Lists of Hoosiers Supporting Actors and Nonspeaking Extras

Hickory Huskers
Supporting Actors
Opposing Teams
 Oolitic Owls
 Cedar Knob Knights
 Verdi Hornets
 Lyons
 Holland
 Madison
 Birdseye
 Terhune Tigers
 Linton Wildcats
 South Bend Central Bears
 Norman’s 1939 Team Photo
 Unknown Teams
Cheerleaders
 Hickory Husker Cheerleaders
 Opposing Team Cheerleaders
Opposing Coaches
Referees
Stand-ins
New Richmond Residents Who Were Involved with Hoosiers
Knightstown Residents Who Were Involved with Hoosiers
Students and Teacher Who Participated in School Scenes
In Memoriam

Hickory Huskers

Actor	Character	Uniform Number	Hometown	High School	College
Brad Boyle	Whit Butcher	43	Decatur	Bellmont	Ball State
Steve Hollar	Rade Butcher	25	Warsaw	Warsaw	DePauw
Brad Long	Buddy Walker	14	Greenwood	Center Grove	Southwestern College (Winfield, KS)
David Neidorf	Everett Flatch	21	Los Angeles, CA	Harvard Westlake (Los Angeles)	University of California–Berkeley
Kent Poole	Merle Webb	12	Advance	Western Boone
Wade Schenck	Ollie McClellen	13	Lyons	L&M
Scott Summers	Strap Purl	53	Brownsburg	Bethesda Christian School	IUPUI, Taylor University
Maris Valainis	Jimmy Chitwood	15	Indianapolis	Bishop Chatard	Purdue, IUPUI

Character		Description	Quote
Whit		Walks out of the first practice with Buddy but returns and apologizes the next day	“Sorry, Coach, about walkin’ out. I’d be obliged if I got myself another chance.”
Rade		The outspoken player who needs to learn self-control	“Got him a good one, didn’t I, Coach?”
Buddy		Is thrown out of the first practice but later rejoins the team	“It was Dentyne.”
Everett		Shooter’s son	“Coach, what you’re doin’ with my dad—I’m not seein’ it.”
Merle		The beneficent player who encourages Ollie before his game-deciding free throws	“Let’s win this one for all the small schools that never had a chance to get here.”
Ollie		The short team manager who becomes a reluctant substitute player	“Progress. Progress is electricity, school consolidation, church remodeling…”
Strap		The religious player who prays before every game—and sometimes during games	“It’s our bus. After sectionals are over, we paint it white for the summer tent shows. Every fall, back to red.”
Jimmy		The talented and reticent player who initially stays off the team to focus on academics	“I’ll make it.”

 

