Kevin Hardy
Kevin Lamont Hardy (born July 24, 1973) is a former professional football player from Evansville, Indiana. A linebacker, Hardy won the Butkus Award as the nation’s top college linebacker at the University of Illinois before being selected second overall in the 1996 NFL Draft. He went on to a nine-year NFL career and earned Pro […]
Bob Hamilton
Robert T. Hamilton (January 10, 1916 – December 6, 1990) was an American professional golfer. He was born, raised, and died in Evansville, Indiana. He attended and graduated from Evansville Reitz High School in 1934. Hamilton won ten professional titles, including one major, the PGA Championship in 1944 at Manito Golf and Country Club in […]
Henry Joseph Grimmelsmann
Henry Joseph Grimmelsmann (December 22, 1890—June 26, 1972) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Evansville, Indiana. (1944-1965). Biography Henry Grimmelsmann was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to G.H. and Frances Grimmelsman.Raised in the Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, he was one of ten children; three of his […]
Bob Griese
Robert Allen “Bob” Griese (born February 3, 1945) is a former professional football quarterback and one of the most accomplished athletes from Evansville, Indiana. A two-time Super Bowl champion with the Miami Dolphins, Griese was inducted into both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Early Life and Evansville […]
Alan B. Graf
Alan B. Graf Alan B. Graf is an American businessman and attorney from Evansville, Indiana, best known for his longtime leadership at FedEx Corporation. Graf graduated from Memorial High School in Evansville before earning degrees from Indiana University and the Kelley School of Business. Graf joined FedEx in 1980 and later became the company’s longtime […]
Mike Goebel
Mike Goebel is an Evansville, Indiana educator and longtime coach at Mater Dei High School, where he became one of the most successful high school wrestling and football coaches in Indiana history. Goebel graduated from Mater Dei in 1970 and earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern Indiana in 1974. Coaching Career Goebel […]
Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger
Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger (born October 20, 1935) is an American Catholic bishop who served as the fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Evansville from 1989 to 2011. He was appointed by Pope John Paul II and was ordained and installed as bishop at St. Benedict Church in Evansville on April 11, 1989. During his 22 […]
John H. Foster
John Hopkins Foster (January 31, 1862 – September 5, 1917) was a U.S. Representative from Evansville, Indiana. Early Life and Schooling Born in Evansville, Indiana, Foster attended the common schools of his native city and was graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington in 1882 and from the law department of Columbian University (now George Washington University), Washington, […]
Bob Ford
Robert “Bob” Alan Ford (born January 26, 1950) is a former American basketball player and broadcaster from Evansville, Indiana. Ford attended North High School, where he helped lead the Huskies to the 1967 Indiana state basketball championship, the first state title in school history. He graduated in 1968 and was selected to the Indiana All-Star […]
Jace Everett
Jace Everett (born May 27, 1972) is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Evansville, Indiana. His music blends country, rock, blues and Americana. Everett began his recording career in Nashville and released his self-titled debut album in 2005. He is best known for the song “Bad Things,” which became the opening theme for the […]