Media

William Kindt

Year Inducted: 2025

Category: Media

Schools / Organizations:

The Lansing Journal, The Daily Egyptian, The Bloomington Pantagraph, The Elgin Courier News, Suburban Tribune,  The Aurora Beacon News 

Biography:

At the time of his induction, William had covered more than 1,000 high school, community college and college basketball games in his 44-year sportswriting career. He reported sports for the Lansing Journal as a high school senior and for the Daily Egyptian as a Southern Illinois University senior in 1967.

William joined the Bloomington Pantagraph before serving two years in the Army-including 1969 in Vietnam. He worked at the Elgin Courier News (1970-77), Suburban Tribune (1977-83) and at the Aurora Beacon News until 2014.