Supporting Actors

Character	Actor	Role/Description	Quote
Cletus Summers	Sheb Wooley	School principal; assistant coach	“In over 40 years of lookin’ at the best this state’s ever had, I’ve never seen a better ball player than Jimmy Chitwood. Never!”
Millie Summers	Gloria Dorson	Cletus’s wife	“Say hello to Chester. Say goodbye to Chester.”
Loetta Summers	Laura Robling	Cletus and Millie’s daughter; cheerleader
	Nancy Harris	Cheerleader
	Libbey Schenck	Cheerleader
Opal Fleener	Fern Persons	Myra’s mother	“I think we should vote again!”
George Walker	Chelcie Ross	Father of Hickory Husker Buddy	“I don’t know why Cletus drug your tired old bones in here. He musta owed you somethin’ fierce.”
Rollin Butcher	Robert Swan	Father of Hickory Huskers Rade and Whit; assistant coach	“Boys, this man’s got a job to do. He wants you outta here. I best believe you better be on your way.”
Russell “Rooster” Rabun	Michael O’Guinne	Barber	“We don’t get Jimmy Chitwood back playin’ ball, we don’t have a prayer!”
Sam Finley	John Robert Thompson	Sheriff	“Coach here says he’s closing practice to outsiders.”
Carl Tuttle	Mike Dalzell	Mayor	“This town doesn’t like change much. So we thought we’d get together here tonight and show you how we do things here.”
Vernon Doty	Wil DeWitt	Reverend; offers prayer before games	“Tell me: Do you believe in man-to-man or zone defense?”
Preacher Purl	Michael Sassone	Father of Hickory Husker Strap; drives team bus; offers prayer before games	“And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on the head. And he fell to the ground. Amen.”
	Jerry D. Petro	Oolitic referee	“Coach, you need one more.”
	Sam Smiley	Cedar Knob referee	“You’re gone, both of you. Out!”
	Dennis Farkas	Cedar Knob player #11; pokes Norman in the chest and gets punched by Rade	“Who you callin’ a gorilla?”
	Tim Fogarty	Verdi referee	“Coach, you thinkin’ ’bout playin’ ball or not?”
	Spyridon “Don” “Strats” Stratigos	Lyons referee	“Technical foul. On the playing floor while the game was in progress. You’re gone. Outta the game. I’m puttin’ you on file with the state commission.”
	Ken Strunk	Dugger referee	“Well, I guess you got your reasons. You’re outta here!”
Junior	Calvert L. “Skip” Welker	Coach of Terhune, Hickory’s main rival and sectional-game opponent; gas station owner in Terhune; in a deleted scene, speaks to Norman when the coach stops to get gas on his way to Hickory	“J. June, look at you! Come on, forfeit that team! The boy can’t even play; he’s all racked up. I’m gonna file a protest!”
J. June (nickname for Junior Jr.)	Eric Gilliom	Junior’s son; Terhune player #41; during the sectional game, shoves Jimmy and gets attacked by Everett; also appears in the deleted gas station scene
Doc Buggins	Ralph H. “Whitey” Shively	Doctor who tends to Everett	“Oh, mercy. Let’s get him on his feet.”
	Jerry D. Larrison	Terhune referee	“If you lose, then we’ll protest, all right?”
	Jeff Moster	Linton player #52; is mean to Ollie during the regional game	“Didn’t know they grew ’em so small down on the farm.”
	Ray Craft	Welcomes team to Butler Fieldhouse; tells them when it’s time to take the floor	“Off the record, I think this is the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to Indiana basketball. So we’re all behind you. Good luck, and tear ’em up.”
	The Travel-Aires: Dennis Lafferty, Darrin Lafferty, Kenny Jobe, Kent Kercheval	National Anthem quartet	♪“O say does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave…”♪
	Roger Hamilton, Jr.	Boy shooting baskets in empty gym in final scene

 

Opposing Teams

Oolitic Owls

Actor	Uniform Number	Hometown	High School	College
Byron Cardwell		Greentown	Eastern (Howard County)
Bill Chestnut	15	Cloverdale	Cloverdale	DePauw
Brian Clark	25
Steve Foster	3		L&M	Spartan School of Aeronautics (Tulsa, OK)
David Voss		Milan	Milan	Butler

 

Cedar Knob Knights

Actor	Uniform Number	Hometown	High School	College
Todd Baxter		Elmhurst, IL	York Community	IU
Greg Eckstein	54	Anderson	Highland	Rollins College (FL)
Dennis Farkas	11	Ellettsville	Edgewood	Judson College (IL)
Craig Hartman	34	Fort Wayne	Snider	IPFW, IU
Mark Kimmerling		Lapel
Griff Mills	42	Terre Haute	Terre Haute South	DePauw

 

Verdi Hornets

Actor	Uniform Number	Hometown	High School	College
Alan Huggler		Sharpsville	Tri-Central	Indiana Central University

 

Lyons

Actor	Uniform Number	Hometown	High School	College
Jamie Davis		Anderson	Anderson
Jeff Malott		Marion	Eastbrook	Anderson College

 

Holland

Actor	Uniform Number	Hometown	High School	College
Mike Ricks	51	Dayton	Lafayette McCutcheon	Wabash College
Kevin Riley	32	Nappanee	NorthWood	Vincennes University, University of Indianapolis
Tim Williams	41	Lafayette	Central Catholic

 

Madison

Actor	Uniform Number	Hometown	High School	College
Jeff Malott		Marion	Eastbrook	Anderson College

 

Birdseye

Actor	Uniform Number	Hometown	High School	College
Ken Petruska		Decatur	Bellmont	Ball State
Rob Petruska		Decatur	Bellmont	Ball State

 

