Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1990
- Class:
- 1923
A native of Nevada, Missouri, Bunker is one of only two four-sport letterwinners in Missouri athletic history. He lettered in football, basketball, baseball and track and field between 1920-23. In basketball, Bunker earned all-Missouri Valley Conference honors as a guard in 1921 and 1922 and was an all-American in 1921 and 1923. A tackle/center in football, he captained the Tigers in 1922. He was a catcher/outfielder in baseball and threw the shot put on the track team. A Phi Beta Kappa student who earned a Ph.D. in sociology, Bunker headed Mizzou’s department of physical education for many years before retiring in 1965. He was an assistant coach at MU under Don Faurot and Chauncey Simpson from 1937-45 and spent nine years as football coach and athletic director at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri. He also coached at Missouri, Auburn and Florida, and at Paseo High School in Kansas City. He was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1972.
