Cornie Collin

Huron. Creighton. Captained both the basketball and football teams at Creighton. In 1933, he was an All-America selection in basketball after leading the Missouri Valley Conference in scoring. He also was an outstanding ballhandler, once dribbling away the final nine minutes of a win over Syracuse. In football, the halfback was all-conference twice and he was an outstanding punter as well. Played for the Chicago Bears in the first college all-star football game in 1934 (though he never played an NFL game). He also spent one year in the Detroit Tigers' organization. At Huron, he led the Tigers to two state basketball titles, was all-state four years in basketball and two years in football and also excelled in track and baseball. He officiated in the Big 8 and Big 10 for a dozen years in football and basketball. He coached many years at Nebraska's largest high school, Omaha South, coaching football, basketball and baseball. At one time he was the only public-school coach in Nebraska to have state-championship teams in football, basketball and baseball.