Officials

Bob Engel

Year Inducted: 2023

Category: Officials

Schools / Organizations:
Springfield Area Officials Association
IHSA

Biography: 

Bob had officiated basketball and baseball for 48 years prior to his induction. In basketball, he had worked two IHSA Regionals, fourteen Sectionals, five Super-sectionals and three boys’ IHSA state tournaments. He officiated state championship games in 2010 and 2012.

A longtime member of the Springfield Area Officials Association, Bob has worked numerous regionals, sectionals and super-sectionals in baseball along with the state finals in 1993, 2002 and 2008, when he was behind the plate for the state championship game.