Dick Sanders, one of Wichita State's most versatile athletes, died on Saturday.
Sanders played football, basketball, baseball and threw the javelin during his time at a Shocker from 1950-52. He attended Wichita North High School and, according to a story in the Alumni News, turned down a football scholarship to the University of Kansas. One reason, he said, was his desire to live and work in Wichita after college.
"I'm certainly glad I made that choice," Sanders said in 1995. "I've often wondered why great local athletes don't come to WSU for the same reason."
Sanders, who owned an insurance agency in Wichita, got the most out of his athletic career in Wichita and beyond.