Terhune Tigers

Actor	Uniform Number	Hometown	High School	College
Clay Callender	2			IU
Sean Fitzgerald		Lafayette	Central Catholic	ISU
Eric Gilliom	41	Maui, HI	Baldwin (Maui, HI)	DePaul (IL)
Kurt Hoffman		Westfield	Westfield
James D. “Jim” “Jimbo” Rayl	5	Kokomo	Kokomo	Ball State, IPFW, IU Kokomo

Linton Wildcats

Actor	Uniform Number	Hometown	High School	College
Jeff Bates	41	Anderson	Highland	Anderson College
Bob Gulde	23	Rushville	Rushville Consolidated	IU
Jeff Moster	52	Lebanon	Lebanon	IU
Todd Padgett		Noblesville	Noblesville	IU
Daniel Portwood		Arcadia	Hamilton Heights	Ball State
Chris Stine	5	Warsaw	Warsaw	IU
Todd Unland		Indianapolis	Ben Davis	Indiana Central University

 

South Bend Central Bears

Actor	Uniform Number	Hometown	High School	College
Robbie Conatser	54	Muncie	Muncie Southside	Vermilion Community College (MN)
Darren Fish	34	Indianapolis	Ben Davis	Marian College
Terril “Terry” Pettit		Columbus	Columbus North	Mid-America College of Funeral Service
Richard Robinson	45	Indianapolis	John Marshall	IUPUI
Avery Sims	15	Indianapolis	Arsenal Technical
Kevin Tracy	10	Indianapolis	Broad Ripple

 

Norman’s 1939 Ithaca State Team in Photograph

Actor	Hometown	College
Mick Lewis	Fort Wayne	DePauw
Curt Hermann	New Haven

 

Unknown Teams

Actor	Hometown	High School	College
Eric Baker		Bethesda Christian School
Brad Cofield	Bloomington	Bloomington North	DePauw
Stephen Newell	Valparaiso
Tom Ringenberg	Richmond	Richmond	IU
Jerry Scott	Chesterton
Doug Wilkerson	Brownsburg	Brownsburg

 

Cheerleaders

 

Hickory Husker Cheerleaders

Actor	Character	Hometown	High School	College
Nancy Harris		Wanamaker	Franklin Central	Indiana Central University
Laura Robling	Loetta	Indianapolis	Manual	Indiana Central University
Libbey Schenck		Lyons	L&M

Opposing Team Cheerleaders

Actor	Team	Hometown	High School	College
Lisa Smith	Oolitic	Urbana	Northfield	Purdue
Marcia Wright	Oolitic	Mooresville		IUPUI
Beth Hensler	Cedar Knob	Anderson
Tammy Smith	Dugger	Urbana	Northfield	Butler
Renee Franklin	Terhune	Greenwood	Center Grove	Butler
Theresa Trout	Linton	Franklin	Whiteland Community	IUPUI
Robin Manley	South Bend	Mooresville

 

Opposing Coaches

Actor	Team	Hometown
Jack Schult	Oolitic	Lafayette
Tom McConnell	Cedar Knob	Ellettsville
Gene Haynes	Verdi	Greenwood
Calvert L. “Skip” Welker	Terhune (sectional)	Indianapolis
Gary Long	Linton (regional)	Greenwood
C.W. Mundy	Linton (regional)	Indianapolis
Ray Crowe	South Bend Central (state)	Indianapolis
Bailey Robertson	South Bend Central (state)	Indianapolis

 

Referees

Actor	Hickory Opponent	Hometown
Robert Boyle	Oolitic	Decatur
Jerry D. Petro	Oolitic	Franklin
David Eckstein	Cedar Knob	Anderson
Sam Smiley	Cedar Knob	Bloomington
Tim Fogarty	Verdi	West Lafayette
Roger McGriff	Verdi	Edinburgh
Spyridon “Don” “Strats” Stratigos	Lyons	Solsberry
Ken Strunk	Dugger	Cincinnati, OH
Don McBride	Holland	Richmond
Jerry D. Larrison	Terhune (sectional)	Noblesville
Thomas W. Marshall	Terhune (sectional)	Painted Hills
Ken Gorrell	Linton (regional)	Franklin
Norman Hathcoat	South Bend Central (state)	Pendleton
Roger Holder		Greenfield

 

Stand-ins

Stand-in Name	Actor Name
Rich Komenich	Gene Hackman
Roger Kunkel	Gene Hackman
Tom Beeler	Dennis Hopper
Diane Charles	Barbara Hershey
Andrielle Metzel	Barbara Hershey
Pat Stringer	Barbara Hershey

