SAOA HONORARY MEMBERS
SAOA Honorary Lifetime Members
We recognize and thank these individuals for their years of service!
| First Name | Last Name | City | State | Sport(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim | Bain* | Mattoon | IL | basketball |
| Ed | Biznek* | Staunton | IL | basketball |
| Harry | Briggs Jr. | Granite City | IL | basketball & football |
| Vic | Buehler | Staunton | IL | basketball & football |
| Dave | Carnaghi | Edwardsville | IL | basketball |
| Conrad “Babe” | Champion | Granite City | IL | basketball & football |
| Russ | Chappel* | Granite City | IL | basketball & football |
| Joe | Chiado | East Alton | IL | |
| Robert | Chiti | Staunton | IL | basketball |
| Phil | Coady | Glen Carbon | IL | basketball & football |
| Clyde | Cole* | Greenfield | IL | basketball |
| Dave | Collins | Bethalto | IL | basketball & football |
| Dick | Condrey* | Glen Carbon | IL | basketball |
| Bill | Criswell* | Cache | IL | |
| Otto | Daech | Collinsville | IL | basketball & football |
| Francis | Dant* | Breese | IL | |
| Gene | Dartt | Belleville | IL | |
| Dale | Daugherty | Jerseyville | IL | basketball |
| Don | Davisson* | Collinsville | IL | |
| Mike | Devening | East Alton | IL | basketball |
| Howard | Dunn* | Saint Charles | MO | |
| Tom | Fay | Alton | IL | football |
| Joe | Fedora | Granite City | IL | |
| Steve | Ficker | Jerseyville | IL | basketball |
| John | Fraiser* | Godfrey | IL | basketball |
| Gordon | Galbreath | Granite City | IL | |
| Robert | Geddes* | Alton | IL | |
| Fred | Gibson | Centralia | IL | basketball |
| Ron | Grissom | Greenville | IL | basketball |
| Tommy | Gushleff* | Granite City | IL | |
| Bobby | Hausman* | Godfrey | IL | football |
| George | Havens* | Jerseyville | IL | basketball |
| Erv | Hendricks* | Dorsey | IL | |
| Rich | Herndon, Sr. | Edwardsville | FL | basketball & football |
| Joe | Hertz | Bradenton | FL | |
| Jack | Holmes | Jerseyville | IL | basketball |
| Tim | Hogan | Maryville | IL | football |
| Don | Huber | Alton | IL | |
| Tom | Jackson | Belleville | IL | basketball |
| Ed | Johnson | Belleville | IL | |
| Jim | Johnson* | Hardin | IL | basketball |
| Paul | Kindle Jr. | football | ||
| Frank | Kraus | Granite City | IL | |
| Lou | Leilich* | Dupo | IL | |
| Ralph | Leinicke* | Alton | IL | basketball |
| Gus | Lignoul Sr.* | Granite City | IL | basketball |
| Gus | Lignoul Jr. | Granite City | IL | basketball & football |
| Phil | Mann | Jerseyville | IL | basketball & football |
| Delbert | Maroon | Altamont | IL | basketball |
| Bill | McFarland* | Belleville | IL | |
| Jim | Meyer | New Athens | IL | basketball |
| Ed | Murphy | Collinsville | IL | |
| John | Murphy | Mountain View | MO | |
| Keith | Parker* | Granite City | IL | basketball & football |
| Scott | Posey | Fairview Heights | IL | basketball & football |
| Walter | Rauth | Belleville | IL | |
| Rodney | Rea | Omaha | NE | basketball & football |
| Jim | Reinhardt | Alton | IL | |
| Gordon | Rubenstein | Alton | IL | basketball |
| Eugene | Saville* | Alton | IL | |
| Bill (Red) | Schmidt | football | ||
| Stan | Serwatka | East St Louis | IL | football |
| Russell | Shaver* | |||
| Ray | Sonnenberg* | Belleville | IL | basketball & football |
| Ron | Stern | basketball & football | ||
| Andy | Sullivan* | Deltona | FL | |
| Charles | Summers* | San Marcos | CA | |
| Ken | Thaxton | Godfrey | IL | basketball |
| Cliff | Tinsley | Springfield | IL | basketball |
| Paul | Vallina | Belleville | IL | basketball & football |
| Ray | Wesley | Godfrey | IL | basketball |
| Kevin | Wiggs | Belleville | IL | basketball |
| Jack | Williams | Wood River | IL | |
| William | Wohlert | Alton | IL | |
| Joe | Wojtowicz | Breese | IL | basketball |
| Dick | Yates* | Granite City | IL | |
| Tony | Zollner | Granite City | IL |
* indicates deceased members