Pro football legend Tony Boselli, former Denver Post columnist Woody Paige and record-setting high school boys basketball coach Rudy Carey are among a group of five who were selected for induction into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame.
The three will be joined by former Broncos defensive end Barney Chavous and longtime sports writer Scott Stocker in the Class of 2024, the Hall of Fame announced Tuesday afternoon.
All five will be inducted at the 59th annual banquet April 17 at the Hilton Denver City Center.
Such honors are becoming old hat for Boselli, the one-time Fairview High School star offensive lineman who’s also been inducted into both the College and Pro Football Hall of Fame. The USC product was drafted second overall by Jacksonville in the 1995 NFL draft, then went on to earn three All-Pro and five Pro Bowl nods over seven seasons with the Jaguars.
Paige has covered Colorado sports since the 1970s, working as a columnist for The Post, Rocky Mountain News and, now, the Denver Gazette. Since the early 2000s, he’s also been a panelist on ESPN’s “Around the Horn” and has authored nine books.
Carey has coached prep boys basketball in Colorado for more than four decades, winning three state titles with Denver Manuel and another seven with his alma mater, Denver East. Last winter, he broke the CHSAA record for career wins (now at 897) previously held by Dick Katte and guided the Angels to his record 10th state title.
Chavous spent his entire 13-year NFL career with the Broncos (1973-85), helping lead them to their first Super Bowl trip in January 1978 as a member of the Orange Crush defense. The defensive end accumulated 75 sacks and eight fumble recoveries over a career that saw him start 178 of 183 games. After his playing days, Chavous coached high school football in Augusta, Ga.
After earning a Bronze Star as a combat-zone Army nurse in Vietnam, Stocker founded “Colorado Sidelines,” which covered high school sports. He served as a reporter, editor, publisher and distributor for the publication from 1971 to ’85 — while also working as a part-time emergency room and ICU nurse in Boulder in the 1970s. He went on to write for the Rocky Mountain News from 1985 to 2009 and founded the Fred Steinmark Award, given to high school athletes who stand out athletically, academically and in the community.
