Guadalupe “Chipper” Zamora
Inducted: 1994
Hometown: Harlingen
High School: Harlingen High School
College: Pan American University
Best Known for: Athletics Administration
Always a brave trailblazer, Zamora made a number of important superlatives, from being Harlingen High School's first Hispanic quarterback in 1957 to becoming the first Hispanic athletic director in Weslaco in the mid-1970s.
Zamora, who attended Pan American University after his Cardinal days, began in the business in 1966 at Raymondville and advanced from there to Edinburg under Richard Flores.
In 1973, he coached Mercedes High to its first district football title in 15 years, and plied his trade for a number of schools before becoming a long-time administrator, most prominently in Harlingen, where he took over as athletic director for Jesse Longhofer in 1992 and guided the city's successful athletic programs until 2007.
Zamora also worked in a high-profile role in the early 1970s in Austin, as part of the Texas Education Desegregation Assistance Center, which worked toward equity and civil rights in state education.