The inaugural Phoenix Union High School District Hall of Fame class is loaded.

It should be, with all the great athletes and coaches that district has produced. A who’s-who list of Arizona PUHSD legends will be inducted into the district’s hall of fame on Dec. 17 during a ceremony at the University of Arizona's Virginia G. Piper Auditorium in Phoenix.  

The Phoenix Union Foundation for Education announced the inaugural class Tuesday:

Phoenix Union HS Athletes Historical Era 1913-1981

Sonny Karnofsky (Football)

Cecil Mulleneaux (Football)

Lee Mulleneaux (Football)

Fred Carr (Football)

Larry Gordon (Football)

Bill Kajikawa (Football)

Hank Leiber (Baseball)

Steve Colter (Basketball)

Rudy White (Basketball)

Morrison Warner (Football)

Henry Tompkins (Basketball)

Allen “Stretch” Holmes (Basketball)

Elmer Green (Basketball)

George Greathouse (Football)

Bill Saunders (Football)

Phoenix Union HS Coaches Historical Era 1913-1949

Bill Gates (Boys Tennis)

Francis S. Geary (Boys Track and Field)

Gene Doyle (Boys Tennis)

Jesse McComb (Baseball)

John Black (Football)

Lorette Brinegar (Girls Tennis)

R. Izer Turner (Boys and Girls Tennis)

Robbie Robinson (Football/Boys Track and Field/Boys Basketball)

Royal Heindenreich (Boys Track and Field)

W.W. Carpenter (Boys Basketball)

PUHSD Modern Coaches Era 1950-Present

Argie Rhymes (PU/ Carl Hayden-Boys Basketball)

Bill Minton (TGB-Football)

Charlie Webb (Camelback-Baseball)

Clement Chapman (South Mt.-Boys/Girls Basketball)

David Cruickshank (TGB/ South Mt.-Boys/Girls Track and Field/ Cross Country)

Ed Long (Phoenix Union-Boys Basketball-PUHSD AD)

Gerald “Wimpy” Jones (Phoenix Union-Boys Basketball)

Gil Trejo (Maryvale-Baseball)

Gretchen James (Camelback-Archery)

Hector Bejarano (North- Boys Basketball)

Hugh Morrison (Alhambra-Track and Field/)

Joe Ehlers (South Mt.-Boys Cross Country)

Nadine Sass (Camelback-Volleyball)

Phil Kemp (Alhambra-Boys Basketball)

Ray Laing (Central-Football)

Robert Schuster (South Mt./Maryvale-Boys Track and Field)

Royce Youree (East-Boys Basketball)

Vern Wolf (North- Boys Track and Field)

Verne Brasch (West-Football