207. George Toma is the BEST of the BEST Groundskeepers who has ever lived. At 93 years old he explains his great success philosophy as simply, “You gotta work, and them some!”

<p>Every sports fan in Kansas City knows who George Toma is. Most serious sports fans in the United States know who George Toma is. He is a living institution, not just for Kansas City sports but in the history of the National Football League. He is simply the greatest groundskeeper in the history of American Sports. Over the years, George has been given a handful of colorful nicknames. There’s the classic “Sodfather”. Nitty-gritty dirt man, the God of sod and Sultan of sod.</p> <p>George officially retired from full-time work in 1999. He continues to work as a consultant for sports facilities and their groundskeepers around the United States. He was honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001 as the recipient of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Hay_Pioneer_Award" title="Ralph Hay Pioneer Award">Ralph Hay Pioneer Award</a>. Toma was inducted into the Major League Baseball Groundskeepers Hall of Fame on January 8, 2012, as one of its charter members. In October of 2012, the K.C. Royals inducted Toma into the club’s Hall of Fame.</p> <p>He has maintained the fields at numerous stadiums used by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> and the National Football League teams. For much of his career, Toma was the head groundskeeper for the Truman Sports Complex in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>; which includes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kauffman_Stadium" title="Kauffman Stadium">Kauffman Stadium</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a>' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrowhead_Stadium" title="Arrowhead Stadium">Arrowhead Stadium</a>. He was also contracted by the NFL to prepare the field for every <a href="https://en.wikipedia