Al Dowtin

Basketball + Golf
Inducted: 1998
  • Basketball and baseball star at Wake Forest in the 1920s
  • Captain 1929 basketball squad
  • Played 2 seasons of minor league baseball 
  • Served as Wake Forest’s first golf coach and was the school’s alumni secretary
  • Became top amateur golfer, qualifying for the 1935 U.S. Open and 1941 U.S. Amateur.
  • Chief law enforcement officer for Asheville Alcoholic Beverage Control system, 1947–1973
  • Destroyed more than 6,000 stills
  • Died in 2001