SALISBURY ROWAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME
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Class of 2001 |
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Jerry Barger |
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One of Salisbury High's outstanding athletes. He won all-state and all southern honors in football. He also played baseball and basketball and was a star player at Duke University. He was voted to Duke's all-time football team and was the 1954 ACC player of the year.
His career also included playing in several college bowl games. |
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Billy Ray Barnes |
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Billy Ray Barnes was a three-sport star (football, basketball and baseball) at Landis High School. He won All-American honors at Wake Forest and was the first ACC back to ruse for over 1,000 yards in a single season.
He was also a NCAA champion in baseball and football.
In addition, he was all pro in the NFL, playing with the Eagles, Redskins and Vikings in
1950's and 60's. |
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Joe Ferebee |
 Joe
Ferebee coached at Salisbury
High School, Rowan County Legion and Pfeiffer University. He was a
three-sport
star at Catawba College and has been voted to numerous Hall of Fames, including
Catawba College, Pfeiffer University, the North Carolina American Legion,
NAIA, the American Coaches Association and the NCAA Division II.
He also led North Carolina in Legion and college baseball victories. He was a true "Mr. Baseball." He began coaching in 1950 and retired in 1989. He also started the Rowan County Legion winning tradition. |
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Christy (Earnhardt) McKinney |
 Christy
(Earnhardt) McKinney led
East Rowan High School to a Western Conference Championship. She was
the first
woman to score 1,000 points in a "modern" high school era.
She was named an All American at North Carolina State University. She later became the assistant coach at Western Kentucky University and is currently the active head coach at Rice University. She also attended the first NCAA tournament ever. |
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Spencer Wellington Lancaster (1904-1996) |
 Spencer
Wellington Lancaster was an outstanding
coach at Salisbury Price where he led the Red Devils to numerous state championships.
He was a 1934 graduate of Livingstone College and later went on to coach Livingstone College football and basketball coach for 29 1/2 years. Under his command Livingstone Collage won the 1940 state championship for football (11 football games - undefeated, untied, not scored on, total points 330-0.) They also won the 1951 State Football Championship. Salisbury High School each year awards the S.W. Lancaster Athletic Award to student who shows exemplary sportsmanship. S.W. Lancaster, otherwise know as, "The Prof" holds outstanding records as player and a coach and was an extraordinary mentor to young people in athletics and education. |
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Robert Pulliam |
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He is a 1971 Salisbury High School graduate as well as an 1971 All-County, All Conference, All-State, and All-American football player. He played in the 1971 Shrine Bowl. He was also a 1970/71 wrestling champion. In the same time period is was also named All County and All Conference in track and field. Sportscaster quotes about Robert Pulliam: "The best high school lineman I ever saw in high school football. He has distinguished himself as a teacher, coach and mentor of young people by learning the value of hard work, perseverance and self-reliance." |
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Horace Billings |
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Horace
Billings was the Dean
of the North
Carolina Sports Editors when he retired
from the Salisbury Post.
He was with the
Salisbury Post for 52
years as a sportswriter and editor covering local and
national events and has won numerous awards for
sports writing over his fulfilling career. |
Robert
Pulliam was a Salisbury
High School and a University of Tennessee star football player who
is now a veteran football coach. |
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Nominate
Teams or Individuals To submit on an individual for committee review for 2008, please do the following:
Please
click on the Hall of Fame Application (pages 1-4) links below to
print forms and mail to: Visit the Parks and Recreation Administrative Offices at the City Office Building, 132 N. Main Street, Downtown Salisbury, to obtain a printed form and return to this same location.
Hall
of Fame Application Page 1
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Salisbury Parks & Recreation Department 132 North Main Street, Salisbury, NC 28144