Malone
70
George Sauer
71
Angee Henry
72
Fred Hare
73
Tom Osborne
74
Charles Brock
75
Todd Brown
76
Willard Schmidt
77
Johnny Hopp
78
John Parrella
79
Chuck Sharpe
80
Danny Noonan
81
Eugene "Red" Littler
82
Dave Hoppen
83
Scott Usher
84
Peaches James
85
Alice Schmidt
86
Bill Brown
87
Andre Woolridge
88
Denny Brauer
89
Charles Bryant
90
Ken Geddes
91
Ron Kellogg
92
Kerry Trotter
93
Steve Brooks
94
John "Choppy" Rhodes
95
Paul Tierney
96
George Flippin
97
Ed Husmann
98
Joe Scarpello
99
Jeff Kinney
