Iola grad inducted into KFCA Hall of Fame

Following a coaching and playing career across Kansas spanning more than 40 years, an Iola native received a special recognition from the Kansas Football Coaches Association.

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December 11, 2025 - 3:34 PM

Shown here is Tom Audley, Class of 1978 Iola High School football player, who was recently inducted into the Kansas Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Photo by Ben Johnson / Iola Register

The Kansas Football Coaches Association inducted Iola High School Class of 1978 graduate Tom Audley as its newest member of the KFCA Hall of Fame. 

While attending IHS Audley was a multi-sport athlete but gained his highest honors on the gridiron. His senior year, he was one of two Iola Mustangs named to the All-Southeastern Kansas League team as a defensive tackle — joining teammate Phil Weide. Despite playing on the interior line, Audley was the SEKL’s leading individual tackler with more than 116 takedowns his senior year. He also had nine sacks in the run-heavy…

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