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In May of 1982, J.T. "Bud" Simpson of Everett, a long time member of the Seattle Chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame, and local coaching legend, Jim Ennis contacted a few local football enthusiasts to form a committee. After several meetings and much work, the NFFH of F granted Chapter recognition to Snohomish County on September 9, 1982. The first banquet followed in December.Hall of Fame guests and nominees enjoying their evening

For the first nine Scholar Athlete Banquets, we were with the National organization. However, in 1991, the Snohomish County Football Hall of Fame was formed to strengthen our economic and cultural ties to our region. In 2003 we have again changed our name to the Snohomish County Football Official’s Hall of Fame. Our purpose, goals and participants remain the same. That is, to support and reward young football scholars in a positive fashion and to provide incentive for tomorrow’s scholar athletes to achieve high ideals.

Previous Keynote Speakers
Jim Lambright (UW); Chuck Nelson (UW); Brad Westering (PLU); Rick Fenney (UW); Jim Livengood (WSU); Reggie McKenzie (Seattle Seahawks); Dick Baird (UW); Dennis Erickson (WSU); Hugh McElhenny (UW); Mike Price (WSU); Frosty Westering (PLU); Dough Wollard (WSU); Mike Levenseller (WSU); Rob Smith (WWU); Bob Robertson (WSU); Tony Ventrella (Local Television Sports Anchor); Nesby Glasgow (UW and Seattle Seahawks); Curt Marsh (UW and Oakland Raiders) and Bruce Brown, director of Proactive Coaching.

The Purpose
The purpose of the Snohomish County Football Hall of Fame Committee is to support high school football scholars in a positive fashion and reward their academic, athletic, leadership and citizenship abilities by providing incentives to young scholar athletes so then can strive to achieve high ideals in the future.

To accomplish the goal of supporting high school football scholars in a positive fashion, the SCFOHF committee has sponsored an annual banquet since 1982 honoring scholar athletes from high schools throughout Snohomish and Island counties. The highlight of the banquet occurs when scholarships are presented to several outstanding recipients from the scholar athletes that are nominated.

The scholarships, which are provided as an incentive to further the athlete’s educational endeavors, are based on four areas of achievement. These multiple criteria are meant to look at the recipient’s level of performance in the areas of:

Scholastic Accomplishments
Athletic Participation
Leadership in extra-curricular school activities
Citizenship in non-school related activities

Scholarships are awarded on the basis of attitude, scholarship, citizenship and contributions to his school, family and community.