Sayers will appear as guest speaker at Kansas Sports HOF event

Former Kansas University running back Gale Sayers will be the first in a series of sports celebrities invited to speak at the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame’s newly-formed Boathouse Club on Aug. 30 in Wichita.

Sayers is scheduled to speak at 7 p.m.

Other Kansas Sports Hall of Fame inductees to appear will include John Hadl, Jack Parr, Linda Hargrove, Max Falkenstien, Ted Kessinger, Brice B. Durbin, Curtis McClinton and others.