DFOA & CFOA AWARDS & RECOGNITION
The DFOA and CFOA presents three awards...The Ben Gregory Award, The Terry Schiessler Award and The Hall of Fame:
The Ben Gregory award is given to a retired coach who was a great facilitator of sportsmanship toward opponents as well as officials.
The coach shall be retired for two years. It was established in 1998.
Past recipients of the Ben Gregory award are:
Terry Schiessler Award
This award was established in 1987 after Terry passed away. Terry spent 30 years as an administrator, teacher, coach and sports official. This award is given annually to a fellow DFOA. member. The official shall have officiated at least 10 years . It was first given in 1987. There were no recipients in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 or 2012.
Here are the winners in order:
CFOA Hall of Fame
Since 2002 some Denver area officials and contributors (C) inducted are:
Jim Dorsey (C), Ed McClure, Leslie Moore (C), Donnie Wilson, John Bradley, Bill Cox, Ron Scholes, Jim Schaefer, Charlie Flowers, Bud Schoepflin, John Desiato, and Bob Peck.
In 2007, Neil Devlin (C), Ed Lujan, Jack Lynch, and Steve Usechek were inducted from Denver.
No inductees in 2008.
In 2009, Dave Beacom, Tom Fincken, Mike St.Onge and Ted Swan were inducted from Denver.
No inductees in 2010, 2011 or 2012.
In 2013, Rich Czernicki and Dwayne Klipple were inducted from Denver.