Mar 18, 2013 | Lifetime Achievement for Officiating, Official
Bill Voss Voss, former middle school coach and director of transportation for the Abilene Independent School District, was a longtime football official in the Southwest Conference. He worked as the umpire in numerous bowl games including the Notre Dame-West Virginia...
Mar 18, 2013 | Lifetime Achievement for Officiating, Official
Curly Hays Hays was probably the best-known football and basketball referee in the history of the Abilene chapter, working middle school, high school, and college games up until the time of his death. The state award for the top football official is named for...
Mar 18, 2013 | Lifetime Achievement for Officiating, Official
Shorty Lawson W. D. “Shorty” Lawson was named the first recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for officials. Lawson, who was a longtime assistant football and baseball coach at Abilene High, and later replaced Hall of Fame member Chuck Moser as the AISD...