The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame plans a

series of speakers and entertainers at its newly formed Boathouse

Club in Wichita.

The kickoff gala will feature National Football League great

Gale Sayers as its first speaker on Aug. 30. The Wichita native

known as “the Kansas comet” starred at the University of Kansas

before going on to a Hall of Fame career as a running back with the

Chicago Bears.

Kansas Hall board director Tim Daniel says the board wants the

Boathouse Club to be like a private country club for sports

junkies.

Future events will include well-known coaches, athletes, media

personalities and sports celebrities.