Bill Whisler - Inducted 1999
Yankton High School. 1962 Iowa grad. Drafted in ninth round by Washington Redskins in 1961 but never played in NFL. Played 10 years as a 6-3, 245-pound defensive lineman in the CFL, mostly for Coach Bud Grant and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Whisler was often an all-CFL pick and he played on a Grey Cup championship team in 1962, his rookie season. At Iowa, he was a three-year two-way starter and was all-Big 10. At Yankton, he was all-state in football and basketball.
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2015 Regular Inductees (from left): Billy Etbauer, Cindy Greiner, Bob Laskowski, Vic Godfrey, Chad Nelson, David Gottsleben, Jill (Theeler) Schlekeway, Jane Wipf Wiebe and Neysa Villa. Chosen in a special old-timers category of deceased people born before 1930 were Alice Bauer, Phyllis Hunter, Oliver "Flop" Garnier, Doug Evans, Rollie Greeno, Battling Nelson, Ward "Piggy" Lambert, Dale Palmer, A.B. "Bud" Tyler, Grover Potts and Paul "Pepper" Sheeks
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