Hall of Fame
DECEASED ... Played football two years at Ferrum...Starting defensive back for Coach Hank Norton’s 1964 and 1965 team...Member of Ferrum’s 1965 National Championship Team...Also ran track at Ferrum in 1965 and 1966...Went on to play football at Hampden-Sydney in 1966 and 1967...1967 All-Conference honors at defensive back in the Mason-Dixon Conference...Ran track at Hampden-Sydney...Received HSC’s Ray A. Moore Team MVP Award in 1967, 1968 and 1969...Gold Medalist in shot put and discus at 1967 Little Eight Championship...Gold Medalist in shot put and discus at 1967 Mason Dixon Conference Championship...Medalist in shot put and discus 1968 Little Eight Championship...Gold Medalist in shot put and fourth in discus at 1968 Virginia State Collegiate Championship...Gold Medalist in shot put at 1969 Little Eight Championship...Drafted August 13, 1969 into United States Army...Began Tour of Duty in South Vietnam January 14, 1970...Died May 18, 1970 in South Vietnam from complications of an injury sustained in the conflict...Posthumously awarded the Bronze Star, “for Distinguishing Himself by Outstanding Meritorious Service in Connection with Ground Operations Against a Hostile Force in the Republic of Vietnam During the Period of January 14 through May 18, 1970.”
