2024 Event Dates:
Friday June 21, 2024
9:00 am, Golf at Pryor Creek
7:00 - 10:00 pm, Morgan Stanley VIP reception, Billings Hotel and Convention Center
Saturday June 22, 2024:
10:00 am, Speak Up Symposium, Billings Hotel and Convention Center
5:00 pm, Doors open to banquet room, Red Carpet Interviews
6:00 - 8:30 pm, Hall of Fame Induction Banquet
More details in our Event section.
Please visit the permanent Hall of Fame display at the Universal Athletic Store in Bozeman.
A huge THANK YOU to all of the sponsors, participants, staff, vendors and facilities providers that help make every year’s Montana Football Hall of Fame Banquet and Induction Ceremony such a tremendous success! This is the biggest football reunion in the state of Montana!
For the first time we are pleased to welcome as special guests the National Football Foundation.
“The game of football is based on discipline, hard work and doing the right things and that’s the way guys from Montana grow up. They work hard at whatever they do. It means a lot to them. If they put their minds to something, they are going to achieve the goals they want to achieve. That is a big, big part of why guys go from small-town Montana to the NFL - attitude and work ethic.”
2024 Inductees
Players
Chase Reynolds, Drummond High School, U of M, NFL
Mark McGrath, MSU, NFL
Matt Clark, Hellgate High, U of M, CFL
Brock Osweiler, Kalispell Flathead High School, Arizona State, NFL
Marc Mariani, Havre High, U of M, NFL
Legacy
Frosty Peters, MSU, NFL
Paul Szakash, Fenger High School in Chicago, U of M, NFL
Support
Chuck Karnop, Harlowton, MSU
Rick & Robert
rick Halmes recently met with Robert Doore over coffee to celebrate Robert’s daughter’s graduation from MSU. Robert is a 2022 inductee who worked for the Washington redskins as the Director of Fan Experience Operations.
Special Announcement!
We are pleased to announce that through proclamations from Governor Greg Gianforte, the Yellowstone County Commissioners, and the City of Billings, the last Saturday in June is officially Montana Football Hall of Fame Day.
For information, contact Rick Halmes at 406-208-8142 or rmhalmes@hotmail.com.
SEE YOU ALL IN JUNE 2024!
Montana Football Hall of Fame Board
“This hall of fame is something that should have been in place for years. It’s to honor all of the great accomplishments of past players, coaches and contributors that have helped support the game we all love from across the state. ”
“You need to keep this event rolling. There are more Montana NFL football players in this room than have ever been in one room in Montana. And it’s only going to get bigger!””
We have discovered over 200 past Montana student athletes that have gone on to the elite level of the NFL/CFL since 1926. The first player we found was from Butte, Jack McAuliffe, who played with the Green Bay Packers in 1926. Butte and Anaconda produced many of the first NFL players from our state, including Bill and Milan Lazetich. Bill’s son Pete, from Billings Senior, was inducted into the Montana Football Hall of Fame in 2016 along with his father and uncle Milan who both played for the Cleveland Rams in the 40’s. We believe there are currently 14 players in the NFL/CFL from Montana high schools and colleges; that’s not counting broadcasters, trainers and coaches.
2023 will mark our 7th year for the Hall of Fame and there are many more accolades to bestow on our Montana athletes, coaches and support people who have contributed in a big way to the advancement of the Montana work ethic in student athletes.