SALEM, Ore. — From her parents Dick and Marilyn Thies to coaches Charlie Pond and Dick Mulvihill, many people had a hand in the success that Nancy Thies Marshall enjoyed as a gymnast.
So grateful is Marshall that when she's inducted into the Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame this weekend, she'd focus more attention on those who helped her career along and less on herself.
"At the Academy Awards, they might have someone standing in for someone else accepting the award, and if I were queen for a day, I would accept the award and say 'Accepting on behalf of.