North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame

NC Sports Hall of Fame History
Formation of a North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame had been discussed by a number of individuals and groups for some time prior to its actual birth in 1962 when the Sports Award Committee of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce did something about ... [more]

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Al Proctor - Sports Medicine
Served for 50 years as leader in sports safety training. First NC high school certified athletic trainer....[more]

Ricky Proehl - Football
Star football player at Wake Forest University. Played in four (4) NFL Super Bowl games; won two (2)....[more]

Gene Overby - Media
Radio voice of Wake Forest Demon Deacons for seventeen (17) years. Two (2) time winner NC Sports Caster of the Year....[more]

Larry Lindsey - Coaching
Won eight (8) state basketball championships as coach of Youngsville and Wake Forest - Rolesville high schools teams....[more]

Tom Parham - Coaching
National tennis coach of year four (4) times. Coached three (3) championship tennis teams....[more]

Jerry Tolley - Coaching
Set records in football and track at East Carolina. Won National football titles as Elon Coach in 1980 and 1981....[more]

Dale Jarrett - Motorsports
Winston Cup NASCAR Champion in 1999. Won Daytona 500 three (3) times....[more]

North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame Inducted Michael Jordan on Dec. 14

Former University of North Carolina basketball All-American Michael Jordan was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame at halftime of the Toronto Raptors-Charlotte Bobcats game on Dec. 14 at Time Warner Cable Arena. READ MORE...

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