Hall of Fame
Guy Curtright, who was reared in Holiday, Mo., enrolled at the university in 1930 and lettered in football three years and basketball and baseball four years. Despite the fact he never played football in high school, he quickly grasped the fundamentals of his new sport and earned All-MIAA recognition twice as a guard. In 1931, he was named to the All-State team. He was also selected twice to the All-Conference basketball team as a forward, and he led the Bulldog basketball team in scoring all four years. Guy was captain of the 1932-33 basketball squad. His baseball ability led to a professional contract with Sioux City in the old Western League. He played 14 years of professional baseball, four with the Chicago White Sox. In 1943, his rookie season with Chicago, he set a major league record that stood until 1987 when he hit in 26 straight games as a rookie. At the time he was playing professional baseball, he was teaching and coaching with stints at Wellsville, Mo., Central Wesleyan College, University of Missouri as a graduate assistant and Mexico, Mo. When he retired from professional baseball, he went to Woodstock, Ill. for six years as a coach and then moved to North Chicago where he spent 18 years, developing the athletic program of a new school. He is a charter member of the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame.