 

New Richmond Residents Who Were Involved with Hoosiers

Name	Job	Role in Film
Byron Alexander	Furniture store owner
Dave Barker
Helen Oppy Binns	Post office owner
Albert Boone	Museum owner	Extra in street scene
Phyllis Boone
Brandon Brady		Kid extra in street scene
Dale Brady		Barbershop extra; extra in street scene; permanent extra
Jerilene Brady		Extra in street scene
Justin Brady		Kid extra in street scene
Janet Brown		Street-crossing extra
O.C. Buck		Extra in street scene
Jonathan Burns		Kid extra in street scene
Mark Clapp	Town marshal
John Cowan		Barbershop extra
Eric Dean	City attorney
James Fenters		Permanent extra
Sheila Fenters		Permanent extra
Carolyn Fiddler	Grocery store owner
Jack Fifer		Barbershop extra
Christine Fruits		Student extra
Louise Grantham	Retired teacher	Extra at Nineveh school
Jeannie Grote		Extra
Margaret Horn		Extra
Ronald L. Horn		Barbershop extra; permanent extra
Ruth Kelp		Street-crossing extra
Janice Kunkel
Michelle Kunkel		Student extra in caravan scene
Ralph Kunkel		Barbershop extra; extra at basketball practice; drove Coach Dale’s car when filmed from a distance
Roger Kunkel	Plumbing and heating business owner	Permanent extra; drove Coach Dale’s car when filmed from a distance
Bill “Beck” Lane	Co-owner of empty store that became feed-and-grain; the crew used this building for storage	Barbershop extra
Elsie Lane	Co-owner of feed-and-grain	Extra
Linda Layton	Restaurant owner
Christopher Lewellyn		Husker stand-in; student extra
Wilma Lewellyn	Postmaster	Permanent extra
Jason Linton		Kid extra with truck and dog
Dick Martin		Barbershop extra; permanent extra
Mildred Martin		Extra in street scene; permanent extra
Sarah Martin		Kid extra in street scene
Vicki Martin		Extra in street scene
Mike McCormick	Insurance agent
Morris McCulloch		Extra
Mary Ellen Meharry		Permanent extra
Roy Meharry		Scorekeeper at home games, townsman at basketball practice, restored old scoreboards for game scenes
Doris Mennen		Extra in street scene; permanent extra
Glen Mennen		Barbershop extra; extra at basketball practice; permanent extra
Don Miles
Ben Miller	Phone company executive; owner of buildings used for barbershop and volunteer fire department	Barbershop extra; permanent extra
Maxine Miller		Permanent extra
Dorothy Newnum
Ora Newnum
Roger Newnum	Economic development coordinator for the state of Indiana
Daryl Olin		Barbershop extra; permanent extra
Matt Olin		Extra
Wilberta “Batie” Olin		Permanent extra
David Oppy		Provided pigs for Cletus’s farm; barbershop extra
Joan Oppy		Provided pigs for Cletus’s farm; extra
Pat Oppy
Sue Oppy
Joan Puckett
Laura Puckett		Student extra
Dennis Rice	Sheriff
Alma Rogers	Retired teacher	Extra at Nineveh school
Onia Shoaf	Town marshal
Maynard “Stub” Spencer		Barbershop extra; permanent extra
Vivian Spencer		Permanent extra
Bob Stephens		Barbershop extra
Clarence Stephens		Barbershop extra; permanent extra
Doris Stephens		Permanent extra
Fannie Stephens
Jim Stephens		Barbershop extra
Charles William “Bill” Swick		Supplied old farm equipment; barbershop extra; extra at basketball practice; permanent extra
Raymond E. “Bud” Swick		Barbershop extra; extra at basketball practice; permanent extra
Doris Swick		Permanent extra
Martha Swick		Permanent extra: Mrs. Purl
Bob Thayer
Hilary Thayer		Extra in street scene
Rick Vaughn		Adult extra with truck and dog
Richard Verhey
Bob Waldron		Extra in street scene
Bob “Sparky” Watts		Barbershop extra; permanent extra
Joan Watts		Permanent extra
Virginia Waye		Extra
Stan Whitehead		Permanent extra
Harold Widmer		Barbershop extra; permanent extra
Helen Widmer		Extra in street scene; permanent extra
Howard Widmer
Mildred Young		Leaf-raking extra

