University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame
The University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame was established in 1982 by the M Club Foundation to honor student-athletes, coaches, and administrators who made significant contributions to athletics at the University of Maryland. The Hall of Fame was established by athletic director Dick Dull, Jack Faber, Tom Fields, Al Heagy, Jim Kehoe, Art Kramer and Jack Scarbath, who determined the selection criteria and the organization's by-laws. The criteria and by-laws were later approved by an Election Committee of coaches and letter winners appointed by Dick Dull.
Curley Byrd (inducted 1982) was a star athlete at Maryland and later served as the university's football coach, athletic director, and university president.
Charles E. Keller (inducted 1982) played for the New York Yankees from 1939 to 1949.
Bill Guckeyson (inducted 1982) was killed in action as a fighter pilot over Europe in World War II.
Quarterback Jack Scarbath (inducted 1984) finished second in the 1952 Heisman Trophy voting.
James Henry Kehoe, Jr. was an American athletics coach and university administrator. He served as the athletic director at the University of Maryland from 1969 to 1978, during which time he was responsible for the hiring of future Hall of Fame coaches Lefty Driesell, Jerry Claiborne, Bud Beardmore, and Chris Weller.
Kehoe as athletic director at Maryland
