Paul Donham

Donham was born in Wichita in 1942 and graduated from Wichita West High School where he was a three-sport star at West High and a member of the Pioneers’ 1959 state champion baseball team. He went on to Friends University in Wichita, where he also played three sports.

In baseball, Donham was a fleet center fielder who helped the powerful Rapid Transit Dreamliner team win the 1965 NBC World Series.  He played for 13 years in the NBC World Series on several teams including Bob Moore Olds, Service Auto Glass and Sunflower Packers. 

Donham officiated high school and college games for more than 30 years. He worked as a realtor until his death in Kansas City in 2022 at the age of 80.