Chadron State College Athletic Hall of Fame
A native of Cambridge, McLane started at offensive and defensive tackle for the Eagles for 3 ½ years 1957-60. He was one of the most decorated members of the undefeated 1958 team, earning all-conference honors as well as being placed on both the Omaha World-Herald and Lincoln Journal Star all-state college teams. He also earned all-conference in 1959 and was the team’s primary punter in 1959 and ’60.
After graduating, he was a teacher and coach for eight years, owned and operated a sporting goods store in Scottsbluff and became vice president, then president, of the bank at Keystone, Neb. He returned to education as principal at Sidney in the 1980s and later was superintendent at Wilcox and Ainsworth. After retiring for three years, he was recruited to take over as interim superintendent at Alliance in 2006.