 

Knightstown Residents Who Were Involved with Hoosiers

Name	Role in Film
Kellie Alredge	Hickory student
Josephine Carter	Permanent extra
Ed Dunsmore	Reporter in Hickory gym
Eddie Hager	Husker stand-in
Jeff Hamilton	Pep band: director
Roger Hamilton, Jr.	Boy in Hickory gym in final scene
Kyle Hope	Pep band: trombone
Brian Hulse	Pep band: trumpet
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson
Mark Jones	Pep band: snare drum
Erikk Knapp	Pep band: tuba; Hickory student
Chad Leakey	Husker stand-in
Dick Leakey	Reporter in Hickory gym
Sherri Lee	Hickory student
Alan Manche	Hickory student walking down stairs
Jeff Maxwell	Pep band: trumpet
Peg Mayhill	Permanent extra
Ross McMahan	Hickory student
Scott Peyton	Pep band: bass drum
Eric Rogers	Hickory student
Rachael Rose	Pep band: clarinet
Ron Smith	Pep band: alto sax
Sheri Tinkle	Hickory student
Mike Wade	Student extra
Ross Wells	Pep band: baritone; Hickory student

 

Additional Students and Teacher Who Participated in School Scenes

Indian Creek Middle School students

Alicia Adkins, Denise Arnold, Bobby Betts, Josh Blackwell, Nathan Blackwell, Julie Bradley, Tina Burton, Les Chapman, Darby Flora, Bobby Follette, Kelly Hannum, Bobby Hogue, Burt Love, Travis Park, Bobbi Payne, Lora Peavey, David Richardson, Carrie Roe, Jennifer Scott, Paul Slevin, Andy Smith, Angela Smithes, Matthew Spurgeon, Cara Stockton, Cathy Tharpe, Shelly Thompson, Candy Tow, Matt Van Winkle, Becky White, Kenny Zook

Indian Creek High School students

Lorrie Barger, Jimmy Baysinger, Angela Bundy, Kelli Fesler, Matt Haughey, Dean Isley, Lianna Isley, Suzy Jester, Chuck Kemp, Pat Lashbrook, Karen Lewis, Vicki Marshall (Knightstown filming), Andrielle Metzel, Rick Morse, Cara Robinson, Bobby Waln, Terri Weaver, Brad Whetstine, Brian White, Sheila White, Nancy Wurster, Amy Yohler, Lora Lee Young

Indian Creek High School teacher and counselor

Keith Sichting

In Memoriam

Name	Role in Film	Year of Death
Robert Swan	Rollin Butcher	2023
Gloria Dorson	Millie Summers	2022
David Nichols	Production designer	2020
Jerry D. Larrison	Terhune (sectional) referee	2019
Sam Smiley	Cedar Knob referee, reporter outside Jasper gym	2018
John Robert Thompson	Sheriff Sam Finley	2016
G. Michael “Mike” Dalzell	Mayor Carl Tuttle	2015
Robert Boyle	Oolitic referee	2014
Tom Countryman	Crane operator (may have been the person who suggested holding a real high school basketball game at Hinkle Fieldhouse to attract more fans after few extras showed up for the first of four nights of filming at Hinkle)	2012
Fern Persons	Opal Fleener	2012
Gene Haynes	Verdi coach	2011
Tom Carnegie	P.A. announcer at state finals	2011
Dennis Hopper	Wilbur “Shooter” Flatch	2010
Ralph H. “Whitey” Shively	Doc Buggins	2009
Tom McConnell	Cedar Knob coach, technical advisor	2009
John Daly	Executive producer	2008
Carroll Timothy O’Meara	Film editor	2007
Jerry Goldsmith	Soundtrack composer	2004
Ray Crowe	South Bend head coach (state finals)	2003
Sheb Wooley	Principal Cletus Summers	2003
Kent Poole	Hickory Husker Merle Webb	2003
Wil DeWitt	Reverend Vernon Doty	2003
Roy Meharry	Scorekeeper at home games, townsman at basketball practice, restored old scoreboards for game scenes	2000
Hilliard Gates	Radio announcer at state finals	1996
Bailey Robertson	South Bend assistant coach (state finals)	1994