1950’s Hall of Fame Inductees
PHILLIP EDWIN JOSELYN, 1955
Children: Tim from Toronto, Canada; Beth from Minneapolis, and Lynn from Austin, Texas.
Owner of Joselyn Office Supplies and Printing, Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501.
High School: 1955 state golf champ
1953 and 1954 Big Six Conference Medalist
1953 State junior champ
1955 – 3rd team all state in basketball and 1st team all conference
College: golfed for the University of Iowa;
Team was 2nd in the Big 10 in 1957
Individually finished 9th
Career: Played in 4 USGA Tournaments; 2 junior tournaments in 1953 and 1955;
2 senior tournaments in 1996 and 1999.
President of the Iowa Golf Association; son Tim won the 1981 state golf title; and
Father golfed his age at 71.
Inducted 2002.
DENNIE LEE FRIEDERICHS, 1956
Parents: Norman and Dorothy Friederichs
Wife: Janet and children: Dr. Timi Dee Jordison and Dennie Freiderichs, II.
Retired teacher and coach of the Fort Dodge Community Schools and retired coach of Iowa
Central Community College. Real Estate Agent for Iowa Realty.
High School: Qualified for the state tournament 3 times; 2nd in the state in 1955; team captain,
and most team points scored three years in a row.
College: 3rd in the 1960 NCAA Division I Championships, lettered three years at ISU.
Career: Champion of Midwest Region for 1960 Olympic Trials in Iowa City. One match short
of final 3 at Final Olympic Trials in Ames.
Named NJCAA Coach of the Yaer in 19781 and 1995.
NJCAA Man of the Year in 1993.
Inducted in to the NJCAA Hall of Fame in 1985.
Dual record of 240 wins, 80 losses and 2 ties.
Coached 54 All Americans including 9 National Champions.
Coached NJCAA Championship Team in 1981, placed 2nd once and 3rd twice.
Inducted 2002
DEE BRAINERD, 1957
WRESTLING
Inducted 1992
DAVID L. CHURCH, 1958
Mother – Marie Church
Children – Laurie Barringer, Susan Powell, Brenda Ayala and Marsha Church
Retired Iowa Central Community College Maintenance Department
High School: 1958 State Wrestling Champ at 165 pounds.
3 time letter winner in track and football.
All state center in football.
4 time letter winner in wrestling.
Attended Mankato State and entered the US Army.
Inducted 2002
SHERWYN THORSON, 1958
WRESTLING
Inducted 1967
THOMAS CHAPMAN, 1963
BASKETBALL
Inducted 1972
TONY JENSEN, 1963
WRESTLING
Inducted 1992
TOM GOODMAN, 1965
* Holder of the longest standing basketball record of 19 made field goals in one game - February 21,
1965 vs Sioux City Central
* Named First Team All-State in basketball two years in a row- 1964 & 1965
* First Dodger ever named to the High School All-American Basketball Team
* Only Dodger to ever hit over .400 two years in a row in baseball
* Recipient of the 1965 prestigious "Schultz Award"
* Leading scorer on the ISU freshman basketball team (Freshman were not allowed to play on the varsity
back then)
* Sophomore year selected to a 10 member team from the United States for the International Cup
Basketball Tournament in Barcelona, Spain. (For players
5'11 and under)
* Second leading hitter on the Iowa State University baseball team as a senior with a .333 batting
average, ranked in the Top 10 of the "old" Big 8 Conference
* Senior year elected captain of the 1969 Iowa State University basketball team
* Graduated from ISU with 8 athletic letters, four each in basketball and baseball
* Coached 8 high school teams to the State Basketball Tournament -finishing in the "Final Four" with 6
of those teams
* Became the only coach in history to take 4 different teams to the state
tournament: HLV, of Victor, Sioux City North, Fort Dodge and Saydel
* Coached the 1988 Dodgers to their first boys' basketball championship
Inducted into the State Players' Hall of Fame - 1982 Inducted into the Dodger Hall of Fame - 1988
Inducted into the Webster County Special Achievers' Hall of Fame - 2003 Inducted into the State
Coaches' Hall of Fame - 2007
KENT J. OSBOE, 1965
Wife: Jane; Children: Sarah and Michael
Production Supervisor for Hormel Foods Corp.
High School: State Heavyweight Champion, 1964
College: All American honors four times
2nd in NCAA College Division Nationals
6th in NCAA University Division Nationals
3 conference championships
NCC Outstanding Wrestler his senior year at UNI
Career: 2000 NCAA Wrestling Hall of Fame Inductee
Inducted 2002