Will Shields of the Kansas City Chiefs, Todd Worrell of the Cardinals and Grant Wistrom of the Rams headline the 2009 Class for the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.  Shields was the most reliable lineman in the game of football and Worrell was involved in one of most controversial plays in World Series history.

Beginning with a game against the Houston Oilers in 1993, Shields was in the Chiefs’ starting lineup for every game, a team record and the second longest consecutive starting streak in the NFL behind Brett Favre.  Shields started 230 straight games including playoff games and established a franchise-record streak of 12 consecutive Pro Bowl appearances, the most Pro Bowl appearances by any player in Kansas City history and a total that ties Randall McDaniel for the most Pro Bowl invitations in the NFL history.

24 year old Todd Worrell stepped in as the new Cardinal closer in 1985 after the Cardinals lost Bruce Sutter to free agency. Worrell, pitched well in the postseason against the Dodgers in the NLCS and the Kansas City Royals in the 1985 World Series.  Worrell was involved in the Don Denkinger call in game six against the Royals that Cardinal fans still cry about to this day. 

Wistrom began his football career in Webb City, MO, and was a first-round selection (No. 6 overall) by the St. Louis Rams in the 1998 NFL Draft.  Wistrom was starting defensive end for the Rams in their  Super Bowl win over Tennesse in 2000. He played six seasons in St. Louis from 1998 to 2003, before joining the Seattle Seahawks for the 2004, 2005 and 2006 campaigns. He made his third Super Bowl appearance with the Seahawks before retiring prior to the 2007 season. 

Other inductees include Stan Kroenke, John Mayberry, Al Trost, Bill and Vince Tobin, Danny LaRose, Larry Holley, Reba Sims, Bobby L. Brown, Steve Hancock, and Thomas Lombardo.

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