POWELL, Thomas L. "Tom" ~ Graceland's Hall of Fame

POWELL

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 8/25/2013 at 04:00:45

HALL of FAME

Thomas L. "Tom" Powell
Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa

Tom POWELL graduated from Graceland in 1973 with a B.A. in health, physical education and recreation. As a Yellowjacket he was named All-American in football and baseball, and won the Rawlings "Big Stick" Award as one of the top three hitters in American Collegiate Baseball. He played semi-pro football with the Iowa Nighthawks and the Colorado Nuggets, and worked out with the Dallas Cowboys. In baseball he tried out with the Reds and the Royals, and got draft offers from the Seattle Pilots. In each of his five years as head football coach at Fairview High School in Colorado, his team took first and second place conference finishes, and went to the state championships. His high school football coaching record was 69-8-1; baseball 228-61. In 1980 he retuned to Graceland as head of the varsity baseball program and offensive coordinator for football. As Graceland's director of athletics and vice-president for student affairs, Tom has overseen major renovations in athletics and other areas of campus.

Thomas L. "Tom" POWELL was inducted into Graceland University's Hall of Fame in 1990.

SOURCE: gujackets.com/f/Hall_of_Fame.php

Submission by Sharon R Becker, August of 2013

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