Chadron State College Athletic Hall of Fame
McGaw grew up in Sheridan, Wyo., and played football at the University of Wyoming one year before joining the Navy. When he was discharged he came to Chadron State because the Eagles’ coach was Bill Baker, who had been a senior on the Wyoming team the year McGaw was a freshman.
McGaw was a starting guard on the CSC football team that went 8-0 in 1958. He earned second-team all-Nebraska College Conference honors that year and was a first-team choice the next year when the Eagles were 6-2.
He spent most of his career at Hot Springs, S.D., where he was a biology teacher, coach and administrator for 20 years. Two of the football teams he helped coach were undefeated. He and his wife also owned a floral shop and a farm. He died Aug. 31, 2005.
