Year Inducted: 1985
Nominated By: Nancy Foster (daughter)
Sports Competed In: Football, Track
Athlete, Coach or Contributor: Athlete, Coach, Contributor
High School:
Attended Pueblo Centennial H.S., graduating in 1927.
Achievements:
High School:
Two year member of the Bulldogs football team (1925-26) and the track squad (1925-27) as a hurdler where he set school records.
College:
Went Colorado State College of Education (University of Northern Colorado) for two years 1939-1940, graduating in 1940.
Coaching Career:
Football:
● Freshman Coach: Pueblo Centennial H.S. (1936)
● Freshman Coach: Pueblo Central H.S. (1937-38)
Track
● Asst. Coach: Pueblo Centennial H.S. (1937)
● Asst. Coach: Pueblo Central H.S. (1938-39)
Softball:
● City Director: Greeley, CO (1939-40)
● Head of Intramurals: Greeley, CO (1939-40)
Returned to Pueblo in 1940
● Worked for four years at Hindsdale Elementary School (1940-44).
● Taught physical education while coaching basketball, softball and track.
● Coached in the junior high league for one season.
Moved to Craig, Colorado (1944)
● Coached football, basketball and track (1944)
● Coached Two Years at Steamboat Springs, CO (1946-47): Won the Yampa Valley League Championship basketball (1946) and track (1947)
Returned to Pueblo
● Coached the first Football Team at Lakeside-Vineland H.S.
● Also coached basketball and baseball,
Honors:
● Elected President of the Pueblo Board of Realtors in 1965.
● Awarded the "Realtor-of-the-Year" Trophy and the Fank Holloran Exchanger of the Year Plaque (1967).
Professional Affiliations:
● Served a three year term as a director on the Colorado Board of Realtors.
● Worked for 20 years as a member of the Advisory Board of the Salvation Army.
● Past volunteer driver for the “Meals on Wheels” Program.
Contributions:
Basketball official who worked approximately 900 total games - three game per night, five nights a week.
Occupation:
Teacher and coach, Youth Director and owner of Watkins Real Estate.
Personal:
Lived in Pueblo, CO with his wife, Wilma J., who died in 1992...Watkins passed away on November 2, 2001 at age 93.
