Abilene ? Three men with Kansas University ties are among six people scheduled to be inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame this summer.
The three are Max Falkenstien, Mike McCormack and Bob Timmons.
Falkenstien is in his 55th season of broadcasting Kansas University football and men’s basketball. He originated the KU Sports Network. He was also a Hall of Fame trustee from 1988-96.
McCormack played football at KU from 1948 to 1950 and then spent 10 seasons with the Cleveland Browns. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1984 and retired as president of the NFL Carolina Panthers in 1996.
Timmons coached KU track teams from 1966 to 1988 and led the Jayhawks to numerous conference indoor and outdoor titles.
Timmons also built Rim Rock Farm, an area north of Lawrence known as one of the nation’s finest cross country courses.
The other 2001 inductees are Olympic swimmer Jeff Farrell, professional golfer Judy Bell and former Wichita State football standout Linwood Sexton.
Farrell, a native of Wichita, was a member of the 1960 U.S. Olympic team that won a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle relay race in Rome.
Bell, also a Wichita native, was a three-time Kansas Women’s Amateur champion. She was also twice a member of the U.S. Curtis Cup team and was the first female president of the United States Golf Association.
Sexton piled up 2,788 yards of total offense for the Wichita State football team between 1945 and 1947 and was a three-time first-team selection in the Missouri Valley Conference.
The six new members will bring the number of enshrinees to 90. The Hall of Fame moved to Abilene in 1989 from its previous home in the Elizabeth M. Watkins Museum in Lawrence